Monteleone

Monteleone's is a bakery and cafe located in Carroll Gardens. Specialties include a variety of Italian pastries such as Napoleon cookies, chocolate croissants, pignoli cookies, banana mousse and other freshly baked sweets. Freshly brewed coffee is also available.

Pair your snack with a fresh cup of D'Amico's coffee. The beans are available at the shop down the block.

“Excellent” breads, cakes, pastries, the “best cannolis” and housemade gelato have made this Italian bakery a beloved Carroll Gardens institution, but it’s the “wide variety” of traditional cookies that really stands out here; it’s all overseen by a “first-rate” staff.

"Excellent" cakes, pastries, the "best cannoli" and housemade gelato have made this sliver of an Italian bakery a beloved Carroll Gardens standby for decades, but it's the "wide variety" of traditional cookies that really stands out here; a "first-rate" staff is another reason this is such a "sweet place."

In Short
At this no-frills bakery, young cashiers exchange warm greetings with regular customers and expertly tie up boxes of cookies, cakes, and pastries with red and white twine. A...

Born in Porto Empedocle Sicily, Antonio Fiorentino started making pastries at the age of twelve. He has continued to learn and craft his passion for creating delicious pastries for over 40 years. Antonio moved to the United States in 1977. He opened F. Monteleone Bakery & Cafe in January 2011. He enjoys creating and serving homemade goodies, fresh daily with the help of his wife Maria Teresa,...