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Sicilian Pastry Shop

A family-run Italian bakery on Albert Street, off Leith Walk, open since 1979, with cannoli, rum babas, arancini and celebration cakes to take away.

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Welcome

The Sicilian Pastry Shop is a little family bakery on Albert Street, just off Leith Walk, and has been baking Italian cakes and pastries since 1979.

Franco Asiatico, a trained chef from the town of Sapri in southern Italy, took it over in 1995, and his son Umberto now runs the kitchen as head chef.

The glass counter holds cannoli and rum babas, choux pastries, fruit tarts, cheesecake slices, croissants and doughnuts, with arancini and calzone among the savouries if you're after something more filling. It's also the place to order a celebration or wedding cake. There's coffee too, and everything is to take away, so pick out a box and carry it up to the top of Calton Hill to enjoy with the view. They open at 8am, and mornings are when the counter is at its fullest.

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Before you go

Open Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm and Saturday 8am to 4pm; closed on Sunday.

Everything is to take away. Celebration cakes are made to order on 0131 554 7417.

Where
14-16 Albert Street, off Leith Walk.
Hours
Mon to Fri 8am to 5pm, Sat 8am to 4pm.
Takeaway
Everything is to take away.
Cakes to order
Celebration and wedding cakes.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
8am–5pm
Tuesday
8am–5pm
Wednesday
8am–5pm
Thursday
8am–5pm
Friday
8am–5pm
Saturday
8am–4pm
Sunday
Closed
Where it is

14-16 Albert Street, Edinburgh EH7 5LG, a side street off Leith Walk.

Close byThe top of Leith Walk.
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  5. Twelve TrianglesTwelve TrianglesA scratch bakery of slow, cold-fermented sourdough and pastries, begun by Emily Cuddeford and Rachel Morgan, with bakeries across Edinburgh.Under a mile3 min by road
  6. Calton HillCalton HillA volcanic hill at the east end of Princes Street, crowned with monuments and one of the great views of Edinburgh.1 mile5 min by road
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