Cookies and Cream Pastry Shop began in a home kitchen before becoming a small neighborhood bakery in Kew Gardens. It makes its baked goods on the premises and creates custom cakes for people marking important occasions.
Gourmet Bake ShopGourmet Bake Shop has been making breads, pastries, and cakes from scratch in New Hyde Park since the 1940s. The neighborhood bakery is especially known for custom cakes, including wedding designs and children’s cakes, while its daily case also features hand-baked treats made with carefully selected ingredients.NEW HYDE PARK, NY
Geneva BakeryGeneva Bakery grew from Linda Rannels’s childhood baking at her parents’ produce stand into an East Petersburg bakery making cakes, pies, pastries and cookies from scratch. Rannels started the bakery in 2008 after converting her home garage into an inspected commercial kitchen, then moved in 2015 into the former church building where she worshiped as a child and where her parents were married. Today, the bakery is especially known for made-to-order cakes with creamy, not-too-sweet buttercream and fresh daily baked goods.EAST PETERSBURG, PA
Circo's Pastry ShopSince 1945, Circo’s Pastry Shop has been making Italian and French pastries, custom celebration cakes, and its famous cookies from its Bushwick bakery. The family business traces its craft to Nino Pierdipino, who came from Sicily and now runs the shop with his sons Salvatore and Anthony, both Culinary Institute of America graduates. Circo’s retains an old-neighborhood feel—one distinctive enough to attract movie crews—while shipping its baked goods nationwide.BROOKLYN, NY