Magnolia Bakery to open on Upper West Side

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As reported by Eater (via Gawker), New York's famed Magnolia Bakery will be opening a store on the Upper West Side:

As confirmed to Eater late last night by Magnolia owner Steve Abrams, Magnolia UWS will open in the space that was Lenge between Thanksgiving and Christmas. "I live on the Upper West Side," says the man. "My friends who know I own Magnolia keep asking when I'm going to open them a bakery up here. So I think it's time."

This location will be quite a bit bigger than the Bleecker Street original, though plans are to preserve much of the small quarters feel of bakery uptown. Abrams will do a gut renovation on Lenge, before he installs Magnolia with an "updated look" from architect Mark Zeff (Red Cat, Mermaid Inn). As a special bonus to the neighborhood, the new space will have a private party room, which is guaranteed to make the Upper West Side parent set quite happy, at least until a highly localized child obesity problem sets in.

Also, confidential to Magnolia. We heart you. Really. Even if you're often too crowded for us to want to pop in and grab a cupcake or 12. We'll forgive you for that, though. But not having a real website? It's 2007 already and you're, like, the most famous cupcake bakery in the world! The internets need you.