Greenpoint is getting a brand-new pastry shop from an alum of the popular Gramercy Pub. Radio Pastry shop will open in spring 2023, taking control of the shop at 135 India Street, on the corner of Manhattan Opportunity, that utilized to be house to Tomcats Barber Store.

Radio Pastry shop’s co-owner and pastry chef, Kelly Mencin, informed Greenpointers that the area at 135 India Street “was the ideal size, ideal throughout the street from the G train and on a peaceful, tree lined street” and “seemed like the ideal fit from the start.”

Though the pastry shop is presently under building, Greenpointers was informed that the area will have an open format idea with production using up most of the square video footage.

The consumer experience at Radio Pastry shop will consist of a little area for grab-and-go pastries, bread, and coffee drinks, and there will be a minimal seating location with a couple of stools in the window.

” The objective is that a person can stroll into the area and instantly odor and see whatever we are making,” Mencin informed Greenpointers

Radio Pastry shop’s menu will be pulled from numerous impacts, according to Mencin, with a dash of “excellent old-fashioned fond memories.” Mencin strategies to consist of traditional viennoiserie, like croissants, plus specializeds like passionfruit early morning buns, ‘nduja and fontina croissants, and bolus, which is a Dutch sticky bun.

The menu concludes with a range of breads, consisting of focaccia, and ready-made sandwiches. “I believe it’s so crucial to have an excellent mix of sweet and mouthwatering alternatives; something for everybody,” Mencin stated, who will be supervising the menu and the everyday operations at the pastry shop.

Mencin, a Brooklyn homeowner, is no complete stranger to the cooking area. She assisted open Rolo’s, a popular dining establishment in Ridgewood, Queens, in January of 2021. “When I was brought onto the group in 2020, the strategy was that we were going to be a dinner-only dining establishment, and I would be dealing with the dessert and bread program,” Mencin described. “Then the pandemic hit, and we needed to pivot.”

So, the group opened Rolo’s as a coffee shop and pastry shop with a supermarket. Mencin supervised of making all the pastries, focaccia, bread, and ice cream. “It ended up being such a success that when we began doing full-service supper at Rolo’s, we chose to keep the coffee shop and pastry shop parts,” stated Mencin.

Prior to operating at Rolo’s, Mencin was a cook at Gramercy Pub, where she satisfied Rolo’s co-owners, Rafiq Salim, Howard Kalachnikoff and Ben Howell. “I had actually understood they were intending on opening a dining establishment, however I never ever believed I would get the opportunity to deal with them,” Mencin remembered.

Mencin keeps in mind taking a seat with Howard and Rafiq and pitching herself as a pastry chef, despite the fact that they had actually just understood her as a tasty cook at Gramercy Pub. “Rafiq asked if I understood how to make ice cream … I stated yes, which was that,” stated Mencin, who now considers herself exceptionally “fortunate” with her “dream task” at Radio Pastry shop.