Kitsby

"This Williamsburg dessert bar from Taiwanese American Amy Hsiao and her partners focus on beautifully presented sweets from their childhoods. From traditional to inventive, Kitsby’s mooncake flavors include black tea with salted egg, black sesame, and green tea with adzuki beans. Kitsby ships mooncakes nationwide and offers pre-orders for pick-up." - Caroline Shin

"Kitsby Cafe is an Asian-inspired café located in the center of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Our pastry-heavy offerings use seasonal ingredients and techniques from all over the world, all made in-house. Led by Culinary Director, Chef Jansen Chan, this growing company seeks kitchen team members to help to create pastries that transport, comfort, and excite."

"Drawing on his pastry experience working under Alain Ducasse at Essex House where the take-home gift was a petit panettone, Jansen Chan of Kitsby brings an Asian perspective to the Italian sweet bread.  Having debuted panettone in a sold-out ube-flavored collaboration with Umimart, Chan and owner Amy Hsiao have expanded their line to a limited series of unique flavors, including black sesame chocolate and coconut mango flavors.  Of the two, the coconut mango is subtle and more traditional, while the black sesame is suited to the panettone-adventurous." - John Tsung

"If sake and lava cake sounds like your idea of a good time, bookmark Kitsby for your next night out. This small dessert spot in Williamsburg is best-known for their oozing cakes in flavors like salted egg and chocolate yuzu, but you can also get things like ice cream sundaes and full afternoon tea-style dessert sets. The space is bright and casual, and they have a well-curated list of sake available by the bottle or glass." - carina finn koeppicus

"After closing down at the end of 2020, the team behind one of our all-time favorite restaurants, MeMe’s Diner, announced this week that they’re reopening the Prospect Heights location as a mixed-use, shared space called KIT (Keep In Touch). Starting this Wednesday, June 23rd, you can stop by for coffee and all-day snacks made by chef Libby Willis, and natural wine curated by Black Cat Wines between 8am-8pm. On weekends, Dacha 46 will continue to serve Eastern European banya brunch (they’ve been operating at MeMe’s for several weeks now), and you can also try Solid Wiggles’ beautiful jello shots and jelly cakes." - hannah albertine