"When Arlene Cardenas took over Marjolaine from her former boss in 2013, she not only maintained the quality European pastries that folks had come to love about this East Rock bakery over the decades, she also added to the menu. That means you can still tuck into decadent chocolate mousse mice, pastry cream-packed fruit tarts, and the namesake terrine of hazelnut meringue and chocolate hazelnut creme chantilly, but now you can add an order of Puerto Rican flan as well. The patisserie itself offers limited indoor seating, but benches out front expand the footprint, and if you walk about 20 minutes through the pleasant neighborhood, you can enter the 425-acre East Rock Park and admire the imposing trap rock ridge for which the park and neighborhood are named. (Still hungry? Check out this dining guide for East Rock.)" - Stasia Brewczynski
