Rudy's Pastry Shop
Bakery · Ridgewood ·
Iconic pastry shop & cafe with German & Italian baked goods
Iconic pastry shop & cafe with German & Italian baked goods
"A Ridgewood institution for more than 90 years, Rudy’s serves nostalgia in cheerful pink pastry boxes, tied up with red and white string. (Please package our ashes accordingly.) The charming original terrazzo floors with an inlaid “R” design are still in place, and the old-world staples remain the jewels of the display case: moist, flaky cherry and cheese strudel, or bee sting cake topped with crunchy caramelized almonds. Their signature black forest cake is strikingly minimalist—crowned with a single red cherry, like a clown nose—and totally delicious. It’s boozy and heavy on cream, with a crisp layer of pastry as its foundation." - Willa Moore, Will Hartman, Sonal Shah, Molly Fitzpatrick, Bryan Kim
"This famous Ridgewood pastry shop has updated it's menu in recent years with a some modern menu items and even some gluten-free choices. That is not why you are here though. You are here for the pineapple cake, the Napoleon, and the cheesecake. Don't you lie to me." - Young Jerks
"Rudy’s makes a mean bienenstich. The place was, after all, founded as a German bakery in the 1930s—although it’s been in the hands of an Italian American family for quite a few decades now, and offerings include biscotti and alfajores. Whenever you pop in, you’re guaranteed to see a crowd of locals chatting with the folks behind the counter, picking up boxes of cookies and slices of black forest cake." - bryan kim, neha talreja, willa moore, will hartman
"A decades-old neighborhood mainstay cited as an anchor of its local dining landscape alongside longtime institutions." - Eater Staff
"Rudy’s makes a mean bienenstich. The place was, after all, founded as a German bakery in the 1930s—although it’s been in the hands of an Italian American family for quite a few decades now, and offerings include biscotti and alfajores. Whenever you pop in, you’re guaranteed to see a crowd of locals chatting with the folks behind the counter, picking up boxes of cookies and slices of black forest cake." - bryan kim, neha talreja, willa moore, will hartman