What’s blue and orange with sprinkles all over? That would be the Knicks-themed dot cake at the boutique grocer Butterfield Market on the Upper East Side—a dessert recently enjoyed by Kylie Jenner, who posted a stack of the treats to her Instagram Story on Thursday, while celebrating the Knicks’ win in game four of the NBA Finals.
Yes, Knicks fever is sweeping the streets of New York City, from the star-studded courtside seats of Madison Square Garden to the watch parties and impromptu street festivals breaking out after every game. (Even the Empire State Building has been lit up in blue and orange in honor of the team’s runaway success this season.)
But there’s another phenomenon that Vogue staffers have noticed, too: the proliferation of Knicks-themed snacks and desserts taking over the city’s culinary institutions. You’d be hard-pressed to walk a few blocks without spotting a swirly blue-and-orange bagel, a pizza with mozzarella artfully arranged to form the “NYK” logo, or a pack of bright orange Zabar’s smoked salmon presented in a themed box. So it only felt right that we should hit the streets and sample a few of them ourselves.
Below, read seven of our most intrepid writers and editors on the Knicks foodstuffs they picked up at their local bakery or grocery store on their commute over the past few days. (One colleague’s dogged pursuit of a basketball donut even saw her visit the store twice, after they were sold out on her first visit.) Who knows what all those garishly colored food dyes will do to our digestive systems, but in the name of journalism, we were willing to take the risk.
Knicks bagel at Have A Bagel, Williamsburg
Photo: Hannah Jackson
When I stopped by Have a Bagel on an early morning last weekend, the guy behind the counter asked if I was a Knicks fan, to which I stammered out a “yes.” The answer was proved good enough—he threw in a free Knicks bagel, a vibrant swirl of blue and orange. It tasted like a regular plain bagel (always excellent there), but with spirit! —Hannah Jackson
Knicks cookies at E.A.T., Upper East Side
Photo: Lilah Ramzi
