I have ordered for myself or gifted (and tasted) Lou Malnatti's deep dish pizza, Ina Garten's coconut cake, and the Dips/spreads kit from Zahav. All were excellent and we order the pizza for ourselves once or twice a year.

Anonymous wrote:We do a gift card so the recipient can choose their own food and have it delivered when convenient for them.

+1

We always try to let people choose the food they want to eat. Halloween is an exception.

Veselka is always a hit and comes frozen so they don’t have to rush to eat it

We do a gift card so the recipient can choose their own food and have it delivered when convenient for them.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Breads Bakery babka
Junior's Cheesecake
Laduree macarons

Laduree macarons are nothing special. Many local bakeries make them - e.g., Olivia Macaron.

Laduree macaroons are at the same level as georgetown cupcake. Successful purely because of hype/tourists when there are tons of better options.

Agree with this. I bought a 12 pack of them in Paris from a Laduree shop. Chose flavors I wanted. They were not yummier than Trader Joe's.

Luke's Lobster lobster rolls

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Breads Bakery babka
Junior's Cheesecake
Laduree macarons

Laduree macarons are nothing special. Many local bakeries make them - e.g., Olivia Macaron.

Laduree macaroons are at the same level as georgetown cupcake. Successful purely because of hype/tourists when there are tons of better options.

Anonymous wrote:Breads Bakery babka
Junior's Cheesecake
Laduree macarons

Laduree macarons are nothing special. Many local bakeries make them - e.g., Olivia Macaron.

Panbury's double crust hand pies

Anonymous wrote:Breads Bakery babka
Junior's Cheesecake
Laduree macarons

The breads babka was seriously overhyped. I was so disappointed and was so angry about how much I paid for it. Juniors is available in grocery’ stores/costco and nobody should be paying goldbelly prices for it. The other suggestion is good although I think we do have local places that make great ones.
Personally I would find a cake/pie etc from an exceptional out of state bakery that is something you definitely can’t get here.

waste of money

Anonymous wrote:Essa Bagels
Ferrara's Bakery

There are people who will have pizza shipped, but I wouldn't.

I had pizza shipped, and it was great. It was a deep dish from Chicago, and they shipped it frozen in dry ice.

Breads Bakery babka
Junior's Cheesecake
Laduree macarons

Essa Bagels
Ferrara's Bakery

There are people who will have pizza shipped, but I wouldn't.

Any particular recommendations for a gift or gift to self?