"Founded in 1912, Egidio has been a neighborhood hangout for more than a century, drawing demitasses of coffee and plating classic Neapolitan pastries for customers who love to linger. Vast pastry cases contain cannoli, eclairs, layer cakes, butter cookies, and biscotti, and the staff will be glad to make suggestions. Particularly recommended is the ricotta-filled sfogliatelle, a variation on lobster tale filled with semolina and ricotta and studded with preserved orange rind, as well as the rainbow cookies and leaf-shaped ones glazed with chocolate." - Robert Sietsema, Missy Frederick