[From the 7/28/25 newsletter]
On Saturday, we went with our pal Lucie to Jr. and Son and had a blast.
Imagine your favorite Italian-American red sauce joint taken up to an eleven and you’ll get the idea. The garlic bread was dreamy, the salad with arancini (fried rice balls) brilliant, and this chicken parm was epic:
But my favorite dish — and this will come as no surprise to anyone who already knows my favorite cookie — was this rainbow cookie cake:
I spoke to Helen Rosner about it when I saw her at a party (she wrote a great review of Jr and Son in the New Yorker) and she said the most controversial thing about this cake is that it has a coconut flavor instead of almond. I was weary but I totally loved it. So moist (sorry, I said moist) and rich and satisfying. Rainbow cookie fans, get thee to Jr. and Son.
Jr. & Son / 575 Lorimer St / (917) 499-3248
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