Rocco's Cannolis, Yes Please.

The cannolis at Rocco's in the West Village are absolutely ohlalalalaa. Zubair first turned me on them a few months back and since then we've been living on a steady diet of cannolis. I am a huge HUGE cannoli freak, and have blogged about these particular ones from Roccos on Serious Eats.

Not counting cannolis from Villabate (Bensonhurst), Salvatore Brooklyn Ricotta (Brooklyn Flea) and Madonia Brothers (Bronx), all of which are too far for me to make daily trips, Rocco's makes the finest. And given that the ones just listed are not in Manhattan...does Rocco therefore make the best cannoli in Manhattan? o_O? ^_^

If you know of others, please do tell! I had the cannoli (also freshly filled) at Bruno's the other week and they were an utter fail.

There's this horrible thread about Rocco's on Chowhound, and while the good bulk of their products (save for the cannoli, fruit tart, and lobster tail) are terrible...the cannoli itself is salvation enough!

We usually order the plain cannoli, piped to order, peanuts (yes, those are peanuts and not pistachio) and powdered sugar to finish. BUT the other night I was in a chocolate mood, so we had the chocolate cannoli which satisfied my craving in all the right ways. Usually we get a mini cannoli and share that one as a post-dinner, post-dessert treat. But next time we just might have to get one plain and one chocolate. Heheh.

Rocco's
243 Bleecker Street
New York, NY 10014
(212) 242-6031