magnolia bakery

new york, ny

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after i made a small purchase in wevill, the saleswoman presented me with two coupons for free magnolia cupcakes! although excited by the prospect of free food (everything tastes better when its free), derek and i were hesitant. usually, there's a line outside magnolia that wraps around the corner and down the street, filled with tourists and satc fans (apparently carrie once ate a cupcake from here?). but with the possibility of free cupcakes, we had to check it out. if the line was too long, we would just give our coupons to two lucky tourists.

fortunately for us, there happened to be a very short line to get into the surprisingly small shop. once inside, you have two options. to the left is a self-service section where you can grab a cute cupcake carrier and choose two cupcakes. on the right, there's a line where you can ask for other dessert items (note - it is not the line to pay, you can actually go straight to the register). we went the self-service route. derek chose a mint-chocolate cupcake and i chose my standard yellow with chocolate frosting. we took our cupcakes to a nearby park where several women (and one man in a wig) wearing hot pink dresses were dancing an ode to cupcakes. the cupcakes themselves were tasty and indeed ode-worthy. maybe too much overly sweet frosting, but i'm just being picky - they were free, after all.