Mary O's Irish Soda Bread Shop in NYC, NY

I finally made it to Mary O’s Irish Soda Bread shop in the East Village, where Mary O’Halloran serves only soda bread in two shapes: loaf or as a unit with butter and a homemade blackberry jam. This place has been on my instagram feed for some time, but I admit that I was waiting a bit before going because of the wait (they open at 7am until sold out that is their everyday life considering how popular this place is). So, we decided to go the weekend of the 4th of July, thinking that people will be away. Good move! They do not have that many tables and we got lucky to be able to sit on their bench outside. We just went for their soda bread with jam and butter ($6). They surely put lots of butter and a nice amount of jam that complemented perfectly the delicious soda bread that was warm and slightly crispy on the outside. After the first bite, I understood why people love this place: it was so good, and we realized that it is better to eat it right away as the bottom of the bread starts to get soggy after several minutes. In fact, we even heard someone saying that she bought them to go one time and they were not that good because of that same reason. So, is it worth the wait? Yes, definitely. That soda bread is amazing and I highly recommend it. Know that they also have e tea and coffee but it can be overpriced (the double espresso was $10!).

Enjoy (I did)!

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