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No. 11 in the world · November 2026

Levain Bakery

167 West 74th Street · Upper West Side, W 74th St · New York, USA

Levain BakeryNo. 11
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The one thing to get

The chocolate chip walnut cookie, still warm

When to go: The original shop has the shortest wait before 10am.

Six ounces of cookie, crisp outside and barely set inside. The line on 74th Street has run since 1995.

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Giant chocolate chip walnut cookies

Giant chocolate chip walnut cookies

1 hr 15 min, 20 min hands-on · 8 big cookies. Six-ounce cookies: tall, crisp at the edges, gooey in the middle, with big walnut pieces and pools of chocolate.

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Checked November 1, 2026. Hours and sell-out times change; check before you cross town.

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