Corrado Bakery

I managed to snag a sidewalk table and take a load off while enjoying a good large black coffee ($1.45). A pear danish ($2.25) topped with a fan of fruit slices — and pear-shaped, even to the knobby "stem" that protruded from the top — was enticing, but late on a Sunday afternoon, the last pastry had a "bruise" that persuaded me to wait for another batch.

Another day, I visited the Grand Central Terminal location, which is more properly an outlet affiliated with a bakery. My server wouldn't or couldn't slice a cranberry and pecan loaf ($5) in half, and she pouted as if put-upon that I should ask.

A cranberry and pecan roll (75 cents) was a tough nut to crack. Outside it was almost as crusty as the loaf (which I'd bought as a gift, and didn't try), though inside it was quite moist, with lots of cranberries and just enough pecan. A pear Danish ($3) had very flaky pasty, lots of moist pear, but perhaps too much cinnamon tucked away underneath.

Corrado Bakery
960 Lexington Ave. (at 70th St.)
(one of several locations)