"Serving European-inspired treats on State Street for more than 40 years, Marjolaine changed ownership in 2013 when Rusty Hamilton sold the shop to his longtime employee and protegee, Arlene Cardenas. Hamilton’s iconic favorites — including decadent chocolate mousse mice and fruit tarts packed with pastry cream — remain crave-worthy, and Cardenas has only added to the shop’s allure with treats like Puerto Rican-style flan. Order the namesake dessert — a terrine of hazelnut meringue and chocolate hazelnut creme chantilly — to go, or savor a pillowy cheese Danish inside the petite cafe or on the outdoor benches." - Stasia Brewczynski
