$3.25 and worth it...

We just got back from having lunch at Market Table (same folk as the little owl) and on the walk back, stopped into my favorite French bakery, Patisserie Claude (187 W.4th St, off 7th Ave).
I haven't been into the bakery in several months and decided it was time for a treat. I usually love to get a 1/2 lb or 1lb of the little palmiers but today I went for the dessert gold - a coffee eclair. I'm always a little sticker shocked when I walk out of there but after the first bite of what I've purchased, I loosen my grip on the wallet and sink into my little dessert happy land. Claude does an excellent job with the traditional French pastries, and I'd argue that his eclairs are his pièce de résistance. At $3.25 a treat, it's well worth it.