Florentine Pastry Shop

The Pasticiotti was so delicious I ate it before I took a picture. I tried pistachio. They also have coconut and raspberry in addition to the traditional flavors. The almond paste cookies were delicious also.
A nice seating area is available and this is a cozy place to enjoy a coffee and pastry.

Sweet place! Be careful you might want to buy one of each... I mean they really have the best pusty's (Italian pastry) around, and some nice choices too!
You'll get service with a smile when you are ordering and that makes everything look better!
And the chocolate eclairs are so creamy, chocolatey, and delicious !

The original Florentine, and still the best. Rumor has it that these guys supply the Florentine in New Hartford. The pusties are fantastic and they always have a great selection. You can’t go wrong with the marble biscotti, it’s phenomenal, but call ahead and they’ll make it fresh for you!

My grandmother and her sister, my great aunt, shopped here their whole lives, as did their parents when they moved here from Italy. At least once per summer they would make the trip to Utica to buy platters of Italian cookies, pasticciotti, and more from this shop. It reminded them of their childhood, they would always say.

Now I say the same thing. I will always feel nostalgic remembering the summer evenings of my childhood sharing cannolis with my grandmother and great aunt. Not just because the pastries are good (they are), also but because Florentine gave me memories: a sweet treat before catching fireflies, or a few cookies to relax after picking a garden full of rhubarb. Perhaps that's one reason why the shop has been able to stick around for such a long time. It doesn't happen like that anymore.

And stick around it has - Florentine opened the year after my grandmother was born, the year before my great aunt. It remained a staple for their entire lives, until they passed away last year, only months apart. Goods from the shop held such a formative role that every time I see a cannoli, I can't help but well up with tears remembering how well they treated me. And when I recall the happiest memories of my life, I remember their smiles as they cracked open a box of pastries.

I live several states away now, but I always remember where I come from. I'm returning to New York next month for my wedding, where I'll have a tray of Italian cookies from Florentine next to a photo of the women who so dearly enjoyed them. I hope that they inspire in others even a fraction of the joy they have provided me.

My neighbor visits her family in New York ones a year. She brings me always back a huge box of Pasticciotti.I just received it. I ❤ ❤ ❤ them. Absolutely delicious. All the way to North Carolina. If I ever go to New York I will definitely stop by there.🙂

We have gotten every birthday cake since we have moved here from them and let me tell you everything is a more pleasurable experience. We have a lot of friends and all have different tastes and flavors they prefer Florentines nailed it everytime !! Pasticho cannoli cake , super special rum cake, tarimisu, and so many others I can't keep track. Let's not forget the pastries either amazing stuff all around

Well worth the trip to Utica! I walked in and felt transported back to when I was a kid in the suburbs of NYC. The pastries were absolutely delicious and I was sad when the pastries I purchased were all gone ... I will definitely come back!!

I bought a Birthday Cake (Canole Cake) for my daughter. The cake was delicious. I would definitely recommend Florentine Pastry Shop for their cakes & pastries.

Wonderful pastry shop. Delicious, authentic, beautiful pastries! So glad we found this cafe. Cappuccino was spot on. Friendly staff. Great experience.

The OG location is the best place to get Italian pastries. Just the incredible!

I'm on a quest to find the best cannoli in Utica. So far this tops the list!

This place is to die for. Well worth the drive. I’ll make it a point to come here if I’m ever in the area. So good

Awesome little bakery my girlfriend turned me onto. We grabbed a mixed 1lb bag of cookies to take to a dinner at my aunt's place. Forgive me as I don't recall the names but the sugary chocolate cookies are to die for and I'm not usually a huge chocolate fan. The macaroons were delicious as well was the chocolate filled hand pie. My aunt and girlfriend enjoyed the almond paste and tea drops?? (Not sure if that's the correct name) Definitely recommend and absolutely will return again even though I live over an hour away. They're just that good

A real Gem of old-fashioned Italian pastry making. Well worth the stop, with about a dozen flavors of pasticcioti, and other delicious Italian treats.

This is one of the two oldest classic Italian bakeries in East Utica. Exceptional pastries such as canoles, pasticciotti, sfogliatelli, napoleon's, run cakes, etc.

The original store is still on Bleeker Street and it has not really been updated so it is like stepping back in time. But this is absolutely okay.

There is a second room that is a cafe where you can sit and talk while drinking cappuccino and eating a pastry.

Very good Italian pastries and friendly service

Everything is amazing. I especially love the mini pies.
, but the napoleon pastries and the cream puffs are out of this world good and they are huge

Awesome pastries! Customer service was great

Ols italian bakery. This is my wife's favorite place to stop if we are near Utica NY. The cakes, pastries, and cookies are delicious. The best is chocolate, lemon, berry filled pastitciotti. A must to try

Not sure the place has been open 100 yrs but probably close to it- still the best patries, pusties...my wedding cake was done there 24yrs ago, my Uncles wedding cake 50+ yrs ago- Cannoli cake & Rum cake... this place is what is best about Italian pastries 🍰 😋