Carlo's Bakery • 1910

The original Cake Boss headquarters still draws crowds to its Washington Street storefront, where Buddy Valastro's family has been turning out towering custom cakes and flaky lobster tails since his father bought the shop in 1964. Carlo Guastaferro opened the doors in 1910, but it's the Valastro family's Italian-American baking prowess that made this Hoboken institution famous. Step inside for a rainbow cookie or a cream-stuffed cannoli, and you'll find the same recipes that built a reality TV empire.