Levain Bakery (original location)

Levain Bakery's original shop at 167 West 74th Street is known for its oversized, thick chocolate-chip walnut cookies introduced when the bakery opened in 1995. The bakery's dense cookies became a widely shared subject of food blogs, travel guides, and social-media posts, driving lines and national attention. Levain's flagship on the Upper West Side remains a frequent location for photographed 'cookie' content online.