“However, it’s always been a second home to me. “I did not think I would join the family business, necessarily,” he says. Ed Stannard/Hearst Connecticut Mediaįor all the gusto with which D’Angelo has tackled improvements to the bakery, he didn’t always know that this would be his path. The original location of Libby's Italian Pastry Shop, across Wooster Street from its current location in New Haven. before moving to its current spot at 139 Wooster St. Maybe the biggest change since Liberato and Giuseppina Dell’Amura opened their doors 101 years ago was a move across the street. CT public safety agency suspends two high-ranking officials.Middletown boys, girls basketball coaches suspended 4 games for CIAC out of season violations.Why UConn women's basketball alum Kia Nurse excited for fellow Canadian Aaliyah Edwards' homecoming.These businesses are expected to open in Connecticut in 2024.Three golf courses in Connecticut are for sale: 'It's probably a good time to be selling'.The 2023 Connecticut High School Coaches Association All-State Football Teams.ESPN analyst Jay Bilas big proponent of UConn men's basketball team: 'Beautiful to watch'.

The building also got an exterior facelift in 2022, funded by a grant through New Haven’s Facade Improvement Grant Program. We also added outside seating so people could enjoy the sights and smells of Wooster Street.” “We decided to make it all one line and self-service, when in the past we had two separate sections, which had a cafe with waiter service. “A few years ago, my brothers and I bought the building from my aunts and dad and decided to renovate the front, inside and outside,” D’Angelo says. The biggest change was completed in 2021. “A few years ago, we installed a new oven in the back to help us with being able to bake more things faster,” D’Angelo says. Though recipes are time-tested through the many decades, Libby’s has seen some big changes in its recent history. These, in a concession to technology, can be purchased online and shipped.Ī variety of sweets at Libby’s Italian Pastry Shop in New Haven. The shop also has cakes and pies, including a cheesecake and a torta di ricotta.Ī large selection of traditional cookies includes pignoli, wedding cookies, almond crescents, Linzer tortes, sesame seed crescents and fig cookies, as well as several flavors of biscotti. Some of the other traditional pastries offered at the bakery are filled zeppole (fried dough), éclairs, pasticciotti (small filled pies), lobster tails (a flaky pastry filled with ricotta), bignè cream puffs and tiramisu.

The outside seating area at Libby’s Italian Pastry Shop in New Haven. “My personal favorite is a pastry called a sfogliatelle, which is a flaky crust pastry with Italian cheeses inside and is shaped like a clam shell,” D’Angelo says. “Among people’s favorites are peanut butter, cappuccino, chocolate dipped and Heath bar.”įor some other pastries, Libby’s keeps it traditional. “We’re well known for our flavored cannoli, which have either toppings on them or a flavored ricotta inside or sometimes both,” D’Angelo says. As far as year-round treats go, D’Angelo says cannoli are always popular.

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