Sneaking a Peek Inside Dominique Ansel's New West Village Pastry Palace

While dessert savant Dominique Ansel tests recipes for things like squid ink brioche with mashed potatoes for his new West Village bakery, Dominique Ansel Kitchen, construction workers are trying to finish the buildout. Eater snuck in for a covert mission to see how things are coming. While the tile's up on the walls and some equipment has arrived, it looks like there's still some serious work to be done. The bakery is slated to open sometime next month. Check out how it's going below: