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1114 Lexington Ave (at E 78th St), Upper East Side, New York, NY 10075
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We don't have a camera here, so nothing below is live. Dot Cakes are individual cakes buried under rainbow nonpareil sprinkles, made by a mother-daughter business in Roslyn, NY and sold at Butterfield Market on the Upper East Side. Fox News headlined the scene 'Lines wrap around block as customers wait hours for viral dot cakes that sell out within minutes.' The market added a ticket system to control the crowd. Fox and Tasting Table report two cakes per ticket; BuzzFeed noted a one-per-person policy at the peak of the craze.
The line is a restock-day event, not a walk-up. Tasting Table reports drops on Wednesdays at 11am and Saturdays at 1pm; Fox News instead lists Wednesday and Sunday, so confirm the schedule before you go. Owner Alan Obsatz told Tasting Table each store gets about 625 cakes per drop, meaning roughly 312 customers leave with a pair. Fox reports the cakes 'routinely sell out,' sometimes within the hour.
Getting one means arriving early. Tasting Table's reviewer showed up 90 minutes before the 11am go-time and was still only fourth in line, waiting alongside customers who had flown in from Texas and Germany. BuzzFeed described lines 'wrapped around the block.' Fox reports people 'begin lining up well before the cakes become available.'
Patterns as reported by press and regulars — not measured by damnlines.
Reservations: No reservations — Dot Cakes are sold in-store at Butterfield Market's bakery counter, first-come first-served. On restock days Butterfield manages the line with a ticket system; per Fox News (June 2026), a ticket allows up to two Dot Cakes (BuzzFeed reported a one-per-person limit the week prior, so limits have shifted with demand).
Walk-ins: Restock days are Wednesday and Sunday — confirmed by Fox News and by in-store signage photographed by BuzzFeed (June 2026) — with about 1,280 cakes split across the two UES stores per restock. Lines wrap around the block, waits run hours, and the $11 cakes routinely sell out.
Butterfield Market Lexington (1114 Lexington Ave) is open Mon-Fri 6am-8pm, Sat-Sun 8am-7pm (official site); Dot Cake restocks are Wednesdays and Sundays only.
Fox News headlined it 'Lines wrap around block as customers wait hours,' and BuzzFeed described lines 'wrapped around the block.' Tasting Table's reviewer arrived 90 minutes before the 11am restock and was fourth in line. We don't have a live camera here, so treat these as reported, not current.
Tasting Table reports Wednesdays at 11am and Saturdays at 1pm. Fox News instead lists Wednesday and Sunday. The two schedules conflict, so confirm on Butterfield's Instagram (@butterfieldnyc) before going.
Tasting Table's reviewer showed up 90 minutes before the 11am go-time and was only fourth in line. Fox News reports customers start lining up well before the cakes become available.
Yes. Fox News reports the roughly 625 cakes per store 'routinely sell out,' sometimes within the hour. Butterfield uses a ticket system to cap how many each person can buy.
Fox News reports $11 per cake, with a ticket system allowing up to two cakes per customer. BuzzFeed noted a one-per-person limit during the peak of the craze.
Wednesdays and Sundays. Fox News (June 2026) reports Butterfield receives about 1,280 Dot Cakes across its two Upper East Side locations every Wednesday and Sunday, and BuzzFeed photographed in-store signage confirming the same restock days. They routinely sell out, so plan to line up before the cakes come out.
Yes — walking in is the only way to buy one, but on restock days (Wednesday and Sunday) expect a line that wraps the block. Fox News reports Butterfield uses a ticket system for the line, with a ticket good for up to two cakes; off restock days they're typically sold out.
Sources: Fox News: Lines wrap around block as customers wait hours for viral dot cakes that sell out within minutes · Tasting Table: Viral Verdict - Dotcakes Are Worth The Wait In A Wild Line · BuzzFeed: I Waited In Line For The Viral $11 Dot Cakes, And Here's What I Really Think · Butterfield Market — Locations (official)
