Linny’s

Gourmet Deli and Sweet Shop

18 Providence Road

Brooklyn, CT

February 2012

Linny’s is housed inside a bright yellow colonial building formerly a home in the historic center of Brooklyn, CT.  Inside you will find an eclectic bakery and gourmet deli with 2 cozy side sitting rooms. Sun pouring in the windows makes this a welcoming location to sit, read the paper and enjoy a cup of soup, a panini, or a cupcake!

Linny’s specializes in more than 40 flavors of cupcakes or you can create your own flavor. In addition to their 40 plus highlighted cupcakes they also have an alcohol infused cupcake menu and gluten free options.

During our two visits to the shop, we have sampled 7 flavors of Linny’s cupcakes; Red Velvet, Almond Raspberry, Citrus, Snickers, Mexican Hot Cocoa, Peanut Butter Truffles, and Raspberry Cream.

The cupcakes are simply decorated making them very pleasing to the eye.  The texture tends to be dense across the board and a little dry. Our family favorite was definitely the Citrus, a lemon cake topped with a citrus butter cream. Another favorite was the Raspberry Cream a vanilla cake with a raspberry preserves filling and a raspberry infused frosting. The raspberry infused frosting was a hit with Bridget.

 Overall Group Rating out of 100:

Citrus: 90

Almond Raspberry: 89

Raspberry Cream: 87

Mexican Hot Cocoa: 75

Snickers: 83

Peanut Butter Truffle: 82

Red Velvet: 84