Ferrara Bakery & Cafe

Ferrara's is _the_ Little Italty destination. They have a great selection of Italian pastries and cakes and truly excelent gellato. It's also low, crowded and noisy, especially during festival season (when many of the tables are not used for seating but to display special cakes that are only available that time of year). especially worth your time is their lemon sorget, strawgerry gellato and rainbow cakes. more

This Italian bakery located in the border of China Town and Little Italy in Manhattan. I can not say enough good thing about this bakery, they have big selection of Italian pastry, cake, cookie and gelato. My all time favorite is their sacratorte, a chocolate cake with chocolate icing, I just can't get enough of it. more

I love, love, LOVE, Little Italy; and although Ferrara's is all the way on Grand, away from the other dessert restaurants of Little Italy, I'd venture over there if it meant that I would be able to get some late night gelato. My friends used to work there and so I was there fairly often. The ambience, desserts, and service are all great. Ferrara's will probably be around for a long time; it is a big tourist attraction for those who are in the Chinatown vicinity, and they never seem to be low in customers. more

If you have been paying attention, Little Italy is shrinking. Not like Venice, which is sinking, but the crush of Chinese businesses has been nibbling at the borders for years. Standing tall all this time, Ferrara has managed to survive, even thrive, amid an ocean of dumplings and soy sauce. These folks serve wonderful, authentic Italian baked specialties (also expensive which explains the 4, not 5 stars). My mom took us here for gelato and sfogliatella (a clam shell shaped, sweet ricotta filled Neapolitan treat). as kids and I don't think much has changed over the decades except the price. My wife's Irish relatives came for a visit a few years back and I took them on an NYC tour that ended near midnight with gelato at Ferrara's. Years later, they still remarked that it was the greatest treat and most memorable part of their visit. A piece of NYC history. Long may it thrive. more