A Historic Pastry Shop for Writers Who Linger
Settle in for a no WiFi pause with Hungarian pastries and a view toward the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine.
📚 The Long Stay
Hungarian immigrants opened The Hungarian Pastry Shop in 1961, and the Morningside Heights coffeehouse still invites you to sit as long as you like. There is no WiFi pulling anyone toward email, which keeps the room slow paced, with writers and students settling in over coffee and pastries.
The counter offers bottomless cups of coffee to go with Dobos torte, strudel, pogacsa, and danish. Inside, an author wall displays books written right on the premises, and the room feels cozy and historic, with a welcoming staff behind the counter.
Outside, tables look directly across the street toward the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, where the peacocks of the cathedral occasionally make themselves heard. Weekdays open at half past seven AM and weekends at half past eight AM, with every day running until half past eight PM, which leaves room for a morning pastry and an evening coffee on the same block.
