I was pretty excited to see this Corbo's in the thick of the Playhouse Square district, glimmering like a tasty mirage of delicious cannoli that ended up NOT being a tricksy illusion but an actual Corbo's! (!!!) If you can guess, I don't make it to Cleveland's Little Italy near as much as I'd like so it's welcome to find this gem in the downtown Cleveland area.
Lest you think I was not enthusiastic enough about this vision of pastry goodness, within a moment of finding our seats in the theater, I was doing an online search for information on their hours. Lucky me - they indicated being open at least an hour beyond show times and, sure enough, after an interesting musical experience we entered the shop.
For a small store-front, the interior is quite spacious with plenty of cafe style table and chair seating and L-shaped glass display cases of Italian cookies and pastries. I didn't see a number dispenser - instead, please just calmly wait in an orderly line to be given a chance to order treats by the numbers or pound.
If you only have eyes for cannoli, please don't fret when you notice there are none in the public facing cases. These delicious crunchy shells of chocolate dipped and not varieties are instead waiting behind the counter to be filled upon demand!