Modern Pastry Shop
Boston, MA 02113-2322
Phone: (617) 523-3783
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- Parmenter Street
- Best of Citysearch:
- Dessert 2007, Bakery 2006
- Hours:
- Sun-Thur 8am-10pm, Fri-Sat 8am-11pm
Editorial Description for Modern Pastry Shop
Italian pastries including cannolis, torrone, wedding cakes and cookies, including Florentines and biscotti; also chocolates, Italian oils, vinegar and coffee.
User Reviews for Modern Pastry Shop
10/08/2007 Posted by jay8440
Im not going to lie I have a terrible sweet tooth, so pretty much anything with frosting usually gets the job done for me. But modern pastery is actually worth the trip. For 20 bucks I got 6 canolis and 4 cup cakes that were the size of my fist. It was great, and like I said I have the type of sweet tooth that can usually be satisfied by a crueller at Dunks, but Modern Pastry is worth the trip into the North End
Pros: great pastry
Cons: parking
08/30/2007 Posted by ged76
After many glowing reviews, we stopped off here tonight for coffee and dessert. Sadly, despite their self-imposed view that they are coffee kings, Americans make terrible coffee, and Modern are no exception. Burnt coffee, burnt milk, overall an undrinkable latte. I'd expect more from the North End. The creme brulee was sad, lumpy custard with a gelatine top. We also ordered a bizzare brown and white tart (which we thought was a Neinish Tart) but turned out to be a simple, dry sponge cake with a sugary icing. Very sad. To finish it off, the staff were surly and rude. I'm not quite sure why Mike's and Moderns get sucj great reviews, very mediocre in my opinion, I'd much prefer Lulu's cupcakes which are moist and flavoursome, their coffeee is proper Italian espresso too.
Pros: Nil
Cons: Poor coffee, sub-standard desserts
