If I could rate this place on my friend's enthusiasm they would get 5 stars. However, I want to be honest with my experience. They get two stars, one for the cookies and one for the cream filling.\n\nAround noon, on a quest to visit Tasty Bunz camped out at the Steadfast Tattoo parlor, my friend suddenly exclaims, \"We're on Tropicana! We HAVE to stop at this Italian bakery!\" Well, I can never say no to a trip to a bakery. So we pull up in front and I am thinking, \"Okay, nondescript but I've seen some dives that ended up being goldmines so I'll give it a shot.\" We walk in and there are a goodly amount of cookies and pastries present, so far I'm diggin' it. I end up ordering two sfogliatelle on my friend's recommendation and I also get a half dozen of cookies dipped in chocolate. The total was $7.10\n\nNow I am going to say, I did not eat anything right away. I wanted to eat my aforementioned lunch. I brought the pastries home and tried them later. I lift one of them out of the box and it's very heavy. The pastry for the sfogliatelle was very chewy and hard and actually peeled way when I tried to cut it in half with a knife. After taking a few bites I simply could not tolerate it. I scooped out the delicious cream filling and spread it on a toasted croissant I had handy. On the up side I liked the cookies. Yet, I would not eat them by themselves. They are not sweet and probably would go very well with a cup of tea.\n\nI had not ever heard of this bakery before and despite the other reviewers (and my friend's) glowing recommendation it is not for me. Maybe because I am not from the East Coast. Maybe because I more partial to French pastries, I don't know.\n\nEdit: for lobster \"tails\" not \"claws\" also being called a sfogliatelle