*Bloggers note: the old locations at 2740 Broadway closed in March 2025 and the new location under a different owner opened at 2664 Broadway in June 2026)

Silver Moon Bakery 2740 Broadway & 105th Street New York, NY 10025

Silver Moon Bakery

2740 Broadway & 105th Street/2664 Broadway (new location-new owner)

New York, NY  10025

(212) 866-4717

https://www.silvermoonbakery.com/

https://www.silvermoonbakery.com/menus/

Twitter: @silverMoonBakes

Open: Monday-Friday-7:30am-8:00pm/Saturday & Sunday-8:00am-7:00pm

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60763-d1027122-Reviews-Silver_Moon_Bakery-New_York_City_New_York.html?m=19905

The front of the old bakery location at 2740 Broadway

I discovered Silver Moon Bakery when walking around the Manhattanville/Bloomingdale neighborhood for my walking project, “MywalkinManhattan.com” and the couple of times I have been here, the pastries have been excellent.

The selection is amazing

The first time I visited the store, I just happened upon it. I needed a snack and walked in to see what they had in the cases. This is not the ordinary bakery with the same old things that the other bakeries carry.  They are a little more adventurous in their baking and create some rather unusual pastries.

They are by no means cheap. It is not as expensive as some of their counterparts south of 96th Street especially on the East Side of Manhattan but their quality speaks for itself and everything I have eaten here is excellent (See reviews on TripAdvisor).

On my first trip to the bakery, I had a Crumuffin, a combination of a Croissant and a muffin. What made it unusual was that it was filled with chocolate Nutella and baked. It then was topped with vanilla crème and dusted with powder sugar. It had a soft, chewy texture to it and you could taste the layers in the pastry. Each bite gave it it’s own complexity. You tasted multiple flavors in each bite depending on how you bite into it. It had a sweet buttery flavor to it and it was not overwhelming sugary.

The Crumuffin at Silver Moon Bakery is amazing!

The Crumuffin is filled with Cream and Nutella and is a delight to bite into

I also had their glazed Brioche, which again had a rich buttery taste to it. It was a large ball that was lightly covered with a powder sugar glaze and the combination of the sweetness of the glaze with the sweet butter made a sweet/savory flavor that bursts in your mouth. It is also quite large so it takes a few bites to get through this sweet fluffy ball.

The Brioche at Silver Moon Bakery frosted or unfrosted is wonderful.

On my second trip to the bakery, I made a special trip up Broadway to come here and I wanted to try something new and original but I decided on a Linzer tart  and it was delicious. The cookie had a rich taste of sweet butter and sugar, the way a quality baked product should have and it was layered with a raspberry jelly that tasted like it was homemade.

On another trip, I tried their French Meringue, which was light, fluffy and sweet. It melted in my mouth with every bite like a piece of cotton candy. It broke apart with each bite but still the sweet crunchiness was amazing.

The cookies and bread at Silver Moon Bakery.

When I visited the neighborhood again (which I have to admit in just a year keeps changing), I tried the Blueberry Danish ($3.95). It was delicious. The pastry was perfectly cooked with a chewy caramelized outside and a soft buttery consistency in the middle. It was studded with fresh blueberries and vanilla cream in between the pastry dough. It was delicious.

I was in such a good mood that day, I even bought a homeless woman a cupcake, which I thought was odd of me but could tell the woman was not faking it. There was something about her that rung through me and I bought her one of the pink sugar cupcakes. I am not sure how she liked it but I saw her taking big bites out of it and had a smile on her face. Every once in a while it is good to do a good deed.

On another recent trip to the bakery, I tried the Apricot Danish ($3.95), that was a swirl of pastry dough with cinnamon sugar with a delicious center of apricot puree in the center and with each bite you could taste the sweet fruit. I also tried one of their California danishes ($3.95) which was brioche dough with cinnamon sugar rolled into the swirl of the dough and then topped with more cinnamon sugar. Each bite had a sweet caramelized flavor to it and there is a nice richness in the buttery brioche dough.

Cinnamon Pastries

The best part about Silver Moon Bakery is that the staff is really nice and helpful. A big change from some of the French bakeries on the Upper East Side of Manhattan who act like you are buying a diamond ring from them. They can get very snooty when you question why this tiny pastry is $10.00. Not here.

The staff is very friendly and engaging. They come up with good suggestions when you are not sure what to decide to buy. Most of the time, I just buy both if I am hungry. The best part is that their product always tastes fresh no matter what time of day you go in. Some bakeries in the city, the product has been sitting around  all day and even though it looks nice, its hard or dry. Not here. Everything I have had tastes like it was just baked or baked in small batches.

The inside of Silver Moon bakery.

This little ‘gem’ should not be missed when visiting Manhattanville. If you are visiting your children at Columbia University, take the walk a few blocks down south and stop at Silver Moon Bakery and try their high quality pastries.

In March 2025, the bakery closed (but has since reopened in a new location):

 

The new location at 2664 Broadway under a new owner:

The bakery reopened in 2026 under the new owner who owned Buttercup Bakery and renamed it Silver Moon Buttercup Bakery at 2664 Broadway.

The front of the new silver Moon Buttercup Bakery at 2664 Broadway

The new bakery has the same feel and a lot of the same items as the old bakery. It opened under a new owner who had bought much of the equipment and fixturing and retained a lot of the staff including the former manager and baker. It seems to be a hit right now since the opening.

The breads and rolls section

The pastry and pie and tart section

It still has the neighborhood feel to it