Snack of the Day: City Bakery’s Buttery, Sweet & Salty Pretzel Croissant

March 30, 2010

Other than Eisenberg’s Sandwich Shop and Rainbow Falafel, there isn’t much worth snacking on between Madison Square Park and Union Square. City Bakery fills that void nicely. But it’s not their famously rich hot chocolate, their buttery chocolate chunk cookies or their over hyped, cafeteria style macaroni and cheese that inevitably leads me to their store on 18th street b/t 5th & 6th Ave. It’s the simple yet elegantly decadent pretzel croissant ($3.75). Studded with sesame seeds and hidden salt crystals, the flaky and crisp shell uncoils to reveal a chewy, buttery and sweet interior that delivers the satisfaction a falsely enticing Auntie Anne’s pretzel can only dream of.