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Best dessert spots for a date in New York
Dinner nearby, then the good part.
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Dessert is the best second stop on a date: it's short, it's inexpensive, and it gives you a reason to walk somewhere after dinner. These are places that exist for dessert — gelato, pastry, chocolate, late-night sweets — rather than restaurants with a good dessert menu.
This guide ranks 53 dessert spots in New York, from Sunset Park to Fort Greene and Williamsburg. Editors' picks come first, then the rest by rating, and the plans below build a whole evening around the best of them.
The list
Editors' picks first, then by rating.
Lulla's
Williamsburg
The Bearded Baker
Fort Greene
Laza Dessert Cafe
Sunset Park
The Nuttery
Sunset Park
Soft Swerve Ice Cream
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Good to know
- What's the best dessert spot in New York for a date?
- Our top pick is Lulla's in Williamsburg. The Bearded Baker and Laza Dessert Cafe round out the top 3.
- Which New York neighborhoods have the best dessert spots?
- Sunset Park (2), Fort Greene (1) and Williamsburg (1) have the most spots in the top 5.
- What should we do before or after?
- Make it a sweet night: dinner, then dessert. The plans on this page pair each top spot with the best-rated places within about a 20-minute walk.