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Magnolia Bakery
No. 10Admit one · the scene
Sex and the City (2000)
Carrie and Miranda sit on the bench outside eating cupcakes, and the cupcake craze starts. The bakery is never named on screen.
What to order
The banana pudding, and a vanilla cupcake with pink buttercream for the photo
The original Bleecker Street shop, still with a line. The cupcake made it famous; New Yorkers will tell you the banana pudding is the real reason to go.
Where Chef checked it: amny.com, freetoursbyfoot.com, today.com · open as of November 8, 2026.
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