The Pastry Box
Bakery · East Village ·
Classic cookies, brownies, and cakes with premium flavors
Classic cookies, brownies, and cakes with premium flavors
"On a quiet stretch of 12th Street in the East Village, there’s a little pink bakery, usually with a small tent set up outside. It’s The Pastry Box, and they’re baking up some of the best chocolate chip cookies New York has to offer. They sell two sizes—a more traditional cookie, and an oversized quarter-pound cookie. Both have dynamic textures: wispy thin, with enough resistance for good center chew. They sell a bunch of other stuff, too, like black and white cookies, brownies, and loaf cakes, but the chocolate chip cookies are the main reason to stop by, especially if you’re into the thin variety. photo credit: Emily Schindler" - Will Hartman
"A former pastry chef at places like Cafe Boulud and Daniel, Tiara Bennett opened this Alphabet City bakery without much fanfare nearly a year ago, selling perfected classics like brown butter brownies, chocolate chip cookies, and a memorable black-and-white one, along with mini apple pies and slices of loaf cake." - Eater Staff, Melissa McCart
"On a quiet side street of Alphabet City beneath a hot-pink awning, I discovered a small, brightly glowing bakery that restored my mother’s faith in chocolate chip cookies: a flat, relatively thin, 5½-inch-wide, Maldon-sprinkled, chewy disc of dough splotched with molten milk and dark Valrhona chocolate. Tiara Bennett opened the shop without much fanfare at the end of June, and while the cookie is the standout, the bakery also turns out perfected classic brownies and black-and-white cookies—her guiding principle is “classic favorites with premium flavors.” Bennett trained in pastry and honed her skills at restaurants like Legacy, Maialino, Café Boulud, and Daniel, and you can taste her French-influenced technique even as she promises to keep forthcoming galettes and croissants super classic. She’s building a neighborhood business—taking custom cake orders, developing wholesale accounts, and watching mini apple pies and loaf-cake slices fly out the door—preferring a grounded community base to fleeting viral fame; on a recent late Friday afternoon a family of regulars and their toddling cookie-devotee made that neighborhood vibe unmistakable." - Charlotte Druckman
"A new bakery in the East Village from Tiara Bennett (an alum of Café Boulud) offering pastries and baked goods to the neighborhood." - Emma Orlow
"Sour-cream cookies cradle cream-cheese ice cream rimmed with everything-bagel spices for a clever sweet-and-savory sandwich that balances tang, salt, and richness." - Charlotte Druckman
