"French desserts are tricky. Too often, they’re all style and no substance, but that’s not the case at La Mercerie. Their profiteroles, our personal benchmark for French desserts, are the best in the city. The choux is light and airy, the vanilla ice cream has depth and floral notes, and the profiteroles are sauced tableside with a gravy boat full of warm, bittersweet chocolate. There’s also a gluten-free chocolate cake that’s better than lots of the gluten-filled cakes in NYC. " - carina finn koeppicus