Bee's Doesn't Have Much to Buzz About

In my attempt to cross a few more places off of my chocolate and burger list before the end of the year, we tag teamed Bee's Desserts en route to Bill's Burger last week.  The burger was amazing, but of course I was most looking forward to dessert at the end.

Bee's had been written up for having an amazing honey cake.  I don't know what a honey cake is, but it was covered in chocolate, and I saw the place in the Serious Eats blog (http://newyork.seriouseats.com/2010/03/lunch-for-one-bee-desserts-west-village-opening.html).  So we figured it must be good.

When we passed by, there was a sign on the door that they were closed for the day because they were filming something inside.  There's a garden in back, so I think it was being used for some movie, most likely with Sarah Jessica Parker because she seems to be in every movie filmed in the West Village.  We politely asked if we could still buy the honey cakes.  I could go back any time, but we had visitors from California that wouldn't have a chance to come back another day.  The people at Bee's were very nice about it, and they did let us buy two honey cakes to go.  We picked the original and marshmallow varieties (there are 4 altogether to choose from, the other two are almond and liqeur).

The honey cakes are made with honey instead of refined sugar, which is supposed to make them more moist. They were moist, but I wouldn't exactly say they were good.  They're covered in a layer of dark chocolate, but it's not very thick.  For $5, I would have much rather had 2 cookies from Paradis, a make your own froyo from 16 Handles, or a brownie from Vegan Divas.  They are supposed to be eaten cold, but we tried to thaw them out a little because they were given to us frozen!  I think they'd been in the refrigerator back at Bee's.  We tried a little of each one, and the communal decision was that it was just okay.  I liked the marshmallow one a little bit more than the original, but overall it reminded me of a mallomar.  Which I actually enjoy more than these.  And I can get an entire box for less than $5 (maybe not in Manhattan, but definitely in Brooklyn.  But not in the summer because apparently they aren't sold in hot months).

Bee's has a cafe too, and the menu looks pretty decent - I would potentially go back there for brunch, but I won't be getting another honey cake anytime soon.  We didn't even finish these - I think I was disappointed

Bee Desserts and Cafe
www.beedesserts.com
94 Greenwich Ave, near 7th Ave S and between W12th and W13th streets

212-366-6110