Three Tarts

Chelsea
164 Ninth Avenue
at W. 20th Street

P: 212.462.4392

Three Tarts is a combination bakery/café/boutique in Chelsea that is also the base for pastry chefs who make their delicious and very beautiful little sweets as party favors.

What's great:

Petit fours, truffles, biscotti, home-made marshmallows, and other confections that look as good as they taste.

What to know:

They also sell gift items -- each with style, beauty and modernity -- like tea pots and cups, distinctive dish towels and aprons, cookie jars and other items that make perfect house gifts, plus they have a winning selection of baby gifts. Match a gift with a selection of something sweet to eat and everyone will want to be your friend.

They've been singled out by New York Magazine, The New York Times, Daily Candy, and Oprah.

You can buy a section of bakery items, sweets and gifts online at their website.