Patisserie Vanessa

On our list of the best dessert spots in New York.

A French bakery on the corner of Lexington and 89th, opened in March 2023 by Magali Vanessa Silengo and her husband Marc after Silengo's pastries had been sold from a stall at La Marqueta in East Harlem. Pastry chef Tom Smallwood works out of a former clothing store in Carnegie Hill, turning out canelés filled with a white chocolate custard cream and a multi-layered La Charlotte alongside the rest of the case.