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At first I was planning on going here because it was the only place open at 4 AM, when the Amtrak gets in. I even called ahead of time to make sure that they would be open that early, and the jovial Hungarian man on the other end assured me that they would be. And they were!
The place itself is a bit dark, so it took my eyes a moment to adjust before I started to realize that I was surrounded by piles of delicious pastry. I might still be there, staring in stunned delight, if the baker hadn't asked me what I wanted and offered some suggestions. He was the one who'd answered the phone earlier, and was even nicer in person.
I ended up with a raspberry-cheese pastry, a poppy seed pastry, and the aforementioned jovial Hungarian baker also threw in a little twist of pastry with nut filling. They were all excellent. The pastry dough is flaky and buttery, the fillings are just the right amount of sweet. Everything is best fresh out of the oven, but I saved one danish for the 3 AM train ride that night, and it was still delicious. Also it cost $2.50 for everything. That's $1.25 per pastry. I still can't quite process that part.
It's possible that I have had better pastries at some point in my life, but none are coming to mind. As I walked out of the bakery munching on the nut-filler pastry, I seriously considered moving to Cleveland.
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