I am frustrated. I spent two days staying at a hotel across the street from Yura and visited it as many times as I could, but left so many delicious looking baked goods untasted. Everything I did sample is terrific; a few items, like Tastes Like Chocolate Ice Cream Cake (with mousse filling), lavasch crisps, and butterscotch pecan pie, are unforgettably wonderful. However, I did not have time or appetite to try Mounds Bar Cake, Sticky Salted Dark Caramel Spice Cake, strawberry rhubarb pie, or Alabama Banana Cake. Nor have I had a chance to eat any of the yummy-looking lunchtime entrees. I am so eager to return!
Do note that Yura is mostly take-out, with only a few little windowside tables to which you can carry your bagged goodies and some of Yura’s fine coffee and have a sit-down snack.
Other Nearby Restaurants
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Speedy Donut
Norwalk, ConnecticutSpeedy Donut is a Roadfood best-bet for its egg-rich, crisp-edged crullers as well as cake donuts, twists, and fritters.
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1st Street Apizza
Seymour, ConnecticutA small, mostly take-out restaurant in downtown Seymour, Connecticut, 1st Street Apizza specializes in New Haven-style pizza with thin, elegant crust.
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Danny’s Drive-In
Stratford, ConnecticutA 1935 drive-in restaurant in Stratford, Connecticut, Danny’s is famous for its four-alarm chili and triple-decker hamburgers with cheese, bacon and the works.
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De Lorenzo’s Tomato Pies
Robbinsville, New JerseySome of the best pizza anywhere is made in New Jersey at De Lorenzo’s, where the crust is thin and crisp and the toppings are perfectly balanced.
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B & W Bakery
Hackensack, New JerseyThe foundation of B&W’s heavy crumb cake is sweet yeast pastry. Atop it is a thick ribbon of large crumbs, some crunchy, others soft. Coffee, please!
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Utopia Diner
New YorkFrom 7am to midnight in Utopia, it’s the full New York coffee shop experience: fast service, quality food, reasonable prices.