May 31, 2011
This month, Manhattan Magazine shares the best spots and activities in the Hamptons. Number 5 on their to-do list is to stop by our Wainscott location to pick up “mouthwatering, hockey-puck-size cookies” for “hosts with a sweet tooth.”
July 23, 2010
Tracy Anderson, famous for her fitness routines, reveals her favorite places in the Hamptons in “Safe Harbor.” In the Hamptons Magazine article, she shares her favorite desserts and activities that she and her son like to try, including our Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies that they get at our Wainscott location in the East End!
September 3, 2009
We knew Sinead first as a customer in our Wainscott shop, but this year we got her on the other side of the counter and she has been amazing! We are hoping that in the Fall, when we close for the season in Wainscott, that, when Sinead is not in school, she will be on West 74th Street!
Name: Sinead Keirans
What’s your sign: Pices
Where did you grow up? New York City
What is your favorite color? Green
What is your favorite thing at the bakery? Scones
Cat or Dog? Cat
If you could be a cookie package, where would you want to be shipped? Australia
Chocolate chip walnut or chocolate chocolate chip? Chocolate Chip Walnut
What is your favorite song played at the bakery? Let it Be
If you could be one thing in the bakery, what would you be and why? A cookie, everyone likes cookies
August 14, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/nyregion/16qbiteli.html
Quick Bite | Wainscott
Published: August 14, 2009
“Never have 12 cookies weighed so much,” said Michael Hirtenstein of Manhattan and Bridgehampton, lifting his purchase from the counter at Levain Bakery in Wainscott on a recent afternoon.
Levain’s signature cookies ($4) are indeed impressive in their heft and lumpy handmade charm. Each weighs six ounces and is nearly half as thick as it is wide. They come in four flavors: chocolate chip walnut, dark chocolate chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin and dark chocolate peanut butter chip.
“There’s kind of an art to scaling it perfectly,” said Connie McDonald, the co-owner with Pam Weekes of the 10-year-old bakery in Wainscott and its 14-year-old sister bakery on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The cookie’s thickness allows the center to be soft with melted semi-sweet chocolate chunks and chewy with raisins or nuts, while the outside remains crisp and firm. Substantial and satisfying, the chocolate chip walnut cookie is practically a meal in itself.
Levain produces fine artisanal breads (a crusty ciabatta is $4.50, a whole wheat walnut raisin is $6.75), bomboloncini (baked jelly doughnuts, $2 each), and flat pizza breads in flavors like caramelized onion with Parmesan or artichoke Gruyère ($7.50 each). Espresso ($1.50) and cappuccino ($2.75 small, $3.75 large) are also available. There is no table service, but there are benches to sit on.
Rustic fruit tarts are a specialty only at the East End location. A combination of strawberries, blueberries and peaches is framed in a light pie crust ($25 for a six-inch). The sweet tarts are seasonal pleasures, just like Levain’s Wainscott bakery. It closes for the year in late September. (Levain Bakery in Manhattan is open year-round.)
Levain Bakery, Wainscott Village Shopping Center, 354 Montauk Highway, Wainscott; (631) 537-8570. levainbakery.com. Open daily July through Labor Day, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Open weekends April through June, and from Labor Day until the last weekend of September (call for hours). SUSAN M. NOVICK
August 1, 2009
This is the second summer Daniel has worked for us in Wainscott and we are so happy that he came back this summer. We just wish he did not have to go back to school so soon! He is great to have around and keeps us all laughing and is a great dancer!
Name: Daniel Narvaez Garcia
What’s your sign: Aquarius
Where did you grow up? Cuenca-Ecuador
What is your favorite color? Brown
What is your favorite thing at the bakery? Everybody
Cat or Dog? Dog
If you could be a cookie package, where would you want to be shipped? Cuenca
What smells best when it is in the oven? The cookies
Chocolate chip walnut or chocolate chocolate chip? Chocolate Chip Walnut
What is your favorite song played at the bakery? Use Some Body – Get the Rhythm
If you could be one thing in the bakery, what would you be and why? The cookies, because we sell the most of them.
Make a statement that defines you. Vive tu vida como si fuera el ultimo dia. “Live everyday like it is your last>”
July 18, 2009
Sometimes it seems that to work at Levain Bakery you must have a certain name. ie Alexis, Emily, etc. Right now we have three Emily’s!
Name: Emily
What’s your sign: Leo
Where did you grow up? New Jersey
What is your favorite color? I go back and forth between blue and green
What is your favorite thing at the bakery? Pizzas
Cat or Dog? Dog
If you could be a cookie package, where would you want to be shipped? Anywhere in Tuscany
What smells best when it is in the oven? Sour cream coffee cake
Chocolate chip walnut or chocolate chocolate chip? Chocolate chip walnut
What is your favorite song played at the bakery? Ragged Wood by Fleet Fox
What is your least favorite song played at the bakery? The bakery only plays good music.
If you could be one thing in the bakery, what would you be and why? The big mixer – it can do anything.
Make a statement that defines you. “Don’t sweat the small stuff.”
July 11, 2009
Michaela recently graduated from High School and is getting ready to head off to college in the fall. But first she will spend the summer with us in Wainscott learning a bit about about baking.
Name: Michaela Fitzgerald
What’s your sign: Cancer
Where did you grow up? Shoreham, New York
What is your favorite color? Yellow
What is your favorite thing at the bakery? Chocolate chip brioche
Cat or Dog? Dog
If you could be a cookie package, where would you want to be shipped? California
What smells best when it is in the oven? Pizza
Chocolate Chip Walnut or Chocolate Chocolate Chip? Chocolate chocolate chip
What is your favorite song played at the bakery? Marching Bands in Manhattan – Death Cab for Cutie
What is your least favorite song played at the bakery? Don’t have one yet.
If you could be one thing in the bakery, what would you be and why? Chocolate chip brioche because it is amazing.
Make a statement that defines you. Live. Laugh. Love. 
May 16, 2009
It isn’t summer yet but today was even better here in the city! Spectacular and sunny, not too hot. The perfect day for an iced coffee and cookie! The perfect type of weather to wander around the city.
And, judging by this photo, which I just received via email, it is also the perfect time to take a road trip to the East End of Long Island. The summer crowds are not around yet but everything is open and you can enjoy what I think are the most beautiful beaches in the world. The ocean side or the sound side of the Island, both are gorgeous. As a Long Island girl I know I am a bit biased, but I have seen some other parts of this country, and the world, and I still think where I grew up is the most beautiful place in the world! Nothing else compares. If you have some time check it out. We have almost all the same delicious goodies in Wainscott plus some others!
May 9, 2009
Aurelio works out in our Hamptons location during the spring-summer season. I really don’t have the pleasure of working with him that often only when I make the occasional visit out there. He is always very cheerful and ready to make us the BEST lunches!! Aurelio is an extremely talented artist when he is not at the bakery and has painted some beautiful portraits of the beauty surrounding the Wainscott location. (www.AurelioTorresart.com)
Name: Aurelio (aka -the bug)
What’s your sign? Sagittarius
Where did you grow up? Uruguay and NYC (SOHO)
How long have you lived in New York City? Live in Wainscott/NW Woods
How long have you been working at Levain Bakery? Working?
What’s your favorite color? Purple
What’s your favorite thing at the bakery? Iced Cap
Cat or Dog? Dog!
If you could be a cookie package, where would you want to be shipped? Sardegna
What smells the best when it’s in the oven? Sour cream coffee cake
Chocolate Chip Walnut or Chocolate Chocolate Chip? CCW (protein)
What’s your favorite song played at the bakery? TKO!
What’s your least favorite song played at the bakery? One of those girl bands
Make a statement that best defines you: Nothing is a sure thing until it is history.
April 17, 2009
The Levain Bakery Wainscott location will open for the season this Friday, April 17th at 8am!
Spring Hours are
Friday 8am – 5pm
Saturday 8am – 5pm
Sunday 8am – 1pm
We will open 7 days on Friday June 26th. Hope to see you there!
