Italian Bakery - Downtown location

Italian Bakery
10644 97 Street
Monday to Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
780 424 4830

My next stop is the Italian Bakery, which is actually located in China Town; and no it's not Spinellis the Italian shop. This is a smaller version of the Italian shop with about three times as many baked goodies and obviously different owners, the Frattin's. I have yet to meet these wonderful people and when I do I will gladly shake their hands, hug them, and maybe more....no not really, but I am glad  for their selection of breads, buns, and pastries; it is unbelievably large and of course delicious.

On this fabulous occasion my box of goodies contained biscotti, an oreo mousse cupcake, cannelloni, an eclair, carrot cake, mini cheese pastries, and pretzel buns. The biscotti were amazing and very fresh with a wide variety to choose from; the oreo mousse cupcake was OMG good (the base was made of dark chocolate, no paper liner); the cannelloni, eclair and carrot cake were good albeit very, very sweet; the mini cheese pastries here were awesome (they usually have spinach ones too but they were sold out); and the pretzel buns were to die for. This place is great for many reasons, but one of them is that they always come out with new things for customers to try out. Out of the twenty times or so that I have been to the Italian Bakery, half of those times I have been pleasantly surprised to find new treats I had never seen here before. Their regular goodies definitely have bragging rights though: apple pie, lemon meringue pie, donuts (the jelly filled ones are a-mazing), cookies, tortes (nutella torte!), hockey pucks, cream puffs, rum balls; a very vast variety. 

Not only does the Italian Bakery sell sweets, but the buns and breads also hold a special place in my heart and mouth. Pagnotta, German rye, Pumpernickel rye, dinner buns, crusty buns, are just a few of the varieties.

In addition to being a Bakery this place sells many Italian products as well as other European ones. It's a mini grocery store minus fruits and vegetables with fabulous prices.

Do I come here a lot? You bet I do. Will I keep shopping here? These guys could move to the moon and I'd rent a shuttle and fly down there; it would definitely be worth the trip.

Note: these guys have one more location; 4118 and 118 ave. This location is much smaller and has less variety than the downtown one.