EATS - Sweet Revenge


NYC offers quite a lot of options for trendy dessertophiles, what with the recent boom in artisan and faux-artisan cupcake innovators. But for the one-two diabetes-enducing punch of dessert and alcohol, Sweet Revenge takes, as they say, the cake/beer combo.

A cupcake is like sex  - even when it's bad it's good, as long as it's just moist enough with not too much frosting. So let's get this out of the way - Sweet Revenge has perfect cupcakes. But even more notable is their acute selection of paired beer and wine. The only thing missing is a place to nap when you finish. 

I went for the original, the "Sweet Revenge," a peanut butter cake with chocolate ganache filling and peanut butter fudge frosting ($3.50, worth all 350 pennies), paired with a German Weihenstephaner Hefe Weiss beer ($8, rarely found in bars, gorgeous) and boy howdy... the flavor combination hit me like a peanut butter truck fueled with Hefe Weiss beer. Cupcakes and beer sounds like the concoction a 9-year-old boy would make when left to his own culinary devices (now there's a good concept for a restaurant), but a first class beer like Weihenstephaner is a masterful choice. Its aromatic banana, citrusy, slightly nutty wheat taste compliments the sweet, creamy nuttiness of the cake and frosting.

While the dessert could have used more chocolate ganache filling to offset the peanut butter, and I couldn't tell if I was getting a headache from the ultra sweet combo or the wide range of girl music playing (from Tori Amos to, puzzlingly, Shakira and TATU), the pairing was a success, and a nap was taken shortly thereafter.

They offer many other revenge dishes best served sweet, and savory, including a forthcoming brunch menu. Most affordable is their Happy Hour from 4-8, where sangria or selected wines and a cupcake are only $10.


Sweet Revenge [sweetrevengenyc.com]; 62 Carmine St btw Bedford St. & 7th Ave; West Village; 212.242.2240

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