Friday, May 19, 2017

Magnolia Bakery Is Opening at Boston's Faneuil Hall

Over the past several years, there has been chatter that a New York-based group of bakeries that gained notoriety thanks to a TV series--and which also helped bring about the cupcake craze of the 1990s and 2000s--was looking to expand to Boston. Now we have learned that this will indeed become reality later this year.

The Tables section of The Boston Globe is reporting that Magnolia Bakery is opening a stall at 2-4 Faneuil Hall, with the plan being to open sometime in the fall based on what a rep told the Globe. Magnolia, which started out in Greenwich Village in the 1990s and now has six shops in New York, and three others in Central Valley, NY, Chicago and Los Angeles, became famous thanks to "Sex and the City," and it has also been mentioned on a number of other TV shows and movies over the years.

The website for Magnolia Bakery can be found at http://www.magnoliabakery.com/

[August 10 update: The Boston Herald mentions that the upcoming Magnolia Bakery may have a heated patio area, as it is part of a proposal to upgrade Faneuil Hall with new seamless glass canopies with some of the canopies being movable and having heaters overhead, including that of the bakery.]

[September 15 update: Eater Boston states that Magnolia Bakery plans to open in Faneuil Hall in December, and it will sell cupcakes, banana pudding, cookies, muffins, scones, and more. (EB also says that this will be a corporate location, not a franchise.)]

[March 20, 2018 update: According to a press release, Magnolia Bakery plans to open at the end of the month and one of the items it will feature is a Boston Cream Pie Banana Pudding.]

[March 26, 2018 update: Boston Magazine says in an update that Magnolia Bakery opens in Faneuil Hall on Thursday, March 29, with hours being 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM Monday through Saturday and 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM on Sundays.]

[Earlier Article]
Magnolia Bakery Still Looking to Expand to Boston

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[Related article from our sister site (Boston's Hidden Restaurants): Slideshow--Ten Items from Bakeries and Pastry Shops in the Boston Area and Beyond]