Extraordinary Desserts in downtown San Diego has operated its Little Italy patisserie at 1430 Union Street since 2004, the second location from pastry chef Karen Krasne, who launched the original in 1989 and has since been named among Forbes' Top 10 Pastry Chefs in America. The dessert menu changes daily across a rotating selection of flower-topped cakes, tortes, tarts, and mousses made from globally sourced ingredients, a continually refreshed pastry case that rivals the Italian confection depth at Pappalecco on Fir Street. Beyond desserts, the Union Street location runs a full savory kitchen of creative panini, artisan cheese boards, and charcuterie platters alongside organic small-batch coffee, boutique wines, and San Diego craft beers — a dual sweet-and-savory scope absent from the original concept. Award-winning architectural design by LUCE et Studio creates interiors drawn from Krasne's global travels, and the lotus flower logo signals the menu's cycle of daily reinvention along the same India Street dessert corridor as Caffe Italia. The highest-value production is Krasne's custom multi-tier wedding cake program, with commissions reaching into the thousands and incorporating hand-sculpted sugar fruits and gold leaf.