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"Gregory Morrow" > wrote:

> Bart in Brno wrote:
>
> > lid writes:
> > >tert in seattle wrote:
> > >> writes:
> > >>
> > >>>Can anyone direct me to some really authentic German bakeries in New
> > >>>York City or Westchester, NY?
> > >>>
> > >>>Thanks in advance!
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> just out of curiosity... what sorts of things would you expect to find
> > >> at a German bakery?
> > >>
> > >
> > >Not the OP but the following come to mind: apple strudel, hearty dark
> > >rye bread, apple kuchen, bienenstich, black forest cake and this time of
> > >year Christmas stollen.
> >
> > thanks george
> >
> > what about these things: strudel, gugelhupf, krapfen, knudlen
> >
> > is there a meaningful distinction between "German" & "Viennese"?
>
>
> Don't forget "Hungarian"...NYC (Manhattan at least) once was home to
> large numbers of Germans, Austrians, and Hungarians. They and their
> businesses tended to cluster in the "Yorkville" neighborhood, there
> were tons of restos, bakeries, coffee houses, and the like. These days
> as the older folks have died off few vestiges of old Yorkville
> remain...not unlike here in Chicago where a mere handful of the old
> German - Central European places remain (but Chicago IS the only place
> in North America with a Viennese Julius Meinl kaffeehaus).

Margaret is still sad about it all.
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