DINING OUT: Leske’s Park Slope
Now we can get all the deliciousness of Leskes homemade cookies and cakes a few stops higher on the R train.
On February 12, the 50-year-old Scandinavian bakery that made homemade black-and-white cookies a famous holiday and every other day staple opened up its second location at 558 Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, just a few miles north of its sister site near 77th Street in Bay Ridge.
As explained by owners Stephen Howe, Steven DeSimone, and Kenny Grande, the new store has all the tried-and-true charm and baked goods from Leskes (Kringles! Danishes!), plus a few new items, such as Whoopie Pies from fellow Brooklyn-born baker Paige McCurdy-Flynn of Cookie Fairy Sweets, and Leskes version of Hostess cupcakes and Twinkies, which are now also available in the Bay Ridge shop.