6 Trendy NYC Spots to Try and to Skip

We normally rave about Dominique Ansel and his bakery, but the last visit to was so dissatisfactory, I wrote a whole piece about it. All of Dominique's classic pastries delivered, but his most notable ones: the Cronut, lobster tail, and Cookie Shot failed to impress. My guess is the bakery is exhausted from the 1 1/2 years of fame and is lacking a hands-on leader to control the quality.