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cocoa treats found in Peru,
Ecuador and Madagascar.
Sweet Sams
1261 Seabury Avenue
(718) 822-0599
Website: www.sweetsams.com
Sweet Sams started in an
apartment kitchen where
baked goods, made from the
fi nest ingredients, were tastetested.
When perfection was
accomplished the fi rm started
marketing its items to local
food stores. During its 20 plus
years in business the bakery
has expanded and moved to
its present 80,000 square foot
facility in the Zerega Industrial
Park after outgrowing its
West Farms production plant.
Today Sweet Sams sells
dozens of freshly baked
goods to retailers throughout
the metropolitan area.
Sweet Sams product line includes
coffee cakes, pound
cakes, dessert bars, cookies,
small and large cupcakes,
muffi ns, scones, croissants
and whoppie cookies.
Port Morris Distillery
780 E. 133rd Street
(718) 585-3192
Website: www.portmorrisdistillery.
com
The legacy of the Port Morris
Distillery began in the
lush mountains of Guayama,
Puerto Rico. The distillery
produces Pitorro, Puerto Rican
moonshine, from family
reciepes in a facility located
near the RFK Bridge.
It crafts several whiskies under
its PMD label, including a nearly
clear version and an 80 proof liquor
that is aged in wood barrels.
Port Morris Distillery
offers tasting hours.
Golden Glow Cookie Company
1844 Givan Avenue
(718) 379-6223
Website:www.thecookiefactory.
com
Golden Glow was established
in 1954 by Rose Florio and
her father. Four generations
later the Florio family continues
to produce delicious
cookies, cakes and pastries.
The family pays close attention
to detail and uses only
high-quality ingredients.
Years of experience ensure
that the baking and carmelization
processes are followed
exactly, producing a consistent
quality for over six decades.
From the traditional Italian
Anisette Toast and crunchy
Biscotti to crowd-pleasers
like chocolate chip and oatmeal
raisin cookies, there is
truly a cookie for everyone.
The home-style category offers
32 different varieties and its
Mama Rose selection contains 21
delectable confectionery treats.
Golden Glow also offers sugarfree
and a gluten-free cookies.
Leaven & Companions
220 Coster Street
Bronx, NY 10474
(718) 742-3036
A Hunts Point bakery that turns
out a host of bread products
for the restaurant industry.
They passionately improve
upon existing recipes. According
to their web page it “is this
dedication to craft that has secured
their reputation as one
of New York’s foremost bakeries.”
The company produces
dinner rolls, breadsticks, craft
breads, sliders, sandwich rolls,
sliced loaves and baquettes.
NICOSIA’S ORIGINAL
BRONX BREAD CO.
781 Burke Avenue
Bronx, NY 10467
(718) 798-0201
Nicosia’s was founded in Harlem
in 1925. Four generations
later they continue to offer
quality hand-crafted breads
that are slowly fermented and
baked to a light golden color to
enhance flavor. The breads are
made fresh daily, seven days a
week and delivered throughout
the metropolitan area, north to
Connecticut and south to New
Jersey. Nicosia’s breads can be
found in Westchester, Putnam
and Sullivan counties and also
in Albany. The company is run
by Charles and Joseph Nicosia.
Its products include boules,
dinner rolls, focaccia, heros,
baquettes,long loaf and panini.
S & S Cheesecake
222 W. 238th Street
Bronx, NY 10470
(718) 549-3888
Over the past 50 years Zagat’s
#1 rated S&S Cheesecake
has consistently achieved
the coveted title of ‘America’s
Most Savored and Exquisite
Cheesecake.’ All cakes are
baked on premises with the
craftmanship of an artisan, using
only the fi nest ingredients.
A few of its cakes include New
York Style, Chocolate Mousse,
Strawberry, Carrot, Cherry
and Pineapple cheesecakes.
Lloyd’s Carrot Cake
6087 Broadway
Bronx, NY 10463
(718) 548-9020
Lloyd Adams, the company’s
founder, toyed with a carrot
cake recipe given to him by
his mother until it was to his
liking. In 1985, he opened
the storefront in Riverdale.
Customers flocked to the location
gobbling up the best
homemade cakes, pies and
muffins in the city, according
to the bakery’s website.
After Lloyd’s passing in 2007,
his wife Betty, along with
their two children, Brandon
and Lilka, have continued to
strengthen his legacy. Today
they serve the best carrot
cake, with or without raisins,
as well as red velvet, pineapple
coconut, strawberry
and chocolate layer cakes,
pecan pie, carrot muffi ns, etc.
Golden Krust Caribbean
Bakery And Grill
3958 Park Avenue
Bronx, NY 10457
(718) 655-7870
Golden Krust is a manufacturer
and distributor of Caribbean
foods and franchisor of Caribbean
restaurants. The business
was the brain-child of Ephraim
and Mavis Hawthorne in St.
Andrews, Jamaica. They had
no idea then that their dream
would blossom into an international
business with over
120 restaurants in nine states.
Today, Omar Hawthorne, a
grandson, In 1996 Golden Krust
became the fi rst Caribbeanowned
business in the U.S. to
be granted a franchise license.
The fi rm is known its broad assortment
of meat, fi sh and vegetable
fi lled Jamaican patties.
Bronx Pretzel
175 Walnut Avenue
Bronx, NY 10454
Email address: info@bxbakingco.
com
Bronx Pretzel makes more than
a New York-style pretzel. Their
soft bagels and pretzel breads
use the traditional German
method. They are hand rolled
and lye dipped to give them the
chewy texture, deep fl avor and
distinctive crust you would expect
from a German pretzel. The
pretzels are offered in some of
New York’s fi nest restaurants
and bars. Also, other than the
summer months, the pretzels,
fresh out of the oven, can be
shipped anywhere in the country.
The pretzel selection includes:
assorted pretzel twists,such
as the cheddar pretzel, the
everything pretzel and jalapeno
cheddar pretzel and pretzel
slider rolls, pretzel sticks and
the gigantic salted pretzel twist.
Borgatti’s Ravioli & Egg
Noodles
632 E. 187th Street
Bronx, NY 10458
Website: www.borgattis.com
Borgatti’s Ravioli & Egg Noodles
is a third generation, family-run
specialty pasta shop, currently
operated by Mario Borgatti and
his son Chris at the same location
Mario’s parents opened in
1935. Zagat’s Marketplace Survey
recently awarded Borgatti’s
a 29 out of 30 for quality. Though
production has dramatically
changed over the last decade,
the quality remains outstanding.
Miss Grimble
909 E. 135th Street
Bronx, NY 10454
(718) 665-2253
For over two decades, Miss
Grimble Desserts has built a
reputation of baking classic
desserts for the country’s fi nest
restaurants, hotels and gourmet
shops in the metropolitan
area. The bakery uses only
pure and natural ingredients.
Miss Grimble’s produces a full
line of high-quality desserts
including its World Famous Vanilla
Cheesecake. In addition to
cake line it also produces a line
of Brownies, Blondies, Chocolate
Chip and Oatmeal cookies.
The bakery offers a complete
line of Pockets and Quiche under
the Miss Grimble Gourmet
line and tarts and Petit Fours
under the Maurice Pastry label.
Scaccianoce Inc
1165 Burnett Place
Bronx, NY 10474
(718) 991-4462
The organization has produced
candy-coated almonds for
wholesale in their time-tested dry
kiln roasters for over 115 years.
Dufour Pastry Kitchen
251 Locust Avenue
Bronx, NY 10454
Email: info@dufourpastrykitchen.
com
Dufour creates its own superb
hor d’oeuvres, all-butter puff
pastry, specialty doughs and
sweet and savory tart shells. All
of its products are made by hand
using the freshest and fi nest ingredients
and are shipped nation
wide frozen, ready-to-bake
with a shelf life of six months.
Since its founding in 1984, Dufour’s
reputation for developing
traditional and trend-setting
products has been unparalleled
according to its website.
Dufour products can be found at
the fi nest caterers, clubs, restaurants
and hotels, and in specialty
supermarkets, gourmet
shops and natural food stores.
Zaro’s Family Bakery
138 Bruckner Boulevard
Bronx, NY 10454
Website: www.zaro.com.
Joseph Zaro, an East European
emigrant that arrived in the
U.S. in 1927, founded Zaro’s. In
1950 his sons, Phil and William
took the helm and expanded
the business. Today it has a
dozen retail locations after
opening its fi rst four stores in
Grand Central Station in 1977.
The bakery on Bruckner Boulevard
produces pastries, cakes,
quiches and other related items.
Woops!
435 Longfellow Avenue
Bronx, NY 10474
Website: www.bywoops.com
Whoops!, founded in 2012 by
four friends with a macaron
pop-up shop at the Winter Village
in Bryant Park, has since
opened kiosks and bakeshops
throughout the U.S. offering
a collection of sweets that includes
over 20 macaron fl avors
and over 20 artisan pastries,
baked in its Bronx plant.
Just Bagels
527 Casanova Street
Bronx, NY 10474
(718) 328-9700
Website: www.justbagels.com
The Hunts Point factory creates
bagels using the old-fashioned
water method. Just Bagels,
opened in 1992, produces
its golden brown, freshest,
tastiest and healthiest bagels
without using oils, fats, cholesterol,
preservatives, artifi -
cial fl avors or coloring or high
fructose corn syrup. there are
18 award-winning fl avors in
three convenient sizes including
plain, poppy, sesame,
pumpernickel, Asiago cheese,
energy multi-grain, blueberry,
onion and garlic and also Bialys.
Empanology
2407-13 Third Avenue
Bronx, NY 10451
Website: www.empanology.
com.
The Bronx-based empanada
company offers a modern spin
on the classic Puerto Rican
empanada.Healthy and hearty,
the ‘pockets of love’ take Latin
cisine’s popular staple to the
next level with locally-sourced
and organic ingredients. The
company’s founder Jason Alicea
experimented with creative
empanada fi llings, fl avors and
ingredients, using his friends
as test subjects. Empanology’s
extensive menu includes over
40 fl avors including red velvet
tres leches, cubanita,ropa
vieja, buttercup, chicken
truffl e mac, chopped cheese
and banana bread pudding.
Soul Snacks Cookie Co.
901 E. 134th Street
Bronx, NY 10454
(718) 665-7685
Website: www.soulsnacksnyc.
com
Ralph Rolle, who has enjoyed a
music career as a drummer for
Nile Rodgers and Chic, Aretha
Franklin, Sting, Bono, Queen
Latifah and India Arie, successfully
transitioned his creativity
to a company that offers a variety
of soul food cookies. Soul
Snacks offers Georgia Oatmeal
Raisin, Peanut Peanut Butter,
French Cocoa Chocolate Chip,
Ivory Almond Cookie and a
host of others. The company’s
products deliberately harken
back to a time when the family
enjoyed their friends and
family in Georgia, then Harlem.
Bronx Brewery
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