Here's What's Baking in Hell's Kitchen

Posted on 21. Apr, 2009 by Marcella Veneziale in Arts & Culture, Travel

Hell’s Kitchen, once one of New York’s most rough-and-tumble neighborhoods, now has more high-rise condominiums than dive bars. But some things never change.

The Poseidon Bakery on 9th Avenue near West 44th Street has been a neighborhood fixture for more than 85 years.  The Greek pastry shop is like an extension of the owner’s kitchen.  Lili Fable, who runs the bakery with her son Paul, called her family “quintessential shopkeepers” because she still lives upstairs with her husband Anthony.  Even Paul lives in the building with his wife and children. (more…)