“I wanted her to have a delicious treat that she didn’t have to make herself,” she laughed, “so we came here. My friend tried the cannolis and a traditional, unique Italian fig cookie called cucidati (“coochi-dotti”) and said they were the best she’d ever had!”
Last winter, Holy Cannoli’s made new fans from around the United States when they attended a Goldman-Sachs event in Washington, D.C., for which they made over 10,000 hand-filled cannolis.
“If we get asked to do something, we just figure out a way to make it happen,” Nicole says.
In 2017, while at Detroit’s US-China Small Business Conference, event host and Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba expressed keen interest in making Holy Cannoli’s products available to Chinese citizens who yearn for high-quality goods from midwestern America.
“So, this baby that is our business is walking,” says Nicole, “maybe, with continued product development, all the way to China. We’re in an extremely exciting position.”
“Meanwhile, here in Rochester and at our Berkley store, we have great customers that are like family,” Cathy says. “People may come in grumpy, but they leave happy.”
A smiling, nine-year-old guest says, “I love this place. It’s magical!”
As Sharon leans over to give him his rainbow-sprinkled cannoli, she whispers, “I hope you keep coming here until you turn 100.”
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