Librae Bakery (East Village)

Bahraini-founded magic with Danish technique and Middle Eastern ingredients (their pistachio-rose croissant is the diva and she's exquisite, but don't sleep on the za'atar labneh morning buns). If they have a special, you want three, but the classics are also bangers; getting one of their butter croissants on a windy day and walking home while eating it as little bits of those perfectly-laminated layers shatter and blow over my shoulders is a perfect Manhattan experience. My favorite croissant in NYC, easy.