271073 Thu Mar 25 15:44:56 -0800 2004 8 17 What's My Craving? 0 1427961 Chowhounds: with your highly developed senses of taste and smell -- and your knowledge of NYC -- you're my only hope! I work in Long Island City, pretty close to the Citibank building and Silvercup Studios. For months now, on and off -- and depending on the weather? -- I smell this sweet, strawberry-like, almost jelly doughnut odor. It's all over the place. And the fact that I can't quite identify it, or even figure out where it's coming from, is driving me insane. I should be working right now, in fact, instead of posting on this board, but until I figure out what this smell is and what's making it, I can't concentrate on the job at hand. So: any ideas? Some days I think I can smell it as far away as the Pulaski bridge, but I think that might be from a different source since it's pretty far away from my office. Those would have to be some very large doughnuts... Please help! Thu Mar 25 15:44:56 -0800 2004 0 David Miller 1 1427962 Tom Cat Bakery is right in the neighborhood and for the past year or so they have been baking muffins, cookies and such in addition to the bread. That's my best guess, though I haven't noticed the aroma at street level (the ovens vent through the roof). They're not a retailer, so the smell will have to remain a tease :) [Per posting guidelines- I have a business connection with Tom Cat and will not be commenting on the quality of their products] Thu Mar 25 17:32:22 -0800 2004 1427961 0 Tongo Rad 2 1427964 There are a lot of bakeries in that area and I mean a lot. Most of them however do not sell to the public and are the bakeries for numerous street vendors, europas etc. Thu Mar 25 19:35:02 -0800 2004 1427962 0 Chris 2 1429645 Dunkin Donuts does it's regional baking at it's plant on 11th Street and 44th Road in LIC. That's where the jelly smell is coming from. Thu Oct 14 13:34:09 -0700 2004 1427962 0 James Policano 3 1429646 I also have to add that I am an employee of Tom Cat Bakery and will adhere to the rules of this board. Grammar correction: I meant to say "its" and not "it's" in the previous posting. Thu Oct 14 14:04:23 -0700 2004 1429645 0 James Policano 1 1427965 I can't help with the source, but I've smelled it from the roof-top parking at Stop and Shop. Kinda fakely sweet...but I want some anyway. Let us know if you ever figure it out!! Thu Mar 25 21:44:39 -0800 2004 1427961 0 Kasy 1 1427967 I've often been made carzy by those smells. There are many wholesale bakeries in that area. But my guess for the source of that smell is International Delights on Jackson Avenue across the street from PS1. The bagel place on 45th Avenue also gives of a wonderful garlicky bagel smell sometimes. Fri Mar 26 10:16:14 -0800 2004 1427961 0 Hellkatte 1 1427976 Perhaps it is the ghost of the Silvercup Bakery :) Fri Mar 26 23:07:06 -0800 2004 1427961 0 bobjbkln 1 1428163 I could be wrong as I have not smelled it, but I worked for a fragrance plant for a while, and every time I got to the building, the grounds smelled like fake strawberry. It may well be - with all the large buildings out there - that there is an oil/fragrance house out there creating the synthetic flavors that go into all our favorite fruity junk foods and drinks. Sound possible? Tue Apr 13 17:44:39 -0700 2004 1427961 0 Mara