Small black-and-white-and-steel café for all your "Fika" needs, should your needs include "taking a coffee break," Swedish style. Laxpudding ($11), a salmon-and-potato combo with leek and dill, traditionally is served with melted butter, but a squeeze of lemon also suited it well; Kristall brand lingonberry soda ($3) might've paired better with the Swedish meatballs or one of the wraps. A slice of pear and cardamom pie, enrobed in vanilla sauce ($4), was humbler than all that; on another visit I'd reach for one of the more portable chocolate sweets, and a cup of coffee (well-regarded, and reportedly bottomless).
Fika Espresso Bar
41 West 58th St. (Fifth-Sixth Aves.)
212-832-0022
www.FikaNYC.com
Closed most days by 7:00
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