Corrado Bread & Pastry

Go and ask George for a Fredoo espresso. Forget about strarbucks or Dunkits. This is the best coffee I had :)

This is a great little coffee & pastry shop on the UES. We’ve been here quite a few times, usually on the weekend, for some coffee and little treats.
The coffee is soft and tasty, but served a little too tepid and weak for my taste. But the pastries more than make up for the lackluster coffee. The cranberry scone is huge and tasty and delicious in every way, baked to a slight crisp on the outside with a soft fluffy inside. The orange bread is tasty but subtle, a perfect treat if you’re looking for something *not too sweet. If you’re gluten-​free, go for the GF cheese puffs — they are excellent!

Cheese roll with ham and tomato and truffle butter — delicious!!! All the breads are very fresh. Next time I want to try the olive roll!

It was a quick stop… Loved the service and the cappuccino was very good! I also had a carrot square and let’s just say it was beyond my expectations! It was the perfect carrot square, not too moist and not too dry! good job!

Every day that doesn’t start with a coffee from Corrado just feels wrong.

Looked upscale. The only thing upscale was the price. Asked for a bagel with butter. Received a cold bagel and two pats of ice-​cold butter. It was to go, but no knife, no napkin.
Will we return?
Hell no!
Neither should you.

Everything I’ve had is very good. The sourdough bread, cookies, egg puff sandwich, and croissants. The chocolate croissant is the best I’ve had in a long time! Flakey, buttery, and lots of chocolate. It’s convenient by the train station on my way to work. Wish it was a little cheaper… Like .50 less per baked item would be fantastic.

If you want to figure out how someone can REALLY REALLY mess up something as simple as a brownie and coffee, you have arrived at the right location. The brownie thrown at a decent velocity can actually injure someone.

Average and overpriced, basic and just well OK! it is what it is…

A real gem and off the beaten path of the major avenues, this coffee shop was a fantastic oasis in the heart of the city. We drove in and parked between 1^st and 2^nd ave to go to the Frick (fantastic easily forgotten museum on 5^th) and walked by this place on our way there. Cappuccinos were hot, croissants were flaky and delicious and the service was supremely friendly — even in the face of some cash register issues.

Was getting dinner at my friend Mick’s apartment but needed to go to the bathroom really badly after stupidly deciding to hold it on public transportation from Washington Heights. It’s surprisingly-​yet-​not surprisingly hard to find a public restroom in the Land of Bloomberg, but after walking around like a manic fool for 3 blocks, I finally thought I saw something hopeful in Corrado. WOW, its being there would already give the place 4 stars. When I walked out, I felt it was only fair that I buy something, especially since I blatantly disregarded the «For Customers Only…» sign. So I picked up a couple cupcake deserts for our dinner — dark chocolate with thick frosting. BAM! They were delicious, on top of the cheesecake Mick had prepared for us. WOW! I remarked that I was tired of all the restaurants doing mousse rather than just a good old-​fashioned thick devil’s foodish type thing, and this did the trick, with the cupcake format bringing down the calorie count.
I will definitely be coming back here the next time I’m in the UES.

Attractive but without a manager present, you will get a refrigerator cold HARD bagel. One star for poor service and a poor value for the cost.

I adore Corrado Bread and Pastry but very sad the location between 63^rd/​64^th closed. I knew it was a goner: I had the place pretty much to myself half the time. They spent a lot of money in TI’s (something I learned when dating a land use consultant) and it was a wonderful place to hang out.
I hate sitting inside 95% of Starbucks. The only two I can tolerate on the UES when my WiFi dies – as it does far too often because I am technologically cursed – are 66^th/​3^rd and 63^rd/​Lex. I avoid the «commuter» Starbucks and with Fika in Midtown East and the UES, I try to limit my exposure to Starbucks to 4 minutes (about what Andy Borowitz says any right-​thinking American can take of Ted Cruz – slightly up from 3 minutes some time ago but less than the 6 minutes one can tolerate if the sound is muted).
So Corrado, formerly Le Pain Quotidien before the move to 65^th/​Lex, was my local place to chill before it’s respectable to start drinking at a bar (Fishtail) when Happy Hour begins.
This location (the original, I believe) is nice in the summer: 70^th/​Lex is a great corner and it’s pleasant to sit on the patio and benches. The inside is cramped and not very comfortable. But I’m addicted to the mini-​tuna on brioche and the mini-​cannoli is wonderful too. (I’m sure the maxi-​cannoli is equally wonderful but try to be good).
If you want more elaborate, fancy desserts like passionfruit mousse and various complex chocolate concoctions, you will love Corrado. The sandwiches are all good and they have the best chicken soup not in a Jewish deli. Also the grapefruit juice is great and only 2 dollars.
It’s an oddly reasonable place for the location (compared to pastries and deli food at Dean and Deluca and other local places), Corrado is a downright bargain).

Croissants and chocolate croissants are really really good as well as coffee! They have several staff but usually it is one staff who takes your order, makes your order, etc which is nice!
They have sitting tables inside and outside.

Nice and Cousy place. Small but with the right size with outside tables. Deli dishes and sandwiches. Home made cookies, cup cakes, and also a sort of cakes. Excellent option for a coffee and relax time. The personnel very friendly and looking to help u with your order.

My relations with Corrado’s started a few years back where I’ll stop in at least once a day for my coffee fix. Let’s be realistic here, there’s a coffee shop at every corner up on the UES, but I always end up coming here even though there’s several other cafes along the way from my office.
I still have yet to venture out and try their other breakfast items, but their croissants are always fresh, lattes hit the spot. The staff there are very warm and friendly.
When weathers warm up, they have several tables set outside for guests to sit and enjoy the sun while people-​watching. For a quick lunch I normally have their prosciutto sandwich, delish!

I needed some food after my visit to the Frick Collection & popped in to check out the cakes in this café. There was a large selection of cakes and sandwiches so decided to stay. I asked the server for a recommendation for the best brownie, as they have about 5! It was suggested I try the white chocolate brownie and it was really good. I can be a bit fussy with brownies and this was near perfect. It was a generous size, I could probably have split it, but was greedy and ate it all! It had a firm cake type texture with a crunch.
I thought it was a bonus that they had indoor seating (and a restroom!). The staff were really friendly & I think a cake & soda for $ 4.25 was a bargain. Next time I’d like to try their sandwiches or bread.

Eh… it’s in a convenient location, which is about all that it has working for itself. Coffees are priced about average for NY. There isn’t enough seating in this tiny place, but there is outdoor tables when the weather is nice (but those fill up quick too).
I’m not a fan of the ordering system. When this place is crowded, the line gets squished and jumbled. I’ve taken someone else’s food back to the office with me.
The turkey club sandwich I had was just ok. It wasn’t made to order. It was made on plain sliced bread, and the mayo had just soaked through, making this a sloppy mess to eat. I won’t order sandwiches from here anymore. Now the cookies on the other hand… the raspberry jam thumbprint cookies are delicious – but probably not baked on site.

Gorgeous new location for Corrado Bread & Pastry to add to their other 2 locations on UES! Tile all along the wall behind the pastry case is beautiful!
The best thing about Corrado is their customer service. It’s fantastic! Actually, it’s a tie w/​their Fab pastry items. Coffee is great and extremely reasonable too. Tiny round tea sandwiches are delish!!! And the quiche is great & inexpensive for NYC.
Having been coming to this new location frequently even tho it’s further from me. It’s on E side of Lex b/​t 63^rd & 64^th. But the location on corner of Lex & 70^th has my heart cuz that’s where I was 2 years ago when I made the decision we were moving to NYC (finally got here August 1!) and I the owners who were sweet & humored me when I announced to them…“guess what, I’m going to move here!” (Like I was the first person on Earth who had ever decided that — haha.)

The good: macarons were surprisingly great! Chewier than some of my usual favs. But they were little bombs of good flavor, not terribly sweet unlike Macaron Parlour. Tried the Honey-​Lavender and the Passionfruit.
The meh: None of the three employees that it took to handle my transaction knew where the macarons were from.
The bad: The sweet cheese croissant, ew. And very disorganized staff.

Me gustó el sitio, muy neoyorkino, con mesitas fuera y dentro, los dulces con un aspecto increíble, y el café y el té buenísimo, el personal muy amable.

Un midi, on arrive au Frick Collection. Avant de rentrer, dans un élan de bon sens, on se rend compte qu’on est parti pour des heures de visite, alors que notre ventre est vide. Alerte ! On ouvre tous les guides qu’on a, cherchant un coin sympa près du musée pour manger sur le pouce.
On arrive donc au Corrado Bread And Pastry, à quelques pas. L’endroit est petit avec quelques tables dedans et quelques tables en terrasse.
On s’installe dehors et on va choisir à l’intérieur ce que l’on va manger. Mon choix se porte sur une salade de poulet grillé avec beaucoup de légumes. Après avoir mangé pendant 2 semaines hamburgers, hot-​dogs et frites, ça faisait du bien de retrouver de la verdure ! J’ai vraiment adoré ma salade, qui était fraîche et pleine de saveur.
Étant assez fière de né pas avoir mangé 3 000 kcal en un repas pour une fois, je m’offre un petit gâteau au chocolat, super bon aussi.
En ce qui concerne les prix, ils sont un peu plus élevés qu’ailleurs, mais les produits sont de qualité.
Le personnel était vraiment gentil et patient face à notre anglais mitigé et notre incompréhension de certains mets.
La terrasse ensoleillée est vraiment très agréable. Par contre, coups du sort, une ambulance est restée 10 minutes derrières nous, sans arrêter la sirèné. Résultat on avait assez mal à la tête et on né s’est pas attardé, dommage.
Bref, pour une pause fraîcheur à deux pas du Frick Collection et de Central Park, je conseille !