Podunk

Place couldn't be more aptly named: tiny, frill-lacking space doesn't need style when reputation for substance—the kind it takes for a non-liquor serving, small, website-lacking teahouse to make it in New York—is so big. Hand-decorated menus and chamingly neighborhood-friendly service transfers fairly priced leaves to tables in homey, pastel-happy room. Warm, perpetually baking pastries and a few crepes make the place exactly what every New Yorker needs once in a while: a cozy retreat/escape away from all the noise—everything a good glass of tea should be.