Built on Pat Giura’s early training in his father’s bakery, Jean Danet Pastry is a family-owned Brooklyn bakery making Italian pastries, signature New York–style cheesecakes, and custom celebration cakes. The shop has served Brooklyn and New York City for more than 30 years, carrying old-world pastry techniques into scratch-made wedding and occasion cakes shaped around each customer’s celebration.
Alfonso's Pastry ShoppeFounded by Alfonso in 1970 after he honed his craft in Italy and worked as a baker at New York’s Plaza Hotel, Alfonso’s Pastry Shoppe makes fresh Italian pastries, cakes and custom celebration cakes on Staten Island. The shop moved to Victory Boulevard in 1978, where Alfonso’s son Anthony Campitiello has preserved his father’s techniques while running the business since 1996 and expanding it to a second location. Traditional pastries share the counter with contemporary cake designs, including detailed specialty cakes made for weddings and family milestones.STATEN ISLAND, NY
E & L BakerySince June 1977, family-run E & L Bakery has been hand-baking cakes, Italian pastries, cookies and other daily treats in the Bronx. The bakery is especially known for turning celebrations into custom cake designs, from wedding centerpieces to colorful drip cakes, while continuing its nearly five-decade neighborhood baking tradition.BRONX, NY
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
Brooklyn Bread CompanyWith more than 30 years on Brooklyn’s Kings Highway, Brooklyn Bread Company bakes hand-rolled Italian breads and pastries fresh each day. Its Calabria-rooted tradition reaches back to Guiseppe Crupi’s family baking locations in the 1940s, and the bakery is known for its signature lard bread as well as old-world cookies. The company is a certified Brooklyn Made bakery and ships its specialties nationwide.BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, NY