Pizza, falafel, cheesecake, hot dog—you name it, these foods have been New York City’s favorites for over centuries. But recently, a new sweet treat has reached the crowded city of busy New Yorkers: cupcakes.

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Cupcakes became famous around the 1990s as part of the post-diet fad of sugary stuff and as a component of the girly-pop culture. However, cupcakes have quickly embraced the entire US dessert culture, and New York City ranked as the city that consumes the most each year.  A typical New Yorker will describe a good cupcake as not too sweet, flavorful and delicious, and moist, with a perfect butter cream frosting.

Popular bakeries include Sex and The City’s favorite, Magnolia’s Bakery and the Greenwich Village’s top spot, Sweet Revenge. After Carrie and Miranda devoured a cupcake in a bench outside of Magnolia’s Bakery, its popularity rose tremendously. Its cupcakes are fresh and not too sweet, but for not too many gourmet ingredients, they usually come at a high price with an extensive wait.

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On the other hand, Sweet Revenge has a more cakey texture with a more favorable taste due to its use of gourmet ingredients. New York Food Tour’s Greenwich Village tour has long been stopping at this popular cupcake spot, ranked as one of their most favorite stops by our customers, due to its more cakey texture topped with the best butter cream frosting—a sure sign of a cupcake made with quality ingredients.

Sweet Revenge is a must stop for the Greenwich Village tour, leaving customers overly satisfied with a happy-sweet-ending. This versatile, one-serving size cake has packed New York City’s streets, bringing adults back to their childhood memories. Hands down, New York is the place to taste cupcakes, offering a nostalgic and sweet memory to take back home… especially Sweet Revenge’s moist and tasty cupcake!

One cannot visit New York City without eating its famous tomato and cheese pies. This Greek invention slowly modified by Neapolitans into tomato and cheese pies was brought to New York in 1897 by Italian immigrant Gennaro Lombardi. His pies quickly became a commodity and an on-the-go food for workers.

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However, Famous Joe’s Pizza has become the essential pizza for New Yorkers and tourists, defining the true street pizza. Joe’s customers describe its pizza with a thin and chewy crust, thin but not too flexible, with just enough cheese and sauce, and having an ideal symmetry. Ask Ben Affleck what he thinks about Joe’s, and undeniably he will rate Joe’s pizza as his favorite in the Big Apple. This straight-out-of-the-coal-fired, brick oven pizza is definitely the best pizza in the city, prepared daily and with fresh ingredients creating a one-of-a-kind yummy tomato and cheese pie.

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Located on Greenwich Village, Famous Joe’s Pizza is a must stop—included in our Greenwich Village tour—when visiting the city, not only leaving New York having tasted its famous staple, but the best pizza in the entire city as well. New York City is well-known for its delicious greasy pizza, being the favorite snack, lunch, or dinner for every New Yorker since pie shops can be found as frequent as Starbuck’s on a block.  Famous Joe’s Pizza offers an outstanding pizza that is tried by our Greenwich Village tour members, being the perfect street food for a hunger killer or delicious filling snack.

Whether it is a celebrity’s favorite or the typical New Yorker’s on-the-go stop, Famous Joe’s pizza sure is New York City’s most known obsession. And New York Food Tours has included Famous Joe’s as one of its many tasty stops so that you can taste New York’s best pizza while touring Greenwich Village and learning about its historical background.