Our Story

Baked with intention.
Served with warmth.

Nicoles Lounge began as a quiet commitment: to make bread the way it should be made — slowly, with real ingredients, and without shortcuts. What started as a small kitchen dream has grown into a neighborhood destination on Hillside Avenue.

We are a bakery and market in equal measure. Mornings belong to our ovens — sourdough, laminated pastries, seasonal tarts. Afternoons belong to our shelves — thoughtfully sourced groceries, specialty pantry items, and the kinds of products we'd keep in our own homes.

Every item on our counter has a reason for being there. If we wouldn't serve it to our own family, we don't sell it.

Fresh sourdough bread on a wooden surface

Assorted pastries displayed in a bakery case

Baker working with dough in a professional kitchen

What We Make & Sell

From the oven,
straight to your table.

Everything is prepared in small batches at our Hillside Avenue kitchen. What you see is what we made today — and today is usually the best day to visit.

Variety of artisan bread loaves with golden crusts

Artisan Breads

Sourdough, ciabatta, focaccia, and seasonal specialty loaves — all leavened naturally and baked fresh each morning. Crusty outside, soft within.

Beautiful pastries and desserts in a display case

Pastries & Sweets

Butter croissants, danish, tarts, and seasonal fruit desserts. Made from scratch daily with European-style butter and real vanilla.

Curated specialty grocery products on wooden shelves

Curated Groceries

Olive oils, vinegars, pantry staples, and specialty items sourced from small producers. Every product chosen for quality you can taste.

Close-up of flour-dusted hands shaping bread dough

Our Philosophy

We measure time
in fermentation.

Good bread cannot be rushed. Our sourdough ferments for 24 to 36 hours. Our pastries are laminated by hand, fold by fold. We don't cut corners because corners are where quality goes to die.

This philosophy extends beyond the bakery case. The groceries we curate — the olive oil, the honey, the pasta — are chosen the same way: would we make this at home? If the answer is no, it doesn't go on our shelves.

24-36h

Minimum fermentation

Small

Batch production daily

Real

Ingredients only

Visit Us

We're here.
Come say hello.

Stop by the lounge — we're on Hillside Avenue, and the bread is usually warm.

Location

1619 Hillside Ave
New Hyde Park, NY 11040-2603

Phone

(151) 635-2979

Hours

Monday – Friday: 7am – 4pm
Saturday: 8am – 3pm
Sunday: Closed

Fresh bread is waiting.
See you at the lounge.

Visit us at 1619 Hillside Ave, New Hyde Park — or give us a call to place an order.

Call (151) 635-2979 Get Directions

Baked with intention. Served with warmth.

From the oven, straight to your table.