Top 10: Pumpkin Dishes

10. Ice Cream Sandwich with Pumpkin – The Meatball Shop

(64 Greenwich Ave. @ Perry St.)

 Imagine this, homemade pumpkin ice cream wedged in between your choice of homemade cookie.  Many associate The Meatball shop with having the best balls around.  It's true - they do, but what most people fail at  is saving room for dessert.  You can choose from a selection of their homemade cookies, but we highly recommend their seasonal pumpkin ice cream wedged between their chocolate chip cookie .  Perfect amount of spice combined with a creamy and sweet finish!  Or if you are feeling adventurous, mix and match the top and bottom cookie.  It's hard to go wrong!

9. Japanese Pumpkin Pancakes – Clinton Street Baking Co.

(4 Clinton St. nr. Houston St.)

They serve pancakes in the morning, in the afternoon and at night which makes us believe they know what they are doing.  In fact, they do!  Pumpkin makes everything just a little sweeter and these pancakes are proof.  They're adorned with a pumpkin seed streusel, warm maple butter and topped with pumpkin puree.   

8. Pumpkin Pizza – Forcella

(334 Bowery St. nr. Bond St.)

Forcella is a newcomer to Manhattan and they've already proven themselves with their pumpkin pizza.  Pumpkin once again steals the show as the key ingredient.  It is topped with smoked mozzarella, and speck from Alto Adige.  It's not too sweet, not too smokey, and not too meaty.  I bet Goldy Locks would think it's just right!



7. Pumpkin Pie – Good Enough to Eat

(483 Amsterdam Ave. @ 83rd St.)

Pumpkin pie - a staple at Thanksgiving dinner.  But we think it should be served year round.  In our quest to find the perfect pumpkin pie, it was a no brainer.  Take a look, you'll know why.  The crust is flakey and delicious and the pumpkin heavenly.  

6. Candied Pumpkin and sugared "Hay" – Prune

(54 East 1st St. nr. First Ave)

The most interesting  pumpkin dish we found.  Gabrielle Hamilton is well known for a number of reasons and this really should be one of them.  We're still not entirely sure how she makes the hay, but we don't care - it's delicious!  Add to that the candied pumpkin,  Greek yogurt and honey and you've got one heck of a dish.  

5. Pumpkin and Goat Cheese croquettes – Casa Mono

(52 Irving Pl. @ 17th St.)

Casa Mono is consistently one of the best restaurants in New York due to their ability to create exciting dishes.  This is one of those dishes.  Within the tapas style menu, the perfectly fried croquettes with a creamy and flavorful center truly standout!

4. Pumpkin Eggnog Pudding– Sugar Sweet Sunshine

(126 Rivington St. nr. Essex St.)

The pumpkin eggnog pudding is a ray of sugar sweet sunshine at this bakery in the LES.  The layers of pumpkin cake only add to the depth of flavor and the eggnog pudding and whipped cream add to it's fabulosity.  The Nog is served five different ways, A shot 10 oz, 12 oz, 16 oz & the grandaddy 64 ounce tub.  We recommend the grandaddy -  It's pumptastic!

3. Bergère– Buvette

(42 Grove St. nr. Bleecker St.)

 Ever wonder what a Bergère is?  Me either!  But now that I do know, I never want to forget! A Bergère translates to shepherdess in French so this is essentially a shepherd sandwich.  It's filled with brie, radicchio and roasted pumpkin on toasted French bread.   If shepherds eat this well then sign me up! 

2.  Pumpkin Coppetta - Otto

(1 Fifth Ave. @ 8th St.)

Otto may be known for their pizza, but their desserts deserve a lot of credit too!  This is a great example.  The rum ginger cake, cassata crema, coffee bourbon sauce, candied walnuts & cranberries make for a special combination with the pumpkin.  It's a no brainer - save room and order the coppetta.  

1.  Seasonal Pumpkin Doughnut- Doughnut Plant

(379 Grand St. nr. Essex St.)

"Mmmmm, Seasonal Pumpkin Donut."
        -Homer Simpson


I don't think we can put it any better.