Joe’s Bakery
“Over the holidays I went a little crazy, and my family all enjoyed all of mini pastries.”
“When it appeared that Catalano was no more, I was devastated.”
“Although I do enjoy the typical Italian cookie tray options of Pignoli, Biscotti,Pizelle, Cucidati and Butter Cookies, which Joe's does quite well, I am usually shopping for the wonderful breads.”
Joe’s Bakery
Take-out: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range Moderate
3 reviews
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Formerly known as Catalano Bakery, Joe's Bakery now occupies the space and similar to the previous ownership does a marvelous job with pastries and bread. The large reach in coolers remain somewhat vacant with some frozen profiterole's and a few ice cream cakes. Although I do enjoy the typical Italian cookie tray options of Pignoli, Biscotti,Pizelle, Cucidati and Butter Cookies, which Joe's does quite well, I am usually shopping for the wonderful breads.
Olive bread, the Pain Rustique, Twista, Semolina and many more are sitting in the front of the store on wooden racks in full display to all passers by.
The service is great, staffed most of the time by Joanne who is a 70 year old dynamo who has been working at both locations for twenty plus years. Its nice to see and hear the older Italian folks speaking in the native tongue using accelerated hand gestures to make their order known. A nice step back in time.
I love this bakery. Their stuff is not too sweet which is great and they have a wide selection with decent pricing. Their cannolis are filled to order and u can choose from different flavors like pistachio, hazelnut, chocolate, and of course regular, which is amazing. I've tried quite a few of the mini pastries and cookies. All were great. They have this olive loaf and it is soooo good. The staff is pretty friendly too. Definitely worth a try!
When I think of Joes I think fresh, sweet and creamy bakery everything, I sometimes have trouble trying to figure out which one bakery item will I take home with me for the day, will it be a pie, a cake or Lobster rolls? Decisions get real tough when your standing inside of a large bakery carrying such a large variety of fresh baked goods. I don't come here for cookies unless its the rainbow cookies so I'll put that out there right now.
Joe's is the sister child to Joe's restaurant on Forest avenue and all the bakery items always end up there so I've had the pleasure of eating a nice of variety of desserts already.
The family & friends we're all alike sometimes and we've come to have a deep appreciation for the Italian Ricotta Cheesecake that's made here, this is their top Cheesecake in my opinion so do not pass this one over and end up getting the regular cheesecake, the Italian Cheesecake has a nice & light Lemon zest to it, is smooth and creamy and perfect to end dinner with or have tea with friends, they surely won't be disappointed with this one.
The large Lobster Rolls are everything too, the dough is light, flaky goodness baked to perfection then overstuffed with rich light & lovely cream, I watch my boy's and thier friends roll thier eyes in back of thier head when they get to the cream part everything gets quiet and they all sit back and enjoy these rolls.
Canolli Cream cake is ridiculous super uper duper soft fresh and again lightly sweet has everything going on for it and was finished by the family in one night no left overs slices to be found.
The Breads are baked fresh and I consider Joe's one of the very best bakeries for the Middle Village Queens area because not many bakeries feature a variety of bakery items that are light, perfectly sweetened, fresh baked everyday and it all tastes fantastic.
* Cash Only but better than great prices on a lot of bakery items *