On a work trip to NYC I had to visit Egidio Pastry Shop on Arthur Avenue. The moment you walk in, you're surrounded by the smell of fresh espresso and classic Italian pastries that have been delighting customers for generations. I ordered a cappuccino and, for the first time, decided to try the Rum Baba. I'm glad I did. The pastry was incredibly soft, perfectly soaked with just the right amount of rum, and had a light sweetness that wasn't overpowering. The service was friendly and welcoming, making the experience even better. The staff was happy to answer questions and made me feel like a regular, even though it was my first visit. The shop has an old-school Italian bakery feel that's becoming harder to find, making the experience just as enjoyable as the food itself. read more

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I'm driving home and I need to pick up dinner for Friday night. First stop Borgatti's. (C'Mon, it's the best) and now I need dessert. I've always walked by Egidio Pastry Shop but now I'm on a mission. I need dessert to carry through out the weekend. Walking inside, it's nostalgic feels from my childhood. Freshly baked Sicilian treats that are proudly on display. I ask: Do you sell Italian bread? I'm told no so I'll gladly take a pound of biscotti. I zero on my favorite, almond biscotti. I ask for a few fruit and nut biscotti as well. Somehow a filler was added, it wasn't even biscotti?? It was a flat, flavorless cookie. I would have enjoyed sesame cookies but I wasn't asked. It was just jammed into the box unbeknownst to me. I don't have these problems in Brooklyn, uncool. There was a cute nonna in front of me ordering Italian pastries. She's directing the counterperson who's preparing her box: I'll have one of those, two of these, while eating a mini cannoli. First time here, I'd like to try the pastries on my next visit. Egidio Pastry Shop, until next time! read more

Egidio Pastry Shop - Italian pastries - Bakeries Near Me - Bronx, New York

Stopped by for the first time this morning and def had a good experience. It's a small location but has plenty of seating. There were 2 women working very nice and they took care of me. I got a plain cheesecake, coconut flan, sugar cookie, napoleon slice and cannolis both reg and the white chocolate covered. I enjoyed everything. I was actually surprised by the white chocolate covered cannoli, really good and different. I would def purchase again when in the area. read more

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Whenever I'm in Little Italy, I have to stop and get a cappuccino at Egidio Pastry Shop. The coffee is so delicious and the baked goods are always fresh and tasty. The staff is friendly and patient as you go through so many different varieties of sweet treats to pick from. It's a small mom and pop shop but I love to eat in and stare at all the folks shopping on the strip as I enjoy my coffee. read more

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The lady (manager / owner) is extremely rude to everyone and the pastries are terrible. I would overlook her unprofessional attitude if the pastries were worth it but they're not. I purchased: two types of cannolis, napoleons, babbas, and sfogliatelles. All terrible :( read more

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Egidio Pastry Shop 622 E. 187th. St. Bronx, NY 10458 Chocolate Mousse Made with chocolate cream and chocolate hazelnut bread, the cookie crumbles added a nice touch because it gave it that slight crunch. It has a smooth creamy taste, but my only critique is that I prefer to have this type of dessert chilled. There is an adequate amount of table seating, but it is tight. read more

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I had a can only here during my stay in the Bronx where I went to on a cannoli tour of Little Italy. It's hard for me to pick a favorite, but this place might be it. The filling of the cannoli was not overly dense or sweet, it was just right. read more

Cute little bakery with a lot of different pastries and desserts to choose from. Everything looked fresh and the coffee went really well with the pastry I got. Nice place to stop by for something sweet, especially if you're already in the area. read more

100 percent amazing! LOVED the cannoli... especially the shell! Not overly sweet at all! The rum baba was soaked in rum and to die for! Highly recommend coming here when in the OG Little Italy of NYC! There are a ton of bakeries here... but this one is it! read more

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In town for Fordham Family Day, wandering around Arthur Ave looking for a place to sit and have coffee. This is an old school coffee shop with wonderful staff and a great vibe. Coffee, cappuccinos and cannolis. A great experience and a nice refuge from the crowds on Arthur Ave. read more

First visit at this establishment. Egidio's Pastry Shop display case has so many choices for you. There's 10 to 12 tables to dine in if you like. Sit at the tables and place your order. The pastries I ordered tasted ok. read more

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Egídio has been on Arthur Avenue for 113 years, 1/3 of the time I have been here. Visiting Carmela here is like coming home and seeing family! The baked goods are so fresh and delicious, there is nothing like it. The most difficult part of coming here is deciding what to eat will it be a regular cannoli, chocolate covered cannoli, white chocolate cannoli, cannoli gelato, or even a cannoli cake? We can't go wrong with anything but unfortunately, we always overdo it. read more

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Just awesome pastries! First time here in over 5 years and now they have gelato as well as pastries. Good service in an old fashion Italian pastry shop. Just a great place for tasty and fresh pastries. Wish Carmella the owner would open up a place in South Florida. read more

Egidio Pastry Shop - Bakeries Near Me - Bronx, New York

Egidio Pastry Shop is an Italian pastry bakery that opened in the Bronx's "Little Italy" in 1912. It was founded by Italian immigrant Pasquale Egidio. Raised in the Southern Italian city of Salerno (where his parents owned a café), Egidio came to New York City in 1909 at the age of 22. He was accompanied by his wife Carmela and their two young children. After persuading a wealthy uncle to stake him, Egidio secured a small storefront on East 187th Street in the Bronx and his family moved into the apartment upstairs. At first he only served coffee and simple pastries like his parents had in Salerno. When the business took off, Egidio installed an oven so he could produce fancier pastries such as struffoli, quaresimali, and sfogliatelle. The Egidios ultimately had eight children and they all worked in the shop. None of them loved it the way their daughter Antonetta did; she would later go by "Annie". She worked in the shop for over 50 years and would have worked there longer had her brother not sold it to David Palazzo (one of the bakers) in 1982. He in turn sold it to local professor Paolo Palombo and his wife Carmela Lucciola in 1987. The couple later divorced, but Carmela still owns the shop to this day. She remodeled the shop in 2003 and continues to use Mr. Egidio's original recipes. My family and I recently stopped at Egidio's for some dessert. We went to the Bronx Zoo for the day and afterwards we had dinner on Arthur Avenue. We decided to head to Egidio's for dessert when we heard that they were the oldest pastry shop in Little Italy. The shop smelled great, was very clean, and had a huge selection of pastries and coffee. The staff were very friendly and helpful. My wife and I ordered and shared some cannoli (both plain and chocolate-dipped) while our son ordered a mini éclair. We were all happy with our choices. If you're looking for an authentic old-school Italian pastry shop then look no further than Egidio's! read more

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Rather than have Saturday dinner at a restaurant like we've been doing since the start of our kitchen reno, my mom invited us over for a good ol' Dominican dinner. Needed dessert though. It's easy for me to head to the same old Zaro's in Parkchester for a few sweets- decided against it. Family-run Italian bakery- Egidio in the Belmont section of Little Italy in The BX, made the cut when my non-Yelp husband tried his luck at getting dessert. Major win. It smells wonderful inside. It's cozy. It's warm. There are rows of Sfoglietelle, Biscottis, Napoleons, cakes, etc- but came with a mission to get 3 cake slices. Noticed a Chocolate Mousse but I always have this fear of disappointment of buying a stale, brown stuff people call Mousse. Not here. Service is nice and price is too. My Mom enjoyed her pumpkin-glazed Cheesecake, hubs enjoyed his Berry/ crumbly-topped/custardy slice and I wished I had a second Chocolate Mousse slice. Their Chocolate Mousse is a Bronx masterpiece: devil's chocolate cake base is moist- like you could really tell it's made the day of and not the day before or worse- 2 days before then sits on the shelf. The Mousse isn't a terrine-type but held its own perfectly as a 'regular sliced' piece and the dark chocolate came through very nice. Little Italy in The BX has a lot of nice Italian bakeries, but never has there been a bakery that's made me want to dive head first into a few Chocolate Mousse slices (or a whole Mousse cake) like the one here. read more

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It is always fun to pick out an assortment of pastries here to fill a box to take home. Then I enjoy ordering a treat and a coffee to stay and consume on the spot. read more

Fresh delicious pastries !! Wonderful owner. !! A true treasure of the past you can no longer find these gems anymore. The small shop is great. read more

Old fashioned Italian bakery. What's not to love? Took some chocolate covered cannoli to go. Then some rum soaked custard filled pastry. Easy grab and go traditional Italian bakery. read more

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I'm an old-fashioned girl so I love this old fashioned shop, founded 1912, but more importantly I was looking for love and I came to the right place. I fell head over heels for the vanilla Italian ice, cannoli dipped in white chocolate, blueberry custard tart, and apple turnover! Believe me when my lips touched the icee, I felt like I was in Heaven. I'd go back to Arthur Avenue just for Caffe Egidio! Delicious! read more

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Delicious baked goods here. I had a coffee and a cannoli. The owner is really nice and was good with recommendations. I love places like this! read more

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My favorite bakery. They have the best cappuccino and if you go ask for a quaresimale. Flashback to my grandmothers kitchen Friendly staff great pastry display and ny sports memorabilia on the walls. read more

A wonderful pastry shop with seemingly endless choices of baked goods. There are a few tables if you decide to eat in. Handicap friendly and street parking. They also do custom birthday and wedding cakes. read more

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We were referred to Egidios by family whom have been visiting this spot for their Cartoccis (fried dough filled with cannoli cream), supposedly the only pastry shop on Arthur Ave to sell them. Egidios claims to be the oldest pastry shop on Arthur Ave... the service was exceptional, the staff was extremely patient while I overwhelmingly placed my in-store and to-go orders. We sat down for a cappuccino and some cookies while we debated what to bring home; the cappuccino was warm and delicious. The cookies and pastries we brought home were enjoyed by all. They delicately pack the boxes and top them off with red and white twine. It will be hard visiting a different pastry shop on Arthur Ave as we were blown away by the kind service and tasty treats from Egidios. read more

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This pasty place sold stale and dried out and expired rainbow cookies to me at 38.00 lb. The owner refused to exchange, or refund, yelling and defending her selling me stale dried out expired cookies, she kept yelling, "you saw it, already. you saw it!". Whatever that means I "saw it". I got ripped off by this place, and it doesn't feel good. read more

Egidio Pastry Shop - Very dry rainbow cookies at $37 per pound. - Bakeries Near Me - Bronx, New York

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When I visit NY this bakery is always on my itinerary. I am always carting a bunch of pastry and cookies home with me from my visits here and the owner and staff have always been extremely nice. Not sure what some of these other reviews are talking about! One day I hope to be in town when the owner is giving a pastry class which she does do from time to time for the public. Relax order a cappuccino and enjoy some scrumptious desserts! read more

I've been eating the tasty art that comes from Egidio since I was a child. Whenever I'm in my old neighborhood, I'll stop by to pick up a few pastries. The Baba au rhum and the Sfogliatelle are especially good. read more

Came here with a group and thought the place was decent. Customer service was great but some pastries were great and some were not. The Napoleon wasn't good at all as it didnt resemble anything like a napoleon. read more

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Such a cute pastry shop! There is a very big selection of pastries and coffee and theres plenty of seating. The Sicilian was good but the tiramisu was incredible. It was so light and creamy and had the perfect balance of espresso to sweetness. The staff was helpful with suggestions and service was very quick! Absolutely recommend read more

Egidio Pastry Shop - Tiramisu and Sicilian - Bakeries Near Me - Bronx, New York

Found in 1912, this is the oldest bakery in Bronx's Little Italy. The cappuccino and cannoli were great. The sfagliottelle wasn't the best. The dough could have been flakier and the ricotta filling was a bit underwhelming. Service was excellent, the girl at the counter was very sweet and helpful. Staff was wearing masks properly. There are four small tables available outside. read more

Egidio Pastry Shop - Sfagliottelle, mini cannoli, large cappuccino with cinnamon - Bakeries Near Me - Bronx, New York

Definitely better then some in the area. But it's a great feel for the Italian heritage.. cmon stop by and grab a pastries and look into the the shop for a few goodies.. they have everything you could imagine!!! The owner was very sweet woman as well very welcoming read more

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Great selection of pastries & coffee. Very friendly people. Great little spot on Arthur Ave. read more

Egidio Pastry Shop - Cannoli Cream Puffs& Custard Cream Puffs - Bakeries Near Me - Bronx, New York

This place is very expensive, a piece of cake, cappuccino and two croissants were $16. The desserts are good, whatever I've tried, and they put real whipped cream in the drinks if you ask for it, nice place to sit, friendly servers. Supposed to have been here since 1912. read more

My family and I went here and ordered pastries. We ate the cannolis and hours later all of us had very horrible diarrhea for days on end. Stomach pain and cramps as well with that. After about a week we were ok. My guests that's also eaten them had the same issues. We will not be going here ever again and I recommend staying away. read more

My daughter brought home about 1 1/2 pounds of almond biscotti from Egidio. It was rock hard with almonds that were near rancid. Completely inedible. I left a message for the owner and never heard back. Really disappointing, especially for what is a very simple Italian bakery staple. If they cannot get this right, I'm not sure if anything else can be reliably made. read more

Today we had a great pastry called "maritozzo". The owner Carmela was happy to make it for us since she doesn't usually make it. It was so delicious and fresh read more

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Egidio Pastry Shop was a lovely little stop where I sampled their rainbow cookies. Rainbow cookies were originally an Italian confection but became a staple of New York City. It can be difficult to find them elsewhere. If you don't know rainbow cookies or tricolore cookies they are 3 layers of brightly colored, almond flavored sponge cake, layered with raspberry or apricot jam and an outer coating of chocolate. They are all over the place but only some of them are great. The ones at Egidio Pastry Shop were good but not great. Nice and sweet and slightly firm which is good. I felt the almond flavor was slightly lacking and I didn't get a lot of chocolate flavor either. A lot of the pastries in the shop looked nice. I would have liked to sample some of the other pastries but we were short on time. It will give me a reason to go back! read more

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told they had the best Pugnoli cookies when in fact they have the worst!! dry and not at all like the authentic ones. had a spigidel (sp) that was so fresh and delicious. I can recommend that read more

An old style Italian bakery/café in the Belmont "Little Italy" section of the Bronx. Places like this are getting scarce as businesses are squeezed by high rents and rising food costs. It's important to keep mom & pop stores like Egidio going because they are the soul of the neighborhood. I grew up next to Manhattan's Little Italy and it was painful to see all the family owned stores disappear as the older generations retire and their children refuse to take on the burden of hard work that their parents put into the business. Seeing such a quaint establishment, we couldn't help but stop in on an early Saturday morning. A sign in the window offered a croissant and coffee for $2.50, so how can you say no? We pulled up to one of the 7 tables inside and ordered 2 specials. The croissant was light & flaky with a perfectly sweet glaze without being too buttery and the coffee served piping hot in a huge mug. While sipping our java, we checked out the display cases and decided to get a pound of cookies to go. A little pricey at $18-$20 per pound, but it was worth a try. Their sign says they've been at the location since 1912 and I wish them well for another 100 years. read more

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The owner is rude! They have workers that say one price and then they charge you another price... They overcharged me by $6 and the owner lied and wouldn't correct the error. Two employees stated the pastry was 5.95... actually first they said 5.25 then 5.95.. They didn't provide a receipt and when I got home they charged me 6.95 per pastry I called the shop and asked the price of the pastry and she stated 5.95... When I told her I was charged 6.95 she got the owner on the phone and she was very nasty and hung up on me... I called back and told her she is rude and unprofessional. She didn't like it when I answered her back, well honey overcharging a customer is dishonest ... It's the principle of the matter -- 6 dollars is not the end of the world but it's how I was treated... Especially a customer for over 30 years.. It's a shame especially since she's Italian !!! Shame on you... My credit card company was contacted... This is the first time I ever left a bad review .... Also no signage that states they charge a 4 percent credit fee otherwise would have paid cash.... Very low class women!! I will never go back I rather drive to brooklyn and go to Villabate for real pastries... If you go there beware and make sure you get a receipt ... read more

After completing our occasional foodie journey of Arther Ave, we decided to have an espresso. On 187th we found Egidio's. The sign says "since 1912", and if they've survived this long I just knew theses guys must be good. I had a double espresso which was definitely a no nonsense expresso, as an espresso drinker for over 35 years I kind of know what a good espresso is and this spot came through like a bolt of lightening. It was fresh, piping hot and served in an espresso cup and saucer. While I didn't try the pastries, I was seated across from the counter and I could see everything was fresh ... and I even saw the bakers continue to bring fresh cookies out. All in all this is a clean and relaxing spot and if you're into having a good espresso you definitely need to try this place. read more

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