New York's best Italian bakery, family-owned Pasticceria Rocco has been around since 1974, and we know why: their Italian pastries, cookies, gelato, and ices are always fresh and delicious, making it one of those rare species that's loved by locals and tourists alike. Signature hits: their crispy-shelled cannoli (city's best), fresh pistachio and chocolate biscotti, ricotta-filled sfogliatelle,...
Pastry shop with sit-down service in the West Village.
Rocco's, yes please!:
We spent a week in NYC and hit up Rocco's 3x's, it would of been more but we were staying in midtown. The first night we thought we'll take a box of sweets home and enjoy them with coffee in the morning, just after we enjoy one in the shop. One turned into so many we no longer needed the box to take the rest with us. The man behind the counter chuckled at us as we were leaving when he asked what happened to our box. The shop is always bustling especially after dinner time. I especially like the back room with the exposed brick. They are open till midnight, so you can go to dinner, take a...
Rocco Pastry Shop Restaurant Review:
You’ll most likely have to wait in line to get into Rocco’s, for its selection of almond pignoli cookies, potent babas au rhum, crunchy anise biscotti and freshly-piped cannoli is scrumptious. In addition to traditional Italian pastries, you’ll find mile-high napoleons. Villagers and shoppers like to sit at the tiny tables and enjoy cappuccinos with their treats.