20/10/2026
I discovered a lovely, traditional French boulangerie-pâtisseries just a block from my spine surgeon’s office on the Upper East Side of Manhattan today called Birley Bakery and — after truly enjoying their apple tart and chocolate cake cookie — I am already quite impressed with the high quality of tasty offerings due to an obvious high respect for technique and high-end traditions.
I’m happy to see the folks who created the original Chelsea, England location of Birley Bakery considers New Yorker worthy of such bakery gems, and although I live a 45-minute drive away, any time I’m in this section of the Upper East Side I will make a point to stop in for more refined yumminess.