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    Mama's Backyard Café

    4.2 (39 reviews)
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    Open 7:00 am - 8:00 pm

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    Cute chocolate cake. Perfect for a new years eve celebration!
    Celin V.

    Excellent Italian style bakery with extremely reasonable prices. Staff is super friendly and always making suggestions. Seasonal pastries and cookies are always available. And there's always parking on the same block!

    Mini cannoli
    Lin Y.

    This place has lots of good things going for it. The owner of Leo's Lattincini told me the baker is now the owner. Walking about two shops away, I went over and discovered a feast for the eyes! The place is spacious, clean and bright. Workers are extremely friendly and nice. I met the baker Leo and he was excited to take the helm and told me they want to do more things. I didn't find anything small with the amount of pastries and cookies they had. So I wonder what expansion he had in mind. It's a matter of fact, my eyes were having trouble soaking it all in. I bought a chocolate eclair mini and Leo gave me a complimentary mini cannoli for free! Wow!!! Such great customer service. Leo tells me the special is the Napoleon and the Tiramisu. I spied a section in the back with tables. I bet if they made gelato in the spring and summer it would be a hit. The cannoli was crisp and the cannoli cream is the real deal. I will be coming back for some more goodies and you should too! This is a place that likes and talks to their regulars and their soon to be regulars too! Oh! I spied a rainbow cookie cake that looked really good. My mouth is watering thinking of good stuff from this bakery!

    The "Stasi" Napoleon Cake
    Maudie S.

    The wonderful baker and artist Leo made another terrific Napoleon cake! Thank you so much - beautiful and delicious as always, the famous Stasi cake. You're the best!

    J. K.

    Good Italian bakery with loads of goodies. Pastries, cookies, coffee all look so good and are. They have an outdoor garden in the back with a kool fountain. Great place to relax and kick back and enjoy this weather. Don't forget to take something home you'll just be sorry later.

    Glenn K.

    Best Italian bakery not only in Queens but let's say in the five boroughs and Long Island. The best cakes I have had because they are so light and fresh. Every pastry, cookie , chocolate dipped biscotti are incredible , and just savored an Italian Riccotta cheesecake for Easter that was better than my grandma's. This place is the real deal and the owners make you feel like family every time you walk in.

    Carrot Cake, Lobster Tail, and a Blueberry Muffin.
    Edward C.

    Had a chance to stop by this longtime Corona establishment before work and bought a couple of sweets to satisfy my cravings. They were a Carrot Cake, Blueberry Muffin, and Lobster Tail. I really enjoyed the Carrot Cake appreciating the higher than normal level of spice. The carrot flavor was very pronounced too. My sister however thought it was a solid and rather pedestrian take on this classic. I was sold on the Blueberry Muffin as while scanning the display cases on what to buy, one of the bakers brought out a fresh tray of these muffins. It was an excellent muffin; soft buttery texture inside, nice fresh blueberries, and not too sweet. Muffins are quite large so be warned if you're watching your weight LOL. I wound up portioning the muffin into two separate breakfast sittings. The Lobster Tail was hit and miss. The pastry dough portion was not that crisp/flaky. However the cream filling was deliciously semi-sweet, rich and smooth. Pretty good but I expected a bit better.

    Just a small portion of the massive case full of fresh pastries.
    Johnnie C.

    I walked in and I was greeted by a massive case filled with so many fresh pastries. I ordered a cannoli, some bow ties, two almond paste cookies, and a kiwi custard tart, coffee, and tea. Everything was so fresh and so delicious. Oh, and the almond paste cookie. Definitely the best one almond come I've ever had, and I've had a lot if I do say so myself.. So fluffy, so moist, and it just melts in your mouth. I should've bought every single one in the pastry case. Coffee was so fresh and good. You have to come here and try it. Great prices, too. A great place to come after Tortilleria Nixtamal around the corner!

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    Good service, cookies are delicious when fresh. Cakes unfortunately do not taste good. Strawberry cheesecake and napolean was awful

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    Every is amazing but especially the ricotta cheesecake, there's so better way to do classic Italian desserts in queens!

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    Go here if you want to eat the BEST rainbow cookies in the entire world. Fresh and delicious. Cannolis were pretty good, too.

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    very good Napoleon cake! crispy and creamy at the same time; with a very reasonable price! Love this place.

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    The powdered sugar cookies are to die for!!! Soooo good! Reminds me of the almond cookies I ate when we were in Siena, Italy!

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