Family owned since 1987 · Arthur Avenue
Three generations of Italian baking in the heart of the Bronx — cannoli filled to order, bread out of the oven twice a day, and cakes worth crossing boroughs for.
The case
The pastries our regulars plan their mornings around. Everything is made in-house, every day, from Nonna Rosa's own recipe books.
Crisp shells, ricotta cream with a whisper of orange zest, filled the moment you order.
A hundred shattering layers around semolina, ricotta, and candied citrus. Warm is best.
Almond layers, raspberry jam, dark chocolate top. Sold by the pound — they travel well.
Our famous lard bread, studded with prosciutto and provolone. Saturdays sell out by ten.
Feather-light, properly soaked, crowned with pastry cream. Nonna's original recipe, unchanged.
A proper Italian coffee bar — stand, sip, and watch the case. Biscotti for dunking, of course.
Weddings · Communions · Birthdays · Just because
Custom cakes
Tell us the occasion and the flavors you love. We'll sketch, you taste, we bake. Most custom cakes need just 5 days' notice.
A photo, a theme, or just "something with lemons." Call or use the form — we'll call back the same day.
Sample up to three fillings in the shop and approve the sketch before we bake a thing.
Boxed, chilled, and ready at your time — with a spare candle on us, just in case.
Our story
In 1987, Rosa Benedetti arrived from Palermo and talked her way into a tiny Arthur Avenue storefront. She baked from memory — no scales, no timers — and the neighborhood lined up anyway.
Today her grandchildren run the ovens, the recipe book is written down (mostly), and the line is still there on Saturday mornings. Some things we refuse to modernize. The cannoli cream is one of them.
Visit
Address: 2341 Arthur Ave, Bronx, NY 10458
Phone: (718) 555-0187
Hours: Tue–Sat 7:30am–6:30pm · Sun 8am–2pm · Closed Mondays (the ovens rest)
Good to know
Parking: Municipal lot on Hoffman St, 2-minute walk
Transit: Bx12 to Arthur Ave · Metro-North to Fordham
Pre-orders: Call by 4pm for next-morning pickup