Where to buy bread cakes chocolates ice cream New York (Brooklyn)

The Halaby brothers did not leave their spirit of initiative in Syria. A very friendly bakery-pastry shop but above all, next door, an Arabic grocery store and the flavours of the Orient within easy reach: you can stroll among the bags of coffee, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, tubs or natural or flavoured olives bathed in oil... The house's specialty is the pita that you stuff with meat or falafel. To watch or taste.

A real bakery as it exists (almost) only in France. Just look at the opening hours, quite unusual in the city that never sleeps: after 1pm, don't expect to offer yourself a good chocolate croissant or the best baguette in New York (and we weigh our words), you'll have to wait until the next day. Everything is fresh and home-made, and the coffee is excellent too. The owner, a Frenchman, is a globe-trotting baker who made his debut in France before leaving for the four corners of the world to make the country shine.

This pretty French-style pastry offers you mouth-watering pies, muffins, palm trees and cake pieces for a snack, but also beautiful fresh salads and sandwiches for lunch. The hot drinks are excellent, the coffee is worthy to be served in a coffee shop. You can enjoy all this on the small terrace in summer, or in Prospect Park, which is ten minutes walk away. For the record, Colson was born in Belgium, so you won't be surprised to see delicious Liège waffles in the window!