by Lizzie Crocker

It is impossible not to feel nostalgic when visiting De Robertis, an Italian pasticceria and cafe in Manhattan's East Village that has been serving coffee, cannoli, and various other powdered sugar-dusted pastries for 114 years.

Its charming, storied interior—hand-cut mosaic wall tiles and pressed-tin ceiling; a half-dollar from 1821 embedded in the patterned floor tiles—has remained untouched since the shop opened. Patrons eat their cannoli slowly and deliberately, dabbing the powdered sugar on their plates with licked fingers.

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