Where is Ferrara Bakery & Cafe?

At 195 Grand Street, in Little Italy, New York. The nearest station is Canal Street (6, J, Z, N, Q, R, W) or Grand Street (B, D).

Which museums and sights are near Ferrara Bakery & Cafe?

Brooklyn Bridge is 1.4 km away, Whitney Museum of American Art is 2.5 km away, The High Line is 3.3 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.

What is Ferrara Bakery & Cafe known for?

The counter, The coffee, Grand Street. A pastry shop and café on Grand Street since 1892, still owned by the family that opened it, and by its own claim the first espresso bar in America.

When did Ferrara Bakery & Cafe open?

In 1892. Founded in 1892 by Antonio Ferrara.

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Ferrara Bakery & Cafe

Little Italy has shrunk to a few blocks, and Ferrara is its anchor: a long counter of pastries under glass, marble tables, and the fifth generation of the family behind the till.

What it is: Pastry shop and café
Opened: 1892
Area: Little Italy
Nearest museum: Brooklyn Bridge, 1.4 km

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What Ferrara Bakery & Cafe is known for

The counter
Cannoli filled to order, sfogliatelle, rum babas, biscuits by weight and trays of marzipan, as in a pastry shop in Naples.
The coffee
Antonio Ferrara opened the shop as a place for opera-goers to drink coffee after the theatre. The house says it was the first in the country to serve espresso.
Grand Street
The café is on the corner of Mulberry Street, the main street of Little Italy, two blocks from Canal Street and Chinatown.

What to know

Founded in 1892 by Antonio Ferrara
In the same family for five generations, at the same address
No booking: queue for a table or buy at the counter

Where Ferrara Bakery & Cafe is

Address

195 Grand Street
New York, NY 10013, United States

Nearest station

Canal Street (6, J, Z, N, Q, R, W) or Grand Street (B, D)

Museums and sights nearby

Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.

Five generations on Grand Street

Ferrara has never moved and never been sold. It opened in 1892, when Mulberry Street was the centre of the largest Italian settlement in America, and it is one of very few businesses of that time still trading there.

Ferrara Bakery & Cafe: common questions

Where is Ferrara Bakery & Cafe?: At 195 Grand Street, in Little Italy, New York. The nearest station is Canal Street (6, J, Z, N, Q, R, W) or Grand Street (B, D).
Which museums and sights are near Ferrara Bakery & Cafe?: Brooklyn Bridge is 1.4 km away, Whitney Museum of American Art is 2.5 km away, The High Line is 3.3 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.
What is Ferrara Bakery & Cafe known for?: The counter, The coffee, Grand Street. A pastry shop and café on Grand Street since 1892, still owned by the family that opened it, and by its own claim the first espresso bar in America.
When did Ferrara Bakery & Cafe open?: In 1892. Founded in 1892 by Antonio Ferrara.

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Rating from Google

4.4

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