Streetlevel: Cupcakes and Coffee for 7th Avenue
A new sweet shop is moving into the old Firefly space on 7th Avenue. It’s called the King of Cupcakes, and according to their website, they’ll be serving cupcakes, cookies, custom cakes, pies, pastries, bagels, gelato, “and the best damn coffee in Brooklyn.” They also claim that they’ve been serving “fresh baked goods since 1979,”…
A new sweet shop is moving into the old Firefly space on 7th Avenue. It’s called the King of Cupcakes, and according to their website, they’ll be serving cupcakes, cookies, custom cakes, pies, pastries, bagels, gelato, “and the best damn coffee in Brooklyn.” They also claim that they’ve been serving “fresh baked goods since 1979,” and it seems that their original shop is located inside a pizzeria in Chelsea. Anybody know the backstory on this place? GMAP
A Couple of Closings in The Slope [Brownstoner]
No I agree with 11217 – this place if good will be a great addition to the nabe
PS as I said a million times before is SATURATED with cafes/bakeries that sell “goodies” as an after thought.
Sometimes you just want to go some place that focuses purely on sweets.
Also – this place will do well IF IT STAYS OPEN LATE! til 11pm on weekdays and 12am weekends!
damn 11217, i aint never seen no one get so worked up over cupcakes before.
*rob*
I think this place will clean up!!! – if the products are good and service is quick and friendly then this place will succeed!
sorry not everyone wants to eat a dried ol’ tart from some “patisserie”
haaaaaa
So its your place then 11217? Not sure why’d you care so much otherwise.
> This is THE FIRST cupcake shop in Park Slope, not 10th.
That’s how it begins.
Are you now, or have you ever been a cupcakist?!?!?
Um, eh….can you not see the sign in the photo?
It says cupcakes, cookies, cakes, pies, pastries, bagels, gelato and coffee.
That sounds like a bakery to me.
To the frownstoners who think cupcakes are “ovah” I suppose you haven’t walked by Magnolia bakery on any given night when there’s a line out the door.
Guess the rest of NYC hasn’t gotten your memo on what’s cool and not anymore.
What’s next from the brownstoner crowd for 2011?
Cheese.
It’s so “ovah”
Stay tuned for more on the trends of 2011 from Brownstoner.com
Its the specialization that is stupid. Any bakery can make cupcakes so why not just open a bakery or pastry shop.
Cupcakes are so ovah, but lesloaf has a very good point. MAKING 30 cupcakes is also difficult, since I only have capacity to cook 24 at a time. Very price insensitive service, that would be.