Tai Pan Bakery — Restaurant in New York

I was in the neighborhood of Main Street in Flushing in Queens when I remembered a place where I could sit, have a delicious percolated coffee and a desert. Tai Pan is the Peter Pan of deserts in my opinion. There are a whole slu of other coffee shops in the area just not as many tables for patrons to have a seat. I did think about Starbucks just down the street but sometimes big name brands can be over rated and I just wanted something simple without all the hype. Perculator coffee ☕ will always taste better than coffee pot any day. Their coffee is smooth, tasty, and oh boy HOT which means it lasts longer to sip down without it getting cold. I had a Medium coffee and a lemon pastry filling all for $5.25. I really wasn't expecting the size of the pastry which was huge soft, gushing with lemon filling.

PARKING: There are two parking lots in the area circled in yellow in one of my posted pictures. The red circle is Tai Pan Bakery. Both require a payment the larger one will cost more but have way more spaces, the smaller one is ALWAYS PACKED and tough to get a spot. I would highly recommend just parking your car on the outskirts of flushing in a residential area and take a nearby bus. Something I do often when I come out this way.

BATHROOM(S): There is only "ONE" for both men and women but you have to ask for the key behind the counter. This is Queens remember?, people can just walk in off the street and think they are entitled to pee. 🤣

Side Note: *I wasn't handed a sales receipt, perhaps she forgot? *The establishment could use a few more tables and chairs in my opinion. They only had 7. If your out this way come check them out and tell them the Guru sent you🫵😉

*The Review...

Shocking Experience at Taipan Bakery – Discrimination Shouldn’t Be Tolerated

I’m still in disbelief after what happened today at Taipan Bakery on Main Street in Flushing. It was my husband’s birthday, and we wanted to celebrate by picking up a cake from what used to be one of our favorite bakeries.

There was a line when we arrived, and I joined it at the end, patiently waiting my turn. However, I quickly noticed that customers who arrived after me were being called up and served by the cashiers. I stayed calm, thinking it must be an oversight, but then another person blatantly cut in front of me, and the cashier completely ignored me again.

At that point, I politely said, “Excuse me, but I was here before her.” Shockingly, the young female cashier snapped back and told me to go to the back of the line! I was stunned. I replied, “Didn’t you see me waiting here for the past 10 minutes?” Her response? She proceeded to serve someone else who had just arrived.

I was deeply hurt and furious. The whole experience felt humiliating and discriminatory. My husband and I decided to walk out and took our business to Paris Baguette instead, where we were treated with basic respect.

We will never return to Taipan Bakery again. No one deserves to be...

I ve been coming here for decades; love the mini eggnog here — But recently the customer service is honestly terrible. There’s no system for the line at all. One person comes in with ten family members and suddenly they’re all crowding the counter and placing separate orders — it’s chaotic, especially during the busy morning rush.

There were about 5–6 staff members working, but none of them seemed to be managing the flow. No one was directing customers, and it felt disorganized. At one point, they even cut off the line or spoke in Chinese to let others jump ahead, which was really frustrating.

I eventually gave up and walked over to Rainbow Bakery just a block away — only two staff members there, but the line was clear and manageable. Taipan seriously needs a floor manager or at least some sort of system to keep things fair...