Astoria’s beloved Italian pastry shop La Guli closes for good after 89 years
Italian pastry shop La Guli, a beloved Astoria institution since 1937, has served its last gingerbread house. Third-generation owner and chief baker Maria Notaro posted on Facebook on Sunday that the store was “temporarily” closed due to “family matters.” However, neighbors in the colorful Queens neighborhood were saddened to find the space at 29-15 Ditmars Blvd.
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Italian pastry shop La Guli, a beloved Astoria institution since 1937, has served its last gingerbread house. Third-generation owner and chief baker Maria Notaro posted on Facebook on Sunday that the store was “temporarily” closed due to “family matters.” However, neighbors in the colorful Queens neighborhood were saddened to find the space at 29-15 Ditmars Blvd. stripped of its well-aged wood, tile and glass counters that for generations displayed Sicilian-style cannolis, tricolor cookies and Italian ices. Gone, too, will be legendary holiday-season gingerbread houses with crackling icing on tops the cooks made from scratch.
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- Italian pastry shop La Guli, a beloved Astoria institution since 1937, has served its last gingerbread house. Third-generation owner and chief baker Maria Notaro posted on Facebook on Sunday that the store was “temporarily” closed due to “family matters.” However, neighbors in the colorful Queens neighborhood were saddened to find the space at 29-15 Ditmars Blvd.
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