A great croissant will have you inspecting layers of dough and shattery shells like you’re a forensic scientist. It’s a task we’re familiar with—we’ve conducted blind taste tests with dozens of pastries in San Francisco, NYC, and Los Angeles, to name a few. Those helped us come up with this guide to our favorites all over the country. They include a classic croissant in New York City that would blend in at a Parisian boulangerie, crackly, toasted perfection in Chicago, and more.
