Milk Bar
MILK BAR is a sweet shop that’s been turning familiar treats upside down and on their heads, shaking up the dessert scene since 2008. Founded by James Beard Award-winning pastry chef Christina Tosi, Milk Bar first opened its doors in NYC’s East Village, and has developed a loyal fanbase in the decade since. We operate 12 stores across 5 markets in the US, a direct-to-consumer eCommerce shop that ships delightfully delicious dessert care packages anywhere in the US, and now we're in a grocery store near you! We believe in the transformative power of a really good cookie or an outstanding piece of cake. We pull inspiration from simple ingredients, like the grocery store staples we grew up with, turned on their heads in unconventional ways. We hope you’ll agree.www.milkbarstore.com
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Search complete. 29 mentions across 4 episodes found for "Milk Bar".
Oct 7, 2026
Chris YingHOST
Since BC.
Chris YingHOST
Uh, I met you at Milk Bar.
Jena DermanGUEST
Yeah.
Chris YingHOST
I spent a long, a lot of time at Milk Bar and-
Jena DermanGUEST
Yeah
Chris YingHOST
... doing-
Jack SchrammGUEST
Yeah
Chris YingHOST
... dear friend Dave Arnold.
Maria SharapovaHOST
She left with a James Beard award, a dessert empire, and a cookie that broke the internet.
Maria SharapovaHOST
This is Christina Tosi, the founder of Milk Bar and the woman behind the compost cookie, cereal milk soft serve, and a business that started as a side hustle.
Maria SharapovaHOST
Christina's fearless mindset took her from suburban Ohio to French pastry school and fine dining kitchens to building one of the most recognizable dessert brands in America.
Maria SharapovaHOST
But this conversation isn't just cookies and cake.
6 MINS LATER
Christina TosiGUEST
I think it's both been a secret to loving and living life as just a person.
Christina TosiGUEST
It's been a secret to loving the people in my life.
Christina TosiGUEST
It's definitely been a secret to success for Milk Bar.
Christina TosiGUEST
It's also been a secret to failure.
NateHOST
My only good investment.
JennaHOST
Well, they're struggling and they clearly don't really know what to do next because the first thing that they did was they have partnered with Milk Bar and this has potential.
JennaHOST
So Milk Bar is a famous bakery chain by pastry chef Christina Tosi, who has one of the best chef's table episodes I've ever seen.
JennaHOST
Bakery chain known for its incredibly indulgent birthday cakes and truffles.
JennaHOST
And they partner with Beyond Meat to launch their first savory products in many years.
JennaHOST
Two limited edition vegetarian, obviously vegetarian items, a sausage and egg spiral and a meatball parm roll.
JennaHOST
So these are two like baked goods with Beyond products inside of them sold at the milk bar stores.
JennaHOST
I do not understand this.
Sali ChristesonGUEST
And so I think we have benefited from having to be really smart with how we've spent and have not been wasteful.
Leah SolivanHOST
Yeah, and I hear this particularly from women over and over again, right? I was chatting with Christina Tosi from Milk Bar, same thing.
Leah SolivanHOST
She's like the constraints that I had that were imposed on my business actually were the things that spawned the innovation, that spawned the sharpness, right? Sometimes it feels bad to not have the same resources and things, but if you can kind of reframe that and work through it, I think it can be really powerful.
Sali ChristesonGUEST
I agree with that.