There are also breakfast pastries, hot dishes, fresh and dried pastas, and condiments.
The best desserts are the brittle, chocolate-dipped cannoli served with vanilla ice cream, and the warm churro pastries, hot and crisp from the deep-fryer.
LONDON — George Osborne, the posh chancellor of the Exchequer, confesses he cannot recall the last time he partook of a pasty, the calorie-busting savory pastry, served hot, that is beloved by millions of average Britons.
Last summer the Lighthouse Coffee Company, an Internet cafe and art gallery serving espresso, pastries and hot chocolate and offering live music, opened in a former tavern opposite the G.M. site.
To enter Isabelle et Vincent is to be engulfed by the aromas of freshly baked pastries, breads hot from the oven and molten chocolate being formed into pralines.
He also plans to open the Nook at Red Rooster, a walk-up window where passers-by can buy coffee, pastries or hot dogs with shrimp salad for a few dollars.
Its owners, Jenny Park and Mickey Petralia, serve Stumptown coffee, savory and sweet pies, avocado sandwiches, chili, scones, cookies and quiches, as well as their "Snakedog," a pastry-wrapped hot dog.
Nearby was a table with pastries and hot tea for all -- a huge queue for nearly a hundred people.
The Old Pier (01569 764666, boathousestonehaven.co.uk) Housed in a 1930s art deco building right on the seafront, the Rendezvous is a nostalgic gem serving excellent traditional ice-creams, pastries and hot-dogs.
