Lombardi’s Bakery

Authentic bakery. Really good value.

Authentic Italian pastries, homemade good, wonderful and kind owners. Like your own Arthur Ave bakery in Torrington! Everything is great here. Don’t be afraid to pick up a nice box of cookies or cannoli on your next trip.

Awesome! Truly a hidden gem, great prices so you can get your fill. Tiramisu so delicate… I went there the first time and wondered where the heck the cannoli were. Until next time I heard someone ask for some ‘oooh oooh me too!!’ They fill them when you ask for them… Heck yeah! Mmmmm!
Cash only, but I brought a twenty expecting this and didn’t even hit 10 with a box full of goodies… Been back many times since. Love the blueberry kolach!

Excellent for homemade pastries and desserts
Everything is delicious I have no complaints with this bakery at all
If I could give 10 stars I would

Rumor has it from my relatives they offer the best cannoli pastries in Torrington, CT.
It had a super smooth texture, was simple rather than complex, not sour tasting, full of vanilla flavor and I suspect it «may» have Sheep’s milk ricotta cheese given the texture and taste. It may have been less sophisticated (i.e. no nuts, liqueur, cherries etc.) than some I’ve had but it sure was tasty.

yeah, this place is pretty much dessert heaven, always get a box of goodies from this place and have never been disappointed.

A good Italian bakery fills a cannoli only after you ask for one. Lombardi’s is a good Italian bakery.
Thanks to Heather C. for recommending the ricotta puffs or balls or spheres or whatever, because they are indeed so amazing. They have the same lovely filling as the cannoli but are mini and portable, which means you should smuggle half a dozen into the movies instead of Raisinets.
Rum balls: fantastic bursts of semi-​alcoholic fudginess.
Sfogliatelle: crunchy on the outside, creamy on the inside, bonus points for pronouncing instead of just pointing.
And, of course, cannoli: the filling is not too sweet but perfectly dense and creamy.
I didn’t try the spinach bread, which actually looked like a gigantic calzone, or any of the regular bread. There’s a case full of those technicolored cookies that always taste like sawdust, but your grandmother will probably enjoy them.
The lady behind the counter was reasonably nice, but although there are two small tables, I don’t think she really wants you to stay and chat. Prices are ridiculously cheap; for ten bucks you could eat yourself into a coma.

Typical Italian Bakery.
The spread can be real thin at times. I suggest you go if you want some real Italian pastries.

Two words: Ricotta Balls. So amazing.

An Italian bakery that would survive in Hartford’s southend with excellent fruit cakes and fresh canolis. Their espresso machine has been down for a decade — which is too bad. How nice would it be to sit around with a cup of coffee and a canoli (unless this is the exact reason they have chosen not to repair the machine).?