Great LI bakeries for Christmas
The croquembouche is a conical tower of cream puffs held in place by caramel. Fiorello Dolce in Huntington has been making it every Christmas season since it opened in 2006. Credit: Newsday / Erica Marcus
It’s a bakery time of year. Whether a showstopping professional dessert is one of your Christmas traditions (one of my colleagues refuses to celebrate Christmas without a croquembouche from Fiorello Dolce in Huntington) or you’ve just realized that you are not going to have time to make your own cookies, Long Island bakeries are here to help. Here are a dozen of our favorites, all of whose cases are chock-a-block with holiday specialties.
59 Route 111, Smithtown, 631-265-5610
90A Washington Dr., Centerport, 631-424-4545
75 Woodbine Ave., Suite A, Northport, 631-754-3256
3264 Hempstead Tpke., Levittown, 516-796-3033
57 Wall St., Huntington, 631-424-0803
51 Front St., Rockville Centre, 516-766-1199
253 Hempstead Ave., Malverne, 516-599-3087
1586 Hillside Ave., New Hyde Park, 516-352-2859
Ms. Michelle’s Urban Gourmet (Gluten Free)
572 Middle Rd., Bayport, 631-472-2524
993 Port Washington Blvd., Port Washington, 516-767-2555
2685 Merrick Rd., Bellmore, 516-557-2688
11 Vanderbilt Motor Pkwy., Commack, 631-858-1940; 80 Deer Park Ave., Babylon, 631-669-0824
