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    Apicella's Bakery

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    Apicella's Bakery is an Italian bakery that opened in New Haven, Connecticut in 1920. It was founded by Italian immigrant Geremia Apicella. He grew up in the village of Minori in Italy's Amalfi Coast. He came to New Haven in 1907 and started his first bread bakery in 1914. He changed locations a few times over the years, but in 1920 he learned of a property for sale at 64 Houston Street. This larger location allowed Apicella and his in-laws to live in a house together and have a bakery on site. The oven was in its own one-story brick structure in the backyard. Apicella originally named the new bakery Apicella's Sanitary Bakery, but the name was later shortened to Apicella's Bakery. He would later be joined by his brother Antonio "Tony" Apicella. The Apicella Brothers retired in 1975 and sold the business to Alphonse "Al" Cimino and his wife Rose. Al had previously worked for Apicella's when he was a teenager. In 1984, he moved the bakery to its current location on Grand Avenue. Today Apicella's is one of the largest Italian bread bakeries in Greater New Haven County. Aside from traditional Italian bread loaves, they also bake hard rolls, grinder rolls, rustic round loaves, stuffed breads, biscotti, taralle, and freselles. Apicella's products are also available at various Italian restaurants and local supermarkets. I recently visited the retail store at Apicella's. Although I've been eating their bread for years, this was my first time visiting the bakery itself. The place smelled great! Not only were people stopping in for bread loaves but also morning pastries and coffee. I bought a loaf of their "Famous" restaurant-style Italian bread (with sesame seeds) and a loaf of their round Italian bread. I used the restaurant-style loaf to make myself a delicious muffaletta sandwich for lunch. I later used the round loaf to make some Butternut Squash & Bacon Crostini for dinner one night. If you're looking for excellent Italian bread then you can't go wrong with Apicella's.

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    2 months ago

    Quick and easy to stop in for some solid bread and treats! Wasn't in love with the danish I had but the bread is always the best.

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    2 years ago

    Looking for a bread loaf to make a muffuletta sandwich. They didn't have it but are making one and holding it for me tomorrow.

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    11 months ago

    I can't find spinach bread in Texas. So ordered from Apicella's for delivery! It was fantastic!

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    3 years ago

    The best local Italian bread on the shoreline - extra crispy!

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    2 years ago

    I haven't been here in quite some time but when I did go there their bread was top notch

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    7 years ago

    Best Italian bread in New Haven. Best pastry and Danish as well as stuffed breads. Stop in and see Al he's the best.

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    I went here for the first time on Saturday. This place had a great variety of different treats with…read moretrays and tounges at the entrance to grab and bring to the counter to purchase. There were packaged items,hot items and cold items as well. I ordered a honey lavender macchiato and it was absolutely delicious. They took my order and then called me when it was ready. It was a little bit loud in there so I didn't head her call my name but it was still hot when I went and checked to see if she called me. That was not her fault. I could have stayed closer. You need a code for the restroom and there is only one single stall. The code is on the bottom of your receipt. I really like that each thing lists ingredients and calories. I love when places do that!

    So rude. Came in close to closing for a treat with my…read morefriends. They'd stopped serving drinks and only had macarons and cake slices in the pastry case. Most chairs were up on tables, but a few tables had chairs down and people sat at chairs in the front. When we went up to the register, my friend got excited because they were playing a song she really liked. The employee told her to "calm down" multiple times in a very rude tone. We bought a piece of cake, it was a bit expensive for a small slice ($7.75) but we noticed a student discount with proof of Student ID. One of my friends had her student ID on her so she showed it, my friends also got excited about the discount and we were told to "calm down" again. Then another employee told us that the discount didn't apply to cake or macarons?? Weird. Seems convenient, since those were the only things left in the case. Anyway, we bought the cake at full price, and my friend went to find forks for the group. She asked one of the employees behind the counter and he very rudely said, "Have you tried looking behind you?" So rude. I asked for a plate to make it easier for us to split the cake slice, and the first employee told me they were closed for eating. No mention of that or signs about it before we purchased. We had to leave with our cake and ended up eating it outside on the street. I'm not happy with this place, it looked so cute at first but honestly not even worth the trouble or the money.

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