Signage is up for Zai’s Dessertery at at 468-470 Amsterdam Avenue, between 82nd and 83rd Streets (the former David’s Check Cashing, one store south of Fred’s).
We reached out to the New Jersey-based dessert shop, and a representative told us they expect to open during the summer. This will be Zai’s third shop.
“Macarons & More” is the shop’s tagline, with the “more” including cupcakes, brownies, cookies, milkshakes, ice cream, a variety of sweet crepes, ice cream sandwiches and dessert bars. Zai’s Instagram page also says the woman-owned business is also “home of the first macaron chip ice cream.”
Zai’s website distinguishes its French Macarons from “macaroons, a coconut cookie usually dipped in chocolate,” explaining that “French macarons are light, delicate, with a fine lace-like crunch on the outside and an unmistakable chew on the inside.”
The French macarons at Zai’s Dessertery are offered in a variety of flavors like passionfruit, cotton candy, salted caramel, bubble gum, chocolate peanut butter, rose and more.
Some other interesting treats we found on their IG page:
Zai’s Bubble Waffles: a chocolate bubble waffle with chocolate ice cream, Oreo chunks, KitKats and chocolate sauce
Cookies and Cream Milkshake topped with Whipped Cream and Crushed Oreos
Slushies and bubble teas come in a variety of flavors
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Chocolate PB Ganache
The German Crepe, made with German chocolate filling, chocolate sauce, whipped cream and pecans
Zai’s Dessertery also offers custom designed cakes and cookies, with unicorn, Little Mermaid and basketball themed treats featured on its website.
Learn more at zaisdesserts.com.
