Birdbath Neighborhood Green Bakery

I admit $ 5 for hot chocolate is quite pricey and if you want homemade marshmallow it is an extra $ 2, but it was so good! I like my hot chocolate dense and this one was straight up melted chocolate… delicious even without the marshmallow in my opinion. I will come back if I am in the mood to splurge again.

Love the cookies here! Very polite staff & cute little space.

Do not get the breakfast sandwiches here, they are terrible for being $ 10 dollars. I am referring to the potato breakfast sandwiches with egg+bacon they have sitting up front by the cashier. I had stopped in one morning to try them out, only to find them to be room temperature cold and bland, tasted like last night’s left over potatoes with a fried egg in a potato bun, really nothing special, was not freshly made and they charge $ 10 for it!
If you are looking for a delicious breakfast sandwich, try Spread NYC or anywhere else where they serve them warmly prepared for less than 10 dollars!

Oh my … They have the Best cookies ever
Didn’t taste anything else but for cookie it is a reference :)

A hop skip and a jump off the Spring Street 6 train and I have a decent cold brew and a hemp vegan scone. Nothing too fancy about this chain coffee joint, but does the trick for a quick caffeine and pastry craving.

We stopped here because we were in the mood for their delicious City Bakery chocolate chip cookies and oh boy did they not disappoint!
The cookies have the most perfect crisp, softness, and chip/​dough ratio (yes thats a thing). They also feel lighter than some other well known cookie spots in the city (ahem Levain) — my husband wildly disagrees ;)
One thing that I thought was a little strange at this location was that they display the cookies that they don’t sell from the night before on the window sill. While that may be a cool idea… I’m sure that those cookies could be put to use in another way?
Anyways, get the chocolate chip cookies! (the ones NOT on the window sill ;))

This SoHo Birdbath* is around the corner from Mulberry & next to Taim, and boasted neither pretzel croissants nor LevelUp on our visit. Their site (well, City Bakery’s) is awful, especially striking given how efficient an operation it apparently is.
*Is this one a popup? ends when?
It’s Not this one? or is it?
(down the block from this one
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A trip to Birdbath Bakery always makes me happy. (Though admittedly, it’s a guilty pleasure… cookies!!) I’ve been to multiple locations and the food is pretty consistent. I’ve enjoyed everything I’ve tried… The cookies have a nice balance of crunchy/​softness. The raspberry bran and blueberry corn muffins also have a good balance of not gooey but not too dry. I like that their muffins and scones are not overly sweet.
The kale chicken salad is delicious, but the couple times I’ve gotten it, it seems to have too much oily dressing (if they doubled the kale and it would’ve been perfect). Actually, that’s the one complaint I have about their food in general – too much oil (that includes the baked goods).
This particular location, for some reason, was labeled a pop-​up shop, but when I asked they said they were a permanent location (at least as permanent as any store in NYC, I suppose).
As for the staff, they are always super friendly and they don’t seem like they hate their jobs, which is nice.

They usually have a few vegan baked goods options. I highly highly recommend the vegan hemp milk scone. It’s so delicious and I go just for the scone! A little pricey ($ 4 for a scone) but my favorite vegan scone I’ve had.
The coffee is just alright though. Too many other good coffee shops in nyc

This little pop up shop is really cute and rustic looking. I loved the décor and I thought the shop clerks were really adorable.
We got the Green Tea Meringue, it was really good. I loved how they folded green tea powder into the meringue instead of just on the outside, and unlike other meringues where it is very hallow on the inside. This meringue has some sass to it. It is definitely not empty. The center is really cotton candy like; it sorta reminds me of this maltose snack from Asia. Anyways, so it has more of a bite. All I can say is you get more meringue than air from this big white goodness…
We also got two cookies, the chocolate chip and the rainsin oatmeal. I would say stick to raisin oatmeal, that was what the guy behind the counter suggested… Dispite his recommendation we still got a chocolate chip… cause they said it’s still semi warm… and it is chocolate chip what more needs to be said… Going back to the point, the chocolate chip was not bad nor good, it was just any ol’ chocolate chip… I’d still rather get a Levain…
The oatmeal raisin wasn’t all THAT special either, but I liked how it isn’t THAT sweet and it does give you more of a bite to it; and as you chew it more the oatmeal taste comes out and becomes more prominent. It is definitely a good dessert for a hot day cause it is doesn’t give you that heavy rich sweetness that makes you feel like you’re gonna get heat stroke due to the sugar absorbing all the water in your body… but I digress… Personally I like it because I am not a huge fan of ice cream, so to me this is a good alternative for a hot summery day~
Anyways, considering I still think about the meringue, if I’m in the neighborhood and craving for something sweet, this will be my go-​to for sure.

The two stars are purely for the fact they gave me free brownie. Though the two cookies I bought tasted horrible and were gritty. And the two brownies were inedible. They were wet and sticky. It’s a cute place but would not come again.

I have never had a pastry from Birdbath so when I came in here I wasn’t too sure if they had vegan options. I was going to buy the raspberry bran muffin, but on the suggestion of the really sweet cashier, I switched to a vegan chocolate chip cookie (it wasn’t on the menu so I didn’t know that was an option). It was so creamy and rich that I thought it was a mistake, but it wasn’t! My friend had the regular chocolate chip cookie and said it was «okay.» He seemed underwhelmed. The cookies are huge and they filled us both up, which bumped them up a star. I will be back to try the muffin.

I wish the food tasted as good as it looks. Worst pastries ever! Didn’t think you could bake a bad cookie til I came here! Walk across the street to Ceci Cela or Balthazar for delicious food!

I love and hate this place!
For many years Ive been a fan of their spaghetti squash dish. Tomatoey and cheesy goodness. Mmmm hits da spot!
My new faves are the kale salad variations. The one with chicken is such a great value and the chicken is so fresh, like a recent kill.
The cookies are just aight, crisp consistency of the outer most layer kinda reminds me of asian almond cookies with that lard flaky crumbleyness.
So…
What I dont particularly like is that when I have gone in recently I notice that the girls behind the counter tend to giveaway alotta the baked goods… but never ever to me. Dissed! This is a lil strange, because as a cute girl, I feel privy to getting free things all my life. Sorry haters but this is how the world works. Anyways, here it is felt as a personal slap in my face! I say this because, during a huge storm a few months back, I had overheard one attendant saying they were giving away baked goods due to the snow storm and closing early. She then proceeded to give that person a couple of free items. So naturally I expected some free goods too, but nope she decided to skip me. Ok, oh well maybe she knew him and he was a repeat custy. Well again it happened, same scenerio last week. So yes I feel a little slighted! This is me venting, yes. This situation does stick out in my mind yaaaaa… but I guess oh well, Im not guna stop buying their delicious salad just because they never want to give me free baked goods ever. Its fine. Im ok. Whatever evil salesgirls at birdbath.
Whateva!!!

I usually come here for the cookies which are pretty good but decided to be healthy and get their chicken kale corn salad instead today. What a big mistake! It was drenched in oil, completely soaked. It was inedible. What a waste of money, I couldn’t even eat it. It cost almost $ 10 for a tiny box. Would never get this again. If I was rating just the cookies alone, I probably would give it 4.5 stars but this experience with the salad totally ruined this place for me. Will probably only come here for cookies from now on.

Nobody knows how long this pop-​up location of Birdbath will last, but so far so good. It is not the best representation of the amazing selection of pastries and desserts that you come to know and love of Birdbath and City Bakery, it does offer the essentials in miniature sized version of the pretzel croissant and baker’s muffin. The assortment of cookies are in full form. It’s pastries will not beat the likes of Balthazar and Ceci-​Cela, but fans of Birdbath can appreciate its presence on Spring Street alone.
This location also serves salad boxes with small selections vegetables and chicken as the only meat option. Despite the limited salad box choices, this is a good change of pace in an area that is very heavy on carbs and sweets.