Spend an evening walking around Manhattan's Little Italy and you can't help but notice Ferrara Bakery & Cafe, the name in marquee lights at 195 Grand Street. Inside, it's mostly tourists in a fast-moving line to the hostess stand, waiting for a seat at one of the neighborhood's oldest shops — here since 1892, open 'til midnight.

With its checkered floors and filled pastry cases, Ferrara offers diners amari, limoncello, or espresso to sip with pastries like sfogliatelle, cannoli, or tiramisu, three iconic Italian desserts. Sfogliatelle's many layers, filled with semolina and ricotta laced with candied orange peel, originated in Naples in the 1600s, while cannolis come from Palermo, with Arab crossover ingredients of orange flower water and pistachios.

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