{"id":205049,"date":"2026-04-21T19:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/205049\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T19:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:13:10","slug":"louis-vuitton-cafe-launches-new-afternoon-tea-in-nyc-see-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/205049\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis Vuitton Caf\u00e9 Launches New Afternoon Tea in NYC: See Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

If your afternoon plans needed a little more drama, Louis Vuitton just gave you an excuse to linger over tea a bit longer. As of yesterday, the brand\u2019s Fifth Avenue caf\u00e9<\/a> has rolled out a newly reimagined afternoon tea service\u2014and it\u2019s as polished as you would expect from a label that monograms everything.<\/p>\n

Set on the fourth floor of the midtown flagship at 6 East 57th Street, Le Caf\u00e9 Louis Vuitton<\/a> has always embraced what it calls \u201cluxury snacking,\u201d a menu of familiar dishes, reworked with French technique. The new tea service<\/a> builds on that idea, but pushes it further into full-on occasion territory.<\/p>\n

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There are two options, both designed by the caf\u00e9\u2019s culinary team, which is led by Executive Chef Kylian Goussot and Executive Pastry Chef Mary George. The first, \u201cA Sweet Escape\u201d ($100 per person), is essentially a dessert showcase: six miniature pastries arranged with surgical precision, plus a standout Marble G\u00e2teau layered with chocolate, vanilla, rum syrup and glossy dark chocolate glaze. There\u2019s also a hazelnut ganache with praline and fleur de sel and a vanilla-forward confection that leans into caramelized milk and custard textures.<\/p>\n

If you want something savory to balance things out, \u201cThe Exquisite Journey\u201d ($135) adds five small bites to the mix. That includes a truffle-laced croque-monsieur, a tuna taco topped with caviar and ponzu and a vegetable dish with coconut and ginger that tastes like something you might find on a fancy spa\u2019s lunch menu.<\/p>\n

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Both experiences come with tea, herbal infusions and coffee, natch, and run daily from 11:30am to 5pm\u2014prime hours for people-watching or just taking a mid-shopping spree breather. The caf\u00e9 itself doubles as a library-inspired space, lined with more than 600 books and designed to feel like a Parisian salon.<\/p>\n

Worth noting: you don\u2019t have to be a Louis Vuitton client to get a table. You do, however, have to be okay with paying Louis Vuitton prices for your pastries\u2014and probably taking at least one photo before you eat them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If your afternoon plans needed a little more drama, Louis Vuitton just gave you an excuse to linger…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[2590,75,84,83,9,24,2591,63,821],"class_list":{"0":"post-205049","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-categories-restaurants","9":"tag-manhattan","10":"tag-manhattan-headlines","11":"tag-manhattan-news","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-news-eating","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-restaurants"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}