Upper Manhattan, Manhattan · restaurant
The smell of fresh rugelach hits before you reach the counter, pulling people inside with remarkable consistency. Lee Lee's specializes in buttery, flaky rugelach packed with cinnamon and available in apricot, chocolate, and raspberry, each one baked until the edges caramelize just enough. Arrive early. Popular flavors and entire trays have a habit of disappearing before lunch.
Dense, spiced carrot cake available iced or plain. A soul food classic from the counter.
Rich chocolate filling tucked into a crispy-tender pastry. The darkest of the trio.
Flaky, buttery pastry filled with apricot jam — baked daily in Harlem since 1988.