Corrado Bread & Pastry

new york's specialty coffee scene is relentless. new roasters, new concepts, new neighborhoods staking a claim every few months. but lexington avenue at 96th street sits in a part of the upper east side that tends to reward the places that don't overcorrect for trend. corrado bread & pastry has built something genuinely loyal here, the kind of standing that comes from consistency rather than noise. you're not going to find it chasing the next thing. the regulars who keep coming back aren't confused about why. if you're in that stretch of the upper east side, the pastry case is reason enough to make it a stop before or after anything else on your day.