Abba's Cafe & Bakery

Levain began as a small artisan bakery located in the heart of Manhattan's Upper West Side. First opened on December 16, 1995. Levain Bakery was founded by Connie McDonald and Pamela Weekes. Because the bakery is a small neighborhood place, where everything is made on the premises, visitors are able to watch the entire production of all the breads and cookies.

Walk in and you'll catch the aroma of butter and vanilla drifting through the shop—especially cozy on those crisp winter mornings. Everything here gets made by hand in tiny batches, baked fresh multiple times daily using ingredients that actually matter. Their approach skips the shortcuts: no preservatives, no stabilizers, just straightforward American desserts prepared the way bakers did decades ago. The result is treats that taste like they came from someone's kitchen, not a factory floor.

Order birthday, wedding and special occasion cakes here from Soutine, a neighborhood bakery in Manhattan. Soutine delivers all its cakes in Manhattan and through- out New York City, and some birthday cakes can be shipped world-wide.