New Jersey’s Very Best Italian Bakeries and Pastry Shops

Delicious Italian Baked Goods and Pastries

It is trouble! In a good way, lol, I am talking about delicious Italian baked goods. Step into a good, delicious Italian bakery is like stepping into a sweet heaven. If you are lucky enough to have a good Italian bakery near your home, then consider yourself lucky. I think we are a bit spoiled here in New Jersey because Italian bakeries are very common here in the Garden State; that is not the case around the nation.

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According to Vincenzo's Plate, these are the most popular Italian baked goods:

• Babà
• Maritozzo
• Sicilian Cannolo
• Pasticciotto Leccese
• Cornetto
• Sfogliatelle Napoletane
• Bocconotto
• Zeppole di San Giuseppe
• Crostatina
• Iris

In a recent article from New Jersey Digest, they came up with a list of the very best 21 Italian bakeries and pastry shops in New Jersey. This list is a gem of bakeries that are not to be missed in Jersey. According to author Peter Candia, "I’ve never met an Italian bakery I didn’t like, but some are better than others. These are the 21 best Italian bakeries and pastry shops across New Jersey."

21 best Italian Bakeries and Pastry Shops

1. Aversa’s Italian Bakery: Brigantine, Margate and Turnersville, NJ
2. Bread & Salt: Jersey City, NJ
3. Calandra’s: Newark, Fairfield, Caldwell, NJ
4. Clemente Bakery: South Hackensack, NJ
5. Del Buono’s Bakery and Carmen’s Deli: Haddon Heights, NJ
6. Deluxe Italian Bakery: Runnemede, NJ
7. Farinolio: Westfield and Summit, NJ
8. Gencarelli’s: Bloomfield and Wayne, NJ
9. Italian Peoples Bakery: Mercerville and Trenton, NJ
10. Jersey Artisan Co.: East Hanover, NJ
11. L’Arte della Pasticceria: Ramsey, NJ
12. Liscio’s: Sewell and Sicklerville, NJ
13. Lyndhurst Pastry Shop: Lyndhurst, NJ
14. Maria’s Italian Bakery: Saddle Brook, NJ
15. Mattarello Bakery & Café: Montclair, NJ
16. Palermo’s Bakery and Cafe: Ridgefield Park and Little Ferry, NJ
17. Palazzone 1960: Wayne, NJ
18. Prato Bakery: Jersey City and Hoboken, NJ
19. Rispoli Pastry Shop and Cafe: Ridgefield, Emerson and Hawthorne, NJ
20. Second Street Bakery: Jersey City, NJ
21. Sorrento Bakery: East Hanover, NJ

BONUS: Carlo’s Bake Shop: Hoboken, NJ and Nationwide