A Tiny East Village Bakery Bakes a Savory Miso Apple Crumble
Pickled peanut butter bars and a miso apple crumble give a tiny East 1st Street bakery its own idea of fall dessert.
🍎 Crumble, Sharpened
Red Gate Bakery works a short counter on East 1st Street, and the sweets behind the glass take a deliberately odd turn. The miso apple crumble is the clearest example, fruit baked down with fermented soybean paste until the sweetness reads sharp and a little toasty. The pickled peanut butter and jelly bar follows the same instinct, jam cut with vinegar that keeps every bite from going soft. Both land closer to a cheese course than to a birthday cake. Nothing here is built for a photo, which suits a storefront this small. Regulars rate it 4.4 across 272 reviews, and the address sits a few blocks from Tompkins Square Park, easy to fold into a walk along the East Village grid. Order one thing, eat it on the street, and let the next stop decide itself.
