New York Gossip Gal | by Roz

Rich and icy cold, Godiva Shakes is looking to take over the highly coveted sweet cold beverage spot with their newly repackaged and renamed Godiva Shakes. Two new flavors sure to pick-you up this summer are Strawberry Chocolate and the Mint Chocolate Chip. These two beauties already join Dark Chocolate Raspberry, Dark Chocolate Decadence, and [...]

Just opened is Ralph’s famous ices known for their 86 flavors at all times with a total of over 100 waiting to be devoured. Old school- walk up to the window style. Love it. Ices, Ice Cream, Sundaes, Arctic Shakes, Fruit Smoothies and Thick Milk Shakes. 144 East 24th Street bet Lex & 3rd Ave. [...]

Renowned West Hollywood bakery Sweet Lady Jane famous for feeding sweets to all of Hollywood including Jennifer Garner, Tori Spelling, and Jennifer Aniston (pictured here celebrating her 40th birthday), most recently made a custom vegan, red velvet cake for Ellen DeGeneres’ big TV birthday bash which aired yesterday and included birthday wishes from surprise guests [...]

Introducing Popbar’s miniPops made fresh daily with real fruit, no preservatives or artificial flavorings and perfect for parties, corporate events and any other occasions where you want to wow your guests with a treat totally different from the usual. Pick-up or delivery with a minimum order of 25, miniPops, handcrafted gelato in various yummy flavors [...]

Pastry Chef extraordinaire Julian Plyter of Lever House, wildly popular Lure Fishbar, and most recently chic Crosby Street Hotel, opened Melt Bakery along with business partner Kareem Hamady and created good ole fashioned ice cream sandwiches. The twist is that unlike the old days of vanilla and chocolate only, you now have a choice of [...]

Downtown Brooklyn already on its way to becoming one of the hippest places around, is about to get even hipper as Shake Shack, the beloved burger, hot dog and frozen custard joint moves in to town. The new Shack will call home at Fulton Street, Willoughby, and Adams, right smack in the heart of Downtown [...]

How could you not like a place that calls itself ‘The Best Chocolate Cake in the Word’? Well, I must be having an out of body experience because all I want to do is go there immediately and taste that chocolate cake. It looks rich, expensive, and decadent and out of my league, and the [...]

Once again, cupcake company Baked by Melissa has come up with a great idea to ‘Create Your Own Cupcake’ by selecting your favorite cake flavor, icing color, topping and stuffing. So cool, all you do is log on to www.bakedbymelissa.com/#customizer/ and follow the few easy steps as you name it, add it to the online [...]

Sprinkles Cupcakes- pure, delicious and scratch-baked with love, is moving in to 780 Lexington Ave in the East 60’s where Gino’s Italian restaurant had been for what seemed like an eternity. Gino’s, who had to close up after many years of serving all of NY’s elite due to increased rents and the fallen economy, will [...]

Le Colonial’s Vietnamese French cuisine has left an amazing lasting impression on me. That’s because my meal of crispy and light spring rolls, avocado crab martini, grilled shrimp mousse wrapped in luscious sugar cane, steamed and delish Chilean sea bass, and the flaky and delectable Green Tea Crepe dessert artfully and carefully prepared in a [...]