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Yonkers, NY
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New Italian Eatery Heats Up Yonkers, Takes Over Empty Restaurant Space
Craving the taste of Southern Italy? An all-new restaurant in Westchester has got you covered. Italian Oven, located in Yonkers at the Boyce Thompson Center at 1086 North Broadway, is open for business and recently held its grand opening ceremony. The eatery, which took over the space formerly occupied by Fortina and is operated by a brother and sister team, features a menu full of Italian favorites like homemade meatballs, tortellini, grilled chicken and veggie paninis, and pastas like fettuccine alfredo and linguini shrimp scampi. Of course, the menu is also chock full …
Fairfield, NJ
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Cannoli Your Way: This New Shop In Fairfield Lets You Build The Perfect Italian Treat
A new dessert destination is giving Essex County a taste of Sicily — exactly how you like it. The Cannoli Shop, a build-your-own cannoli experience, has opened in Fairfield. The store at 376 Hollywood Avenue started its soft opening on Thursday, Jan. 25. The shop was founded by Nick D'Anna, also known as the "Cannoli Guy" behind Carrello Di Cannoli. Since 2020, the mobile dessert service has brought personalized cannoli to weddings and private events. Cannoli lovers can experience the same made-your-way Italian desserts at D'Anna's first storefront. "Located in the hea…
Mansfield-Storrs, CT
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New Sicilian Restaurant In Storrs Serves Authentic Dishes, Sweet Desserts Near UConn
A new restaurant is offering a taste of Sicily just a few minutes away from UConn's campus in Storrs. Krispy Sicilian Foods opened at 650 Middle Turnpike (Route 44) on Thursday, Jan. 9. The restaurant is about a mile away from UConn near the Route 195 intersection. Owner Kristin Pinkston created the cozy restaurant with an extensive menu of authentic Italian dishes made with fresh ingredients and traditional recipes. "We take pride in serving delicious, homemade dishes crafted with the finest ingredients and traditional Sicilian recipes," the restaurant's website said. "From our handmade p…
Oceanside, NY
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Long Island’s First Cannoleria Gears Up For Grand Opening In Oceanside
Holy cannoli: Long Island’s first cannoleria has arrived. What began in 2020 as a humble cart serving up Italian ice and gelato at weddings and bar mitzvahs has graduated to a full-on brick-and-mortar business for Brandyn Williams. “Closed our mall location… for the bigger dream!” Williams captioned a TikTok video documenting his move from the modest spot he briefly occupied at the Roosevelt Field mall in East Garden City. On Saturday, Sept. 28, he will celebrate the grand opening of his first standalone business, Dolce Bella in Oceanside, Long Island’s first full-fledged cannoleria. Fa…
Dorchester, MA
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This 80-Year-Old Bakery Named Best In Massachusetts By 'Elite' Yelpers
Come for the cannoli, stay for the entire display case. If you’re on the hunt for the best sweet treats around, look no further than Boston landmark Mike’s Pastry, the top-rated bakery in Massachusetts by Yelp’s Elite Squad. Located in the city’s historic North End on Hanover Street, Mike’s has been satisfying sweet tooths since 1946, when founder Michael Mercogliano began selling his “one-of-a-kind” cannoli. Easily recognized by its signature white box with blue font tied with a string bow, the bakery offers nearly a dozen varieties of the Italian pastry, including chocolate chip, pistac…
Cherry Hill, NJ
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Former WWE Star Keeps NJ's First Cannoli Food Truck Rolling
Tube-shaped fried pastry shells stuffed with sugary-sweet ricotta-based filling? Cannolis may sound simple enough conceptually, but Thomas "Tony" Ricca Jr. — a retired WWE star — has brought the Italian dessert to new levels. What started in 1957 as Riccas' family's bakery, Sunrise Bakery, on Fairview Avenue in Hammonton has evolved in part into Cannoli World, a franchised, award-winning brand that has evolved into New Jersey’s first cannoli food truck, which debuted in 2016, Ricca said. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tony Ricc…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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Cannoli Controversy: Why Fans Are Slamming Teresa Giudice Over Baking Clip
Cannoli cupcakes are causing quite the controversy. "Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Teresa Giudice is taking heat for a seemingly sweet video promoting her cannoli cupcake recipe. Fans — err, maybe adversaries — were quick to note that Tre "copied her cousin Kathy," famously a baker who owns Wyckoff pizzeria, Pizza Love. That is, Kathy Wakile, who one person said was the "Queen of Cannoli." "Not Kathy’s dessert!!!! 😂😂😂😂," another wrote. Wakile and Giudice have apparently been estranged since the Season 4 RHONJ reunion, when Wakile called Giudice's dad a coward and mom a "f---ing lia…
Fairfield, CT
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Fairfield County Bakery Goes National
Luigi's Bakery, which sold Italian pastries on Main Street in Bridgeport for 50 years, has rebranded and is selling its famous cannoli pies in over 400 grocery stores spanning over five states. Now going by "The Cannoli Pie Company," Master Chef Joe Dimarco's new business venture boasts that they are "cannoli specialists" and "masters of all things cannoli." In addition to their factory on 391 Lincoln Avenue in Bridgeport, which supplies their pies to every Stop & Shop location, the now-wholesale eatery still maintains a cafe for dining in. There, cannolis can be consumed in…
