Pan Donut & Pastry Shop in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Halloween is fast approaching and many shops have decorated their windows with pumpkins , black cats and scarecrows and Pan Donut & Pastry Shop in Greenpoint, Brooklyn has a very festive display. This lovely donut shop and cafe has been in business since the 1950s. It has been owned by Cristos and Donna Siafakas since 1993 and still has its original interior including a fantastic S-shaped counter ;swipe left for 2nd photo). In addition to a wide variety of delicious fresh doughnut flavors, Peter Pan also serves amazing breakfast sandwiches and has great milkshakes. But if you want to get their huge variety of freshly baked donuts , be sure to arrive early in the day as they sell out fast, especially on the weekends. As you can see from our interior photo, when we arrived later in the afternoon, they only had a few donut flavors left. Luckily we were able to get a toasted coconut donut and a strawberry-filled and blueberry-filled jelly donut. Let us know what some of your favorite flavors are.

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Yankee’s Pizza, Bronx

We are huge Yankee fans and our thoughts immediately went to one of our favorite old-school Bronx pizzerias, Yankee’s Pizza . This family-owned spot with very economical prices also has a great interior complete with vintage arcade games (swipe left for 2nd photo taken in 2008…note that prices have changed since then but are still very reasonable). Let’s hope the Yankees win today so we can celebrate with some pizza!

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Lemon Ice King of Corona

Even though the warmer days are winding down and fall is in full swing, our thoughts still go to the Lemon Ice King of Corona, which was founded in 1944 by Peter Benfaremo. This Queens institution originally sold ‪Italian‬ ice that was hand-cranked in tubs and sold only during the summer. Now the store is open year-round and the ‪ice‬s are made with electric machines but they still use the same basic three ingredients: sugar, water and flavoring. Cases of lemons and oranges are used to create an authentic taste and all flavors use real fruit and nut pieces. The most popular flavor is lemon with peanut butter studded with real peanuts a close second. Our personal favorites are the lemon and the pistachio which has real pistachios in it! The Lemon Ice King appeared in the opening credits for the TV show the “King of Queens”. Our photo and full interview with Peter appear in our book "New York Nights".

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Lower East Side, NYC

From Chrystie Street looking towards Bowery, before Whole Foods, Lower East Side, NYC Photo: JamesandKarla Murray

Happy National Coffee Day ☕️everyone!

To celebrate we are highlighting one of our favorite independently-owned coffee shops in New York City, Porto Rico Importing on St. Mark’s Place in the East Village. This third-generation family-owned business was founded in 1907 on Bleecker Street by Sixth Avenue, where its main shop still operates today.

On any stroll through of Greenwich Village, we always first stop by Porto Rico Importing Company to get a cup of coffee and take in the wonderful smells of the freshly-roasted beans. The benches in front of both their East Village & Greenwich Village locations are always a great place to see friends, say hello to the many neighborhood dogs that are out and about, and people watch. In this photo, our rescue dog @hudsonpittienyc patiently waits outside on the bench.

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