Food & Wine

"Boston Restaurants: Insider Picks: Modern Pastry - For over seven decades, this family-owned Hanover Street shop in Boston’s North End has been the place to go for authentic Italian sweets such as filled-to-order cannoli and eight kinds of torrone (including the famed vanilla nougat with roasted almond)."

Devra First

"Torrone, as nougat is known in Italy, is mind-blowing stuff: chewy, packed with roasted nuts, and suffused with the flavor of honey. Modern Pastry in the North End makes it in flavors including chocolate, caramel, hazelnut, and cappuccino. When I buy a bar, I like to pretend I’ll cut it into slivers and dole them out to myself over the next few days. Never happens."

WhereTraveler

"With 80 years in the business, this authentic Italian bakery has a reputation for being one of the North End’s finest. Patrons form long lines to get their hands on Modern’s delicious torrone."

Katherine Sazdanoff

"3 Top Pastry Shops in Boston’s Sweet North End: Modern Pastry - Try my favorite a crunchy, chocolate-covered, espresso-laced nougat (torrone)."

Arielle Norman

"I had to get this torrone thing: chocolate and fluff and espresso beans. This, it would turn out, would be my favorite thing."

Jessica Polizzotti

"Modern is a fabulous, family-owned Italian bakery that is filled with delicious sweets and treats just waiting to be consumed. Enjoy Italian specialty baked goods including an enticing assortment of torrones."

Kenna Caprio

"20 must-try dishes from the North End’s best eateries: Torrone at Modern Pastry - Not craving a cannoli? Then, stop in to Modern Pastry and try one of their famous honey almond dessert nougats, or torrone. Choose from flavors like the cappuccino torrone—dipped in distinctive milk coffee chocolate and a blend of espresso beans—or the white torrone, a fluffy vanilla nougat with roasted almonds."