Scratch Made Italian Pastries From a 1973 Bensonhurst Fixture
Celebration cakes, fresh bread, and Italian sweets have kept this family bakery in everyday rotation for five decades.
🥖 Bread, Cakes, and Rituals
Rimini Pastry Shoppe covers everything in Bensonhurst from cookies and cake slices to custom birthday orders. John Zito opened the Bay Parkway shop in 1973, and the kitchen still works from original recipes baked on the premises without preservatives or trans fats. The selection includes Italian pastries, fresh sourdough, and French brick oven baguettes, with enough range for a quick treat or a larger order.
Custom orders can turn into tiramisu cake or a light strawberry cake with custard cream, and the latter is baked the morning of pickup. You can stop in from 7 AM to 7 PM every day, a reliable window for an early bread run or a later cake pickup. For larger celebrations, order days ahead.
At 6822 Bay Parkway, you can move from everyday pastry to a celebration cake without leaving the neighborhood. Seasonal ice cream arrives in summer, adding one more reason to keep the shop in your Bensonhurst rotation.
