Magnolia Bakery Bringing the Sweet Stuff Upper, West

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Yippee! Maybe this means the new location will absorb half the tour buses and brainless Carrie wannabe's that clog Bleecker St every weekend. Hope the new one is appropriately exterminated, unlike the original which was formerly a bird store which could never be affectively purged of rodents. Yum.

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Hopefully, they'll close down that shit shack in the Village and move their entire operations to the UWS.

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hopefully this retarded cupcake fad will go away soon and people will open more gelaterias

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I couldn't possibly imagine a more appropriate location. The UWS got f***d years ago, now they can finish the job.

Besides, we all know how the fratboys and their Murray Hill chicks are gonna line-up on Sunday Mornings, hungover from last night's romp up and down Amsterdam Avenue, to feed their hangovers with mega-sweet treats.

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gross

6.

Wow Lenge had been there forever. I used to live on 69th St... guess I escaped before the frosting junkies arrived.

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Lenge was disgusting. Good riddance.

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Who cares. UWS is Ohio to most of NYC

9.

I live right around the corner and must say that it's a relief that this is not going to be another bank branch. In 2006, the corners of 70th and Columbus set what must be some sort of record and got bank branches on three of its corners (and the fourth corner is a park). Reminded me of that street corner in Seattle with all of the Starbucks.

There have been a lot of restuarants/stores going out of business along Columbus lately. The Greek place on 70th and Columbus closed-to be replaced with some Asian fusion place. Penang on 71st and Columbus closed and some other Asian restaurant across from Penang just closed too. Also, Banana Republic on Colubus and 70th closed like a year ago and is being replaced with a Club Monico and, from what I hear, some sandwhich place.

10.

Nice spelling skills JoJo.

11.

Are they moving the mice with them, or are they planning to use local UWS mice?

12.

Excellent! Not a bank, not a duane reade, but a good 'ol bakery. Way to go!

13.

I walked by this morning and there was already a line.

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according to the sign on the old Lenge windows, it was there for 30 years.

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Unfortunately for cupcake lovers, Magnolia was bought out earlier this year and the quality has suffered. So while this is generally better news than a bank branch, it's not great news cause Magnolia is no longer the same.

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so what #15 is saying is that Magnolia sucks worse than ever

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The cupcakes aren't that great, but the banana pudding is awesome. Looking forward to it. Don't worry, the tourists will still flock to the original location.

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So, all you moaning UWSers: it seems to be pretty commonly agreed that Lenge was bad, so its loss is not to be mourned. But if Magnolia is not what you want to replace it, what would you prefer? Another Asian-themed-fusion joint?

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another pukk, please.

20.

Cupcakes shouldn't be upscale accessories.

21.

most over rated place ever

22.

1 disgusting location is enough.

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15, Magnolia sucked from day one. The fact that idiots line up for this crap is a testament to the sad, nostalgic yearnings of those dimwits who miss the taste of Grandma's Bisquik based sweets and margarine frosting and chicks from Ohio who sign up for the nostalgia bus tour of a long ago cancelled TV show. Save yourself the trouble and the gut ache from the mouse droppings: buy Entemann's; a million times better.

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Excellent news! Finally, I hope, an Hermes or some other high end retailer will move in to match Lauren and Jacobs on Bleecker. After all, the locals have been bitching about Magnolia for so long, they all say they hate it so much - now I hope we'll get what we really deserve - more high end shopping on Bleecker!

25.

I hope you get what you deserve- 20 black thugs taking turns gang-raping your high-end ass. I hate bitches like you.

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I always thought high-end shopping was readily available on Madison Avenue. Why would that be so desirable on Bleeker Street? Seems to me there are alot of people living here, that don't have too much of a clue about the nuances and uniqueness of NYC neighborhoods.

#24 is a perfect example. Probably moved here 2 weeks ago with rent paid by Daddy.

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hey NYers why the hate towards a NY institution? I am going to move to Upper West Side from OH and start my fashion career, and this is the greatest news ever! I loved SATC and just want to live in NYC just like Carrie did, and meet my Mr. Big!

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#27: Please rethink the big move to NY. The city is full of wannabe fashion nobodies who emulate a TV character on a cancelled series. Really, stay in Ohio, get a job at Kohl's and watch reruns. SATC is not a realistic representation of the real NY. Oh, and women in fashion NEVER eat those knarly cupcakes, trust me.

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28, every women I met from Ohio was a babe...couple were even Elite/agency models.....so nobodies is a bit harsh

Beauty is a cruise missile in this city...

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I remember when Lenge opened - a Japanese restaurant was quite a novelty on the UWS at the time. Octopus, teriyaki, tatami rooms - all very impressive to a six-year-old. And a few years later my dad tried to explain what it meant that the owner, Papa-san, had been busted for tax evasion.

Last week I had a sushi craving and headed down there, only to find Lenge gone for good! But fortunately, just across the street there was some decent stuff available - with a sidewalk cafe - at Empire Szechuan Kyoto. Szechuan Kyoto?

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To #26:

"...I always thought high-end shopping was readily available on Madison Avenue. Why would that be so desirable on Bleeker Street? Seems to me there are alot of people living here, that don't have too much of a clue about the nuances and uniqueness of NYC neighborhoods..."

Oh, you mean a nuanced, unique place that's been part of the GV neighborhood for a long time? LIKE MAGNOLIA BAKERY?!?! Oh, but I guess THAT place doesn't count, huh, because it doesn't pass some arbitrary quality of life idea you have for Bleecker Street.

"...#24 is a perfect example. Probably moved here 2 weeks ago with rent paid by Daddy..."

#24 here. Moved here in 1988. Don't rent - I own. With no help from anyone else, thank you very much. Interesting how you infer that new high end shopping on Bleecker would be BAD, but a place like Magnolia that has been here for many years and is more or less unique to the area is also BAD. I guess we all have to wait around to listen for your arcane oracular pronouncement as to EXACTLY which non-commercial, yet appropriately old-tyme shoppe would be exactly the appropriate fit for said quaint Bleecker Street locale...please do inform us, o great oracle of random Greenwich Village knowledge and taste - we breathlessly await your mentation on this crucial matter...

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Well my move is going through and I will have a couple of friends from Cincy tagging along as well. I've been reading Curbed and Gothamist for a while and find NYers to be pretty hostile towards out of towners, and I don't know the reasons behind this? So what if tourists and newcomers only know about New York by watching SATC and Friends?? Also I ain't no hipsters who live off their parents trust funds, so as they say if you can make it here...etc.