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Sorry, Los Angeles! The options of the city for complex cried pastries have just become a little smaller now that Dominique Ansel, an award-winning pastry chef of James Beach and the original inventor of Cronut, closed his Los Angelesbakery for real.

After opening three years earlier, Dominique Ansel Bakery (as well as his restaurant, 189) closes the shop because of the pandemic. This follows an announcement that Celebrity Chef Curtis Stone plans to open the picnic company at the restaurant in the grove, which develops in the space where 189 and Dominique Ansel Bakery are, according toLos Angeles eater.

"During the pandemic, we had to make difficult choices and also had to make peace without having any choice sometimes," wrote Ansel in aRecent social media post. "We now join the list of Victims of Covid, next to our peers respected in the industry. It's ironic to close when our latest memories were lines all lines and nights full of proposals, lighting D 'trees and final finals. "

Although it is quite suddenly for the original cronut lovers in Los Angeles, it's not goodbye forever.Dominique Ansel still has an opening place of New York City, but unfortunately had to close the location in London.

"It was not always easy, because we set our bar as high as we could reach, but it was always exciting. And all the things you miss, especially our team," wrote Ansel. "A group of co-dreams - who believed in what we did and put in the work to come true. And coming winter in NY, I guess I'm going to miss the sun too."

The news of these closures may seem dark, but the bakery in New York seems to be as busy as ever.According to the websiteDominique Ansel Bakery takes orders for their september cronaut flavor, which includes pumpkin and rice pudding. Its location in Soho (a district in Manhattan) offers a take-out and delivery fingerprint and has recently opened its outdoor garden for dinner guests. The location in the village of the West is also temporarily closed.

Although Dominique Ansel Bakery offers many treats, Cronut is one of their most popular. It is a half-donut, half increasing, usually filled with colorful aromatization and icing. In normal circumstances, Dominique Ansel Bakery will wait for up to two hours outside their store. The original creation of Cronut was launched in May 2013 and was even named one of theThe best inventions of the year of Time Magazine.

Dominique Ansel is also the Mastermind behind many other desserts worthy of Instagram, including chocolate chip cookie (a chocolate chocolate chocolate cookie with shot glass, then filled with Tahitian vanilla milk infused cold) and The hot chocolate in bloom - a rich hot chocolate with a marshmallow flower that "blooms" when it comes into contact with the heat. The original hot chocolate in bloom was introduced in their Tokyo store, which closed pre-Covid.

In her last remarks on her post, Ansel hopes he can leave Los Angeles with a "see you soon". Could this say, let's hope for the most cronuts in the future of La? Only time will say. For now, you can drool on the pastries presented inThe best bakery in each state.