Grace Street Coffee & Desserts — Restaurant in New York

Are you walking around in this debilitating heat and need a cool dessert but want to try something new? Grace Street is THE place to go! Especially, if you have kids - they'll love what this place has to offer.

Get off your train at Penn Station and walk a few blocks to K-town and you'll find this hype-deserving coffee and dessert shop. As soon as you walk into the small lobby, you're given menus and you pay up front. You're given a buzzer and seat yourself in the dining area. It's spacious with many tables, clean and bright. I appreciated that there are a couple of free water stations.

Now, If you're familiar with Asian cultures, you know that each one has a shaved ice dessert to help to beat the heat. Grace Street, has several "shaved snows" that give a spin on the original Korean patbingsu dessert. We ordered a couple: The "O.G" - black sesame snow (like a lighter, more delicate peanut butter flavor), mochi, red beans, strawberries, condensed milk and misugaru (powdered roasted grains give a nutty, earthy, slightly sweet taste) and the "Cookie Monster" - sweet milk snow, M&Ms, crushed Oreos, dark chocolate drizzle, and whipped cream. I highly recommend both!

We also ordered tang hulu (chilled, skewered fruits dipped in melted sugar, creating a fun, crackly and refreshing dessert) and a "flight" of assorted mochi ice creams.

When your buzzer gives you the signal, you go to the bar at the far end of the dining area to pick up your order.

At first sight, your towering, well-accoutered shaved snows will cause your everyone's eyes to widen and all will exclaim "ooh", "wow" or "whoa.". They really are a spectacle. One snow could be good for two people... if you really want to share. What's great is that the texture and consistency of the snow is not like Western ice-cream or gelato: although creamy, you can eat a larger volume than ice cream because these shaved snows are lighter and fluffier - you could eat the whole thing if you really wanted. I almost did, but my wife thought otherwise.

Eating the tang hulu is fun - bare your teeth and take a big bite! Spread a napkin on the table to catch the large pieces of falling sugar!

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here at Grace Street Cafe @gracestreetcafe. I got to try so many amazing desserts and drinks for a @grabbdapp collab, and everything was absolutely amazing. Grace Street really sets themselves a part by being the only full dessert cafe in K Town NYC. The cafe is defect for anything from a date to a large group gathering with both small and communal tables. I tried: • New York Times @nytimes award winning Flavor of the Year Basque Cheesecake. A caramelized outside with a creamy soft center • Boba Milk Tea Toast with warm honey boba on the side freshly made to pour on top of the sweet brioche, with Thai tea cream, strawberries, caramel popcorn, vanilla ice cream. The most perfect boba bubbles • Ho-dduk or Korean donuts filled with a brown sugar, walnut, cinnamon filling served with ice cream • Dalgona coffee with boba - yes, just like that @tiktok craze last year. Dalgona is a candy cookie in Korea commonly eaten by children. They play a game to get the shape that’s drawn in the middle out without breaking it, and if they do so successfully, then win a prize. Sound familiar? @thesquidgamenetflix put a twist on it and now those cookies are all over your feed! The caramel for the cookies are whipped just like this coffee • Sunset Lemonade - the purple to orange ombré drink! Sweet and tart • Matcha Beignets - powdered sugar and matcha powder over the beignets with matcha ice cream •The OG shaved ice with black sesame snow, condensed milk, strawberries, mochi balls, red bean paste, misugaru • Lavender milk tea and rose milk tea, both served hot with colorful latte art. These are such tricky flavors that they handled so well! Sometimes rose can be soapy, but this was not at all Everything was absolutely amazing. Be sure to stop by if...

Grace Street is a fun spot to go with friends, especially if you have a vegan in the group, there are a couple of delicious vegan options available. Grace Street also has milk alternatives: almond, soy, and oat milk.

I ordered both the vegan options: Korean donuts (Ho-dduk) and Matcha Beignets. Both came with a side of mango sorbet. For my drink, I ordered a Lavender Latte with Oat Milk.

HO-DDUK - these donuts were my favorite!! Crunchy, sweet with an ooey gooey brown sugar glaze with chopped walnuts. What's not to love? They melted in my mouth. The vegan option comes with mango sorbet which is okay, but they regularly come with vanilla ice cream. That's a much better fitting.

MATCHA BEIGNETS - they were sweet, but not too sweet since the matcha balanced out the sugar. They were fried well, but they did eat a little dry. Again, the mango sorbet was okay, but the regular version is paired with green tea ice cream. That sounds a lot better.

LAVENDER LATTE - I can taste the lavender, but it's not overly powerful. It's also sweet, but not too sweet. It has a pretty color and it's fun to drink.

ATMOSPHERE - fun music, good vibes, decent size, large communal tables, quick turnarounds if busy, cool pictures of New York City.

In the future, I hope Grace Street makes better vegan options for the sides of the beignets and ho-dduk, and would LOVE a shaved snow vegan option because they all look amazing! However, for now, I am grateful that they have a couple of delicious vegan options and a fun, welcoming atmosphere.

Lastly, I just noticed when looking at the menu pic because I got the vegan option I was up-charged $1. That's slightly disappointing especially since the mango sorbet wasn't the greatest match with...