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A place · Bakery · Lower East Side · on 1 of my list

Sugar Sweet Sunshine Bakery.

Worth it, says Antonina. Opened by two former Magnolia Bakery employees, it should come as no surprise that Sugar Sweet Sunshine’s banana pudding ranks among the best in the city.

Antonina Pattiz
Antonina PattizI went myself · from my Best bakeries on the Lower East Side
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Best bakeries on the Lower East Side

No. 9 on that list3 min from the subway
Worth it
  • Subway6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z to Canal St, 3 min
  • Address195 Grand St, New York, NY 10013
  • From my guide, updated September 2026.

The Lower East Side bakery also offers a wide range of additional sweets, like stellar cupcakes and bundt cakes. And for those wondering what spurred the bakery’s bubbly name, the owners saw sugar sweet sunshine love etched on concrete as they went tour the space that later became the bakery.

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Sugar Sweet Sunshine Bakery

Lower East Side