Upper West Side Restaurant Openings: 2 Bakeries, Noodles Shop

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — The season of new bakeries on the Upper West Side is continuing into 2022 as two bakeries are among the most recent openings in the neighborhood.

With spots like Maman, Rosetta Bakery, Levain, and more either opening or reopening on the UWS in recent months — the neighborhood has become flush with the baked good business.

Bakeries are a central part of recent new openings yet again, with a popular gluten-free baked good spot moving Upper West Side storefronts and an Upper West Side branch of an Australian bakery group joining the neighborhood.

A new local noodle shop also recently opened its doors.

Here's more of a breakdown.

Bourke Street Bakery: 313 Amsterdam Avenue (West 75th Street)

• The original bakery was opened over 15 years ago in Sydney, Australia, before its owners opened a location in 2019 on East 28th Street.
• Bourke Street also has a location in Chelsea on 18th Street.
• It is replacing Piccolo Cafe at its new Upper West Side storefront.
• The bakery offers organic sourdough, pastries, cakes, cookies, muffins, and Australian classics like pork & fennel sausage roll and meat pie.
• Bourke Street also has three cookbooks, which you can check out here.

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By The Way Bakery: 2440 Broadway (West 90th Street)

• Don't panic gluten-free people of the Upper West Side, if you walk past the usual shuttered By The Way Bakery storefront, keep walking five more steps and you'll come upon the new and bigger bakery space.
• By The Way Bakery is entirely gluten-free and dairy-free, they're also certified kosher.
• The bakery has locations in Westchester, the Upper East Side, and Greenwich, Connecticut.
• Its most popular creations are blueberry muffins, lemon layer cake filled with lemon curd, chocolate chip cookies made with Belgian chocolate, and raspberry bars.

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Simply Noodles: 267 Amsterdam (Between West 72nd and 73rd Streets)

• Simply Noodles is replacing an old noodle shop at the same address, as it recently opened in the former space of Kitakata Ramen Ben Nai.
• The menu features golden kimchi, dumplings, spring rolls, wontons, pork buns, an assortment of noodle dishes, and more.
• The eatery is open every day from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• You can check out photos of dishes from Simply Noodles on its website.
• ILoveTheUpperWestSide was the first publication to report on Simply Noodles' opening.