Mike’s Pastry
300 Hanover St.
Boston, MA
This is a very well known neighborhood pastry shop in Little Italy ever since the Clintons dined here and put this place on the map! (like what the Kennedys did with Cape Cod). When I was finally able to find parking in the North End (what seemed to take forever because the streets are so packed and narrow), I saw this line going out the door and down the street! No joke! I took a picture to prove it!
line out the door
And once you get inside, it’s not just a single file line, it’s a mob! Everyone pushes to the front because they have about 6-7 girls working the front, running around to get everyone’s orders.
cannolis are their specialty
Since this place is known for their cannolis, I went with two kinds:
Box of joy
the chocolate chip filled with chocolate mousse. it was a pretty nice change from the traditional cannoli that I’m so used to.
chocolate chip cannoli
The traditional cannoli is filled with ricotta cheese cream. The shells are baked early in the morning and then as customers order them, they are filled with whatever filling you ask for (so as to insure that you will receive a fresh cannoli versus a soggy one). Then you have the option of getting powdered sugar (which is a must!). So good! And very filling!
ricotta cream cannoli
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