Jean Danet still baking for Bay Ridge
Fifth Avenue’s Jean Danet Bakery, just off the corner of 76th Street, has been in business for more than 40 years, serving up French pastries, custom cakes and a big ol’ slice of tradition.
“In a time when a lot of people opt for supermarket cakes and baked goods, we’re still a family-style neighborhood bakery,” said owner Pat Giura, a local resident, husband, father-of-two and graduate of the French Culinary Institute and certified Wilton Cake Decorator who decided to keep the business intact – name, recipes and all – when his family bought the store in 1998. “It’s something worth holding onto.”
From freshly made cakes, pastries, cookies and pies to fresh-out-of-the-oven breads and hand-crafted cakes for special occasions (including the sweet-shop’s signature turkey cake, complete with pignoli cream stuffing), Jean Danet does it all, and they’re no stranger to the nabe.