Tartinery Café - Bar | Columbus Circle

three floors up from columbus circle's chaos, tartinery café-bar proves that location isn't everything. it's what you do with it that counts. the 4.6 rating from over a thousand reviews tells part of the story, but step inside and you'll understand the rest. this isn't another grab-and-go spot banking on foot traffic from the shops below. the pastries here have that honest, made-with-care quality that's become rare in midtown. flaky layers that shatter properly when you bite down, fillings that taste like someone's grandmother approved them. the coffee holds its own too, each cup pulled with the kind of attention that makes regulars out of tourists and keeps locals coming back even when starbucks sits two blocks away. sometimes the best spots are the ones you have to seek out, tucked away where only people who really want good coffee will find them.