"There are some places you go for ambiance and some places you go for food — and then there are places that nail it on both counts, like Café & Conditorei 1842. The restaurant has a 19th-century European drawing room feel, with ornate plastering on the walls painted in pastels. The pastry case matches the ambiance, with decorative selections like vermicelles: velvety chestnut puree pushed through a press to form long, vermicelli-like strands, layered atop meringue." - N.A. Mansour