Loved the staff, super friendly and very patient with an out of towner having trouble choosing from so many delicious looking choices.
I got mostly cookies and a few pastries. Unfortunately, I hate to say I just was not pleased with the products. But please bare in mind I'm one person and this is just my opinion.
I'm originally from Philly and also frequent friends in NYC but I currently reside in Maryland. Sadly MD has no good classic bakeries at all, so when I saw this bakery by my friends house we stopped in hoping to get delicious baked goods we'd come to love like we used to have in Philly and NYC.
That was unfortunately not the case. The cookies look like they were made fresh that morning and just being placed on the shelves, but when we got them home, were very dry and bland, not sweet at all. We each got a cannoli and while I give credit for knowing it was ricotta filling, it was also not sweet and a very different texture, more like cottage cheese than traditional classic cannoli.
The tiramisu was delicious! That was spot on. And my friend got something I believe they called a snowball? She said that was wonderful and I also got another pastry filled with a pistachio filling that was amazing. Really good!
Personally I'd skip the cookies and cannolis and highly recommend the cakes and other specialty pastries. No matter what, staff is wonderful and you'll be happy...
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