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Italian · East Boston · $$
Pasta · Mission Hill · $
Bakery · Long Island City · $
Pasta · North End · $$
Bakery · North End · $
Crisp shell filled to order with less-sweet ricotta cream — many locals' pick over Mike's down the block
Dessert · Bensonhurst · $
Crisp shell, fresh sweetened sheep's-milk ricotta, candied citrus on top — widely cited as NYC's best
Crisp shell filled to order with sweetened ricotta studded with mini chocolate chips, then dusted with powdered sugar — the most-ordered Mike's variant
Bakery · Williamsburg · $
Crisp shell filled to order with sweetened ricotta and chocolate chips — the reason most people come in
Bar · North End · $$
Modern Pastry's signature shell filled to order — Bostonians have argued for decades whether this beats Mike's across the street
Crisp shell filled to order with sweet ricotta cream — the locals' pick over the more famous Mike's down the block
Coffee & Tea · North End · $
Crisp shell filled with sweetened ricotta to order — the North End baseline test
Cannoli shell dipped in chocolate and rolled in toasted almonds, then filled with sweet ricotta cream
Bakery · Carroll Gardens · $
Crisp tube filled with fresh ricotta cream — neighborhood-favorite version, filled to order
Classic North End cannoli with ricotta filling piped to order; a reliable rendition though not the neighborhood's most famous
Bakery · Flatlands · $
Classic ricotta-filled shell — solid neighborhood version, filled to order
Fenway–Kenmore · $$
The North End classic in mini food-hall form — crisp shell piped to order with ricotta filling
Ricotta cream studded with chopped pistachios and dipped in crushed pistachios at the ends
