Eater New York

On Chef Jonathan Benno’s Leonelli Focacceria e Pasticceria: “There is pizza and flatbread here, but the cookies and cakes by pastry Chef Lindsey Bittner are the real draw. Crisp cannoli are filled to order, mini chocolate bundt cakes sparkle beneath a mirrored glaze, and cucidati, the original fig newton, are soft and dense with sticky figs. Get a couple of anise biscotti and an espresso for a quick Italian breakfast, or order a cannoli, pistachio cornetto, and jam-filled bomboloni to eat on one of the hotel lobby’s comfortable couches. Go early and during the week for the freshest selection.”

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