Lucettegrace

lucettegrace is a contemporary patisserie on South Salisbury Street in downtown Raleigh, turning out desserts from a small team. Daniel Benjamin, the pastry chef and owner, is the one shaping all of it, and the shop has been part of downtown for close to twelve years.

Its most recent change has been a simpler menu. The ingredients and the methods behind the desserts have stayed where they were, but the shorter list lets the shop charge prices close to what it charged when it first opened.

What to know

• The shop is named after the owner’s two daughters.
• Daniel Benjamin was born and raised in Valparaiso, Indiana.
• He spent fifteen years in some of the finest kitchens across America before this.
• The team frames the shop as the next chapter in his career.