Piedigrotta Bakery

Please feel free to bring your own liquor/wine to have during dinner! Piedigrotta Bakery was opened in the Little Italy district of Baltimore in 2002. However, there is a long and storied tradition that precedes its opening... Proprietor Carminantonio Iannaccone was born in Avellino, a city in southern Italy, near Naples, in 1946. At the age of 9, he began working in the pastry business. This was an era of economic difficulties in Italy, which had still not recovered from the devastation of World War II. At 12, Carminantonio heard of an opportunity to work at a gelateria in Milan. Feeling the need to support his struggling family, Carminantonio took the opportunity and moved to Milan, tellin