NEW YORK CITY — The first one's free.
More than a dozen participating bakeries will be doling out one free macaron per customer this Thursday as part of Macaron Day NYC, an annual bakery crawl in honor of the sweet delicacy.
The event, which lasts from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., kicked off in 2010 as the brainchild of Francois Payard Bakery, a hub of the French delicacy in New York, as a tribute to the Jour Du Macaron in Paris.
But here in the city, all the sweet snacking will be for a good cause, as a portion of proceeds from additional macarons purchased by customers on Thursday will go to City Harvest, which fights hunger in NYC.
Customers can also pick up a Macaron Day apron for $10 from an FPB or FP Patisserie, and 100 percent of the sales for aprons will be donated to City Harvest.
Last year, Macaron Day NYC raised $4,381 for City Harvest, officials said.
Here's where to find your closest Macaron Day bakery:
101 Stanton Street
New York, NY 10002
(212) 260-3463
235 Bleecker Street
New York, NY 10012
(212) 675-6366
Bouchon Bakery at Time Warner Center
Ten Columbus Circle, Third Floor
New York, NY 10019
(212) 823-9366
Bouchon Bakery at Rockefeller Center
One Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10020
(212) 782-3890
1114 Lexington Ave
New York, NY 10075
(212) 288-7800
135 Parkway Road
Bronxville, NY 10708
(914) 771-9400
1305 East 53rd Street
New York, NY 10022
(212) 759-2253
1900 Broadway
New York, NY 10023
(212) 595-9606
1 W 58th St at the Plaza Hotel
New York, NY 10019
(212) 986-9241
1293 Third Ave at 74th St
New York, NY 10021
(212) 757-5252
210 Murray Street
New York, NY 10282
(212) 566-8300
116 West Houston Street
New York, 10012
(212) 995-0888
1775 Broadway at 58th St
New York, 10019
(212) 956-1775
161 West 36th Street
New York, NY 10018
(212) 566-8300
44 East 59th Street
New York, 10022
(212) 486-2470
750 Third Avenue
New York, 10017
(212) 983-2370
111 St. Marks Place
between 1st Ave & Ave A
New York, NY 10009
(347) 979-6023
Mad-Mac “The Authentic French Macarons”
At Bernardaud
499 Park Avenue at 59th Street
New York, NY 10022
(973) 225-0930
Michael Allen International Confectioner
At Fresh Fanatic Organic Market
275 Park Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11238
(718) 230-3360
552 Laguardia Place
New York, NY 10012
(646) 626-6472
13 St. Marks Place
New York, NY 10003
(212) 677-5670
377 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, NY 10024
(212) 787-8778
257 Bleecker Street
New York, NY 10014
(212) 388-5757