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Free Upper West Side News, Delivered To Your Inbox<\/a><\/p>\n The Upper West Side\u2019s bakery roster is about to pick up a name that has had Brooklynites lining up around the block for the better part of three years.<\/p>\n Radio Bakery<\/a>, the Greenpoint-born pastry destination that expanded to Prospect Heights earlier this year, will officially cross the river in 2027 with a new shop at 463 Columbus Avenue, between West 82nd and 83rd Streets. It will be the bakery\u2019s first Manhattan location and its third overall. <\/p>\n The Columbus Avenue shop will be led by co-owner and chef Kelly Mencin, working with the team behind Ridgewood\u2019s Rolo\u2019s and Williamsburg\u2019s Hellbender. According to a representative for the bakery, the menu will mirror what has drawn the crowds in Brooklyn \u2014 seasonal pastries, popular breads, and sandwiches built on house-made focaccia.<\/p>\n c\/o Radio Bakery<\/p>\n c\/o Radio Bakery<\/p>\n We first became aware of Radio\u2019s northbound expansion through this Reddit thread<\/a>, later confirming the details with company reps.<\/p>\n For anyone who hasn\u2019t yet made the trip out to India Street or Underhill Avenue, Radio\u2019s reputation is built on a restaurant-trained approach to baking. Mencin came up at Bouchon and Gramercy Tavern before helping launch<\/a> the bakery program at Rolo\u2019s in 2021, and the menu at Radio reflects that lineage. The croissants are the headliners \u2014 the classic, the pistachio, the triple chocolate, and a chocolate PB&J \u2014 and the chocolate chunk cookie has its own following. But the savory program is what tends to surprise first-time visitors: a cheesy pretzel bearclaw, a scallion sesame twist developed during a pop-up with chef Calvin Eng of Bonnie\u2019s, an asparagus and cheddar croissant, and focaccia slices that rotate through things like fennel and sausage and shakshuka.<\/p>\n c\/o Radio Bakery<\/p>\n c\/o Radio Bakery<\/p>\n The original Greenpoint shop, which opened in 2023, was named one of the 22 best bakeries in the country by The New York Times<\/a> in late 2024. Mencin was named a 2025 StarChefs Rising Star Chef shortly after. The Prospect Heights location, which opened in March, sold out before 2 p.m. on its first day and has been drawing similar lines since. <\/p>\n An exact opening date has not yet been announced.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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