Sybil’s Bakery & Restaurant

Sybil’s owner Viburt Bernard learned how to bake at his uncle’s restaurant before emigrating from Guyana to New York in the early 1970s. By the late 1980s, Bernard opened two bakeries of his own in Queens. The Liberty Avenue location is a neighborhood institution with loyal customers lining up every day of the year (even on Thanksgiving and Christmas). Small bites like the Guyanese chicken patties are best-sellers. The muffin-shaped pastry is filled with a savory mixture of minced chicken and vegetables. Other popular items include pine tarts, a pastry pocket stuffed with pineapple jam and cheese rolls, pastry rolls filled with spicy cheese.