The Sicilian Baker is a new Italian restaurant and bakery in Phoenix, next to The Sicilian Butcher. The menu features fresh pasta, foot-long cannoli.
The Maggiore Group first brought us The Sicilian Butcher. Its newest concept is The Sicilian Baker, opening March 20 in northeast Phoenix. The Italian bakery and market offers cannoli, pastries and fresh pasta.
The Maggiore Group is bringing a little bit of la dolce vita to Phoenix with a new Italian bakery called The Sicilian Baker, opening at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 20.
To celebrate on opening day, The Scilian Baker will offer a free classic-size cannoli to the first 100 customers who say "holy cannoli" at the counter. The business also will give out free mini cannolis all day while supplies last that day.
The bakery and market is inspired by an Italian pasticceria and will offer cannoli, house-made pastries, fresh pasta and sauces.
Located at Tatum Boulevard and Greenway Road, the sweet shop and market comes from Maggiore Group co-founder and executive chef Joey Maggiore.
Plus, diners can choose to top their cannoli with Nutella, amaretti cookie crumbs, candied almonds, malted milk balls, Luxardo cherries, preserved fruits, Torrone nougat candy or chocolate shavings.
An additional selection of fresh-baked pastries will round out the menu. Those will include arancini, pizzettes, traditional Sicilian sponge cake, muffuletta sandwiches and a variety of Sicilian cookies.
Beverages will include cappuccinos, lattes, cold brews and Italian sparkling sodas.
On the market side, guests can order fresh pasta, sauces, house-made sausages, meats and cheese at a full-service counter.
The Sicilian Baker occupies in a 1,400-square-foot space next to its sister concept, The Sicilian Butcher. Also from The Maggiore Group, the meatball and charcuterie restaurant opened in 2017.
The Sicilian Butcher serves a menu of Italian-American fare. Its main focus is "craft meatballs." Following the "create-your-own" format, diners can choose from eight types of meatballs, nice sauces and 10 "bottoms," such as pastas, polenta or gnocchi.
The restaurant and bakery are attached, so diners can walk between the two spaces.
The Maggiore family has run restaurants in Phoenix for decades, starting with Tomaso's, which Joey Maggiore's father, Tomaso, opened in 1977. The legendary restaurant remains open on the southeast corner of Camelback Road and 32nd Street in Phoenix.
The company plans to open two additional locations of The Sicilian Butcher following the concept's debut in northeast Phoenix.
Where: 15530 N.Tatum Blvd., Phoenix.
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