Polito Bakery

3365 Hillside Ave., New Hyde Park
(516) 248-6618

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This was my grandparents' local bakery 40+ years ago, and I still prefer to come here from Queens for delicious fresh semolina bread. Today I needed a dessert to bring to a gathering tomorrow, so I called and asked if I could get some cannoli shells, with the filling separate so they wouldn't get soggy. Was told that was possible, and I wouldn't even need to request in advance.
Stopped by about two hours later, and the woman behind the counter remembered...
Classic Italian bakery. Half Italian and butter cookies, half pastries and cakes. They even sell pizza dough. We got pastries and while they were tasty, they did not stand out either taste- or selection-wise except for the sfige with cannoli cream.

the Napoleon’s custard is eggy. I don’t like the gel on the fruit tart but it’s still yummy. the brownie was hardened and its frosting was lardy & flavorless. many of the items appeared stale.

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So I’ve been coming here after lunch at work on multiple occasions, to grab a small dessert. I always ordered just a few things like two rainbow cookies, one or two pignoli nut cookies, but today I was just told they would not sell me anything less than 1/4 pound of cookies. Unfortunately, I guess I’m going to have to find a new dessert spot. While I like the quality of the goods, I have no idea the theory behind preventing someone from purchasing something that is sold by...

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