A beloved New York City-based bakery known for its iconic six-ounce cookies, signature pastries, and artisanal bread has finally arrived in Philadelphia. Levain Bakery has opened a retail bakery ...
Founded by Pam Weekes and Connie McDonald nearly 30 years ago, Levain was initially bread-focused (the bakery’s name refers to the French term for sourdough). Cookies weren’t on the menu when they ...
Founded in 1995 as a small bread bakery on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Levain (which is also the French term for “natural leavening”) has 14 other bakeries across the country in New York, Los ...
Also this week, as the Philadelphia Phillies begin their playoff run, some local eateries are looking to capitalize on the Red October hype. New York cookie maker Levain Bakery is readying to open ...
Creamy chicken liver mousse ($16) – sourced from Fogline Farms near Pescadero – was spread over thick slices of sourdough levain, and topped with crunchy shaved fennel, dill and candylike agrodolce ...