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The Upper West Side’s bakery roster is about to pick up a name that has had Brooklynites lining up around the block for the better part of three years.
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Radio Bakery, the Greenpoint-born pastry destination that expanded to Prospect Heights earlier this year, will officially cross the river in 2027 with a new shop at 463 Columbus Avenue, between West 82nd and 83rd Streets. It will be the bakery’s first Manhattan location and its third overall.The Columbus Avenue shop will be led by co-owner and chef Kelly Mencin, working with the team behind Ridgewood’s Rolo’s and Williamsburg’s Hellbender. According to a representative for the bakery, the menu will mirror what has drawn the crowds in Brooklyn — seasonal pastries, popular breads, and sandwiches built on house-made focaccia.
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c/o Radio Bakery
We first became aware of Radio’s northbound expansion through this Reddit thread, later confirming the details with company reps.
For anyone who hasn’t yet made the trip out to India Street or Underhill Avenue, Radio’s reputation is built on a restaurant-trained approach to baking. Mencin came up at Bouchon and Gramercy Tavern before helping launch the bakery program at Rolo’s in 2021, and the menu at Radio reflects that lineage. The croissants are the headliners — the classic, the pistachio, the triple chocolate, and a chocolate PB&J — and the chocolate chunk cookie has its own following. But the savory program is what tends to surprise first-time visitors: a cheesy pretzel bearclaw, a scallion sesame twist developed during a pop-up with chef Calvin Eng of Bonnie’s, an asparagus and cheddar croissant, and focaccia slices that rotate through things like fennel and sausage and shakshuka.
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c/o Radio Bakery
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The original Greenpoint shop, which opened in 2023, was named one of the 22 best bakeries in the country by The New York Times in late 2024. Mencin was named a 2025 StarChefs Rising Star Chef shortly after. The Prospect Heights location, which opened in March, sold out before 2 p.m. on its first day and has been drawing similar lines since.An exact opening date has not yet been announced.
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