Glaser's Bake Shop

I'd never heard "ice cream cone" used as a verb.

When I finally settled on a lemon meringue tart ($2) and asked the gal at the counter not to bother wrapping it, she couldn't quickly find me a fork. No worries, I said, raising a toast with my tart, I'll manage. Oh, she exclaimed, you're going to ice-cream-cone it?

More or less. Meringue doesn't yield gracefully to the side-on, tongue-lapping approach; it's more effective to attack from on high, and take a bite. I've done this with ice cream, too, back when, but the expression itself — "ice cream cone," as a verb — makes sense only when applied to something other than ice cream. I spent several minutes wondering why this is, pausing every so often to wipe meringue off my chin.

Glaser's Bake Shop
(pronounced "Glaa-zer's" as in "glad")
1670 First Ave. (87th-88th Sts.)
212-289-2562
www.GlasersBakeShop.com
In 2009, closed for summer vacation beginning July 1, reopening August 18

Comments

[Stephanie]

I love that Glaser's is still around after all these years. They have very good black & whites.

[Steve]

Glaser's is fantastic. Great cookies, sugar donuts, butter crumb and prune danishes. I ordered the prune by mistake and got hooked. Go before they close down for their long summer vacation.

[Dave Cook]

Thanks, Steve; I called the bakery for the vacation dates and added them to the post.

[Erin]

My favorite Glaser's moment was an Easter cupcake a few years ago with a full Peep on top: http://erinskitchen.blogspot.com/2006/04/april-06-nyc-best-of-sweets-and-treats.html

[kevinyc]

Good pies too. This is one of the remnants of the old Yorkville neighborhood. Everything at Yorkville, not Upper East Side, prices too.