Vaccaro's is a local institution. Apparently it's been around for something like 50 years and it's still going strong. We were lucky to be there on a Monday and the crowd was pretty thin. We'd hoped to wait until 6pm when on Mondays "all you can eat dessert" is offered for the princely sum of 12 dollars a person. This may seem steep but once you see Vacarro's dessert selection you understand that a coffee and 2 desserts is a bargain at 12 dollars!
So what did we eat? I had a Cinnamon coffee (yum, i wish i could have bought this coffee to bring home) and a traditional canolli. Hubby had a hot chocolate (worth its cost in whipping cream alone) and a Napaleon. All was fresh and tasty and neither of us could finish our desserts. 12 dollars for "all you can eat" would have been a waste i suppose but there were all those treats that involved WAFFLES!!! .... ah well, return visit!
I did find the eat-in decor slightly lacking-- i couldn't figure out if it hadn't been updated since they'd been open or if it was an 80s job (heavy on the mauve overtones, you know?). it didn't really matter-- i was more ga-ga over the bakery cases. YUM. unfortunately, i was way to full to even look at them after my canoli. again, there is always next time!
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