[Photo: Kathy YL Chan]

If you peek in the glass windows at Blue Ribbon Bakery Market on Bedford Street you'll spot little dessert pies sitting alongside warm quiches. Those pies are $7 apiece, and come in Blueberry-Apple and Strawberry-Apple. The pies boast a lusty, flaky crust, and while these are far from the best pies in the city (too much crust and not enough filling), they're lovely and dependable ones. The filling is a tart, saucy tangle of berries and apple, and is best taken home, warmed in the oven and competed with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or fresh whipped cream.

While you're there, make sure to pick up a bottle of cold Iced Coffee ($4) shaken with their house Mexican Honey. It offers the heady richness of a coffee milkshake, in a thinner, lighter consistency. Coffee is stored in the back, refrigerated section of the Market, tucked between the Arnold Palmers and Apple Cider.

Blue Ribbon Bakery Market

14 Bedford Street, New York NY 10014 (map)
212-647-0408
blueribbonrestaurants.com