Harrison Bake Shop

As of last week, and until the middle of December, I'll be working in Harrison, NY everyday. EVERYDAY. I had it really good with my first client in midtown: gorgeous office, well-stocked kitchen pantry (every cereal you could dream of, rice pudding, at least five varieties of ice cream bars, H&H Bagels and muffins from Buttercup Bake Shop on Fridays), and to top it off, lunch was provided everyday!

But now I go to Harrison, NY via a long ride on the Metro North. Where is Harrison? It's up high. Right past the Bronx. It is suburbia. A nice suburbia, but it's always somewhat of a shock getting off the train�to be surrounded by houses and so many trees, an abundance of cars and not a taxi in sight. This client does not feed us lunch. Which I'd be totally dandy with (because really, having lunch provided is a bonus, not staple). But the thing is, THERE'S NOTHING TO EAT IN HARRISON! Chain restaurants, a Food Emporium, one bagel shop, one Chinese takeout, one pizza place...

...and thank god, one BAKERY! I walked into Harrison Bake Shop my first day on the client, no expectations and ready to be disappointed. But now I'm super happy to report back that arriving with low expectations was a silly thing to do, I'll definitely be coming back here!

My eyes scanned over the vast selection of pastries, bread, and cookies, and stopped at the row of muffins. I loooove muffins. It's a good excuse eat cake for breakfast/lunch/dinner/dessert/snack/midnight meal. So I picked a cinnamon sugar topped pumpkin muffin. It was just the right size to hold in the palm of your hand. A size that would satisfy for breakfast, but allow room for plenty of mid-meals before lunch.

The muffin itself? My favourite part was the exterior top, lightly crusty and completely snowed with the crumbly cinnamon-sugar streusel. A tender crumb, which could be moister, especially because it was a pumpkin muffin and I like my pumpkin muffins extraaaa moist! Not pumpkin-ny enough in flavour, but that always seems to be an issue with me. I always find myself wishing gingerbread things were more gingerbread-y and pumpkin goods more pumpkin-y. Nonetheless, it's nice to know that even while I'm locked far away upstate and far from the culinary wonderland of the city, I can count on getting a good muffin!

Harrison Bake Shop
357 Halstead Ave.
Harrison, NY 10528
(914) 835-1151