This family-run Italian bakery has been open nearly 40 years. Their secret? Give customers the unexpected

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This family-run Italian bakery has been open nearly 40 years. Their secret? Give customers the unexpected
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Where exactly do pizza, veal cutlets, and rice balls fit in a bakery? Nestled in a quiet strip mall near a hair studio and music school, on an unassuming North York street, Rustic Bakery is one shop whose quaint name belies its vast offerings.

When someone says “bakery,” your mind immediately conjures display cases filled with scores of colorful cakes, fluffy breads, and oddly shaped pastries. Right? But where exactly do pizza, veal cutlets, and rice balls fit in?

Her daughter Mary, 42, used to work as a cashier there before she had a child and became a full-time teacher. But what reels in many customers is the heady range of prepared Italian food, including pizzas and such hot-table goodies as lasagna, veal cutlets, roasted veggies, fried fish, and arancini rice balls. Two friendly staffers keep the busy line moving by serving customers quickly.

here to meet friends, and then there are the schools,” she says, referring to nearby Maple Leaf Public School, Saint Fidelis School and P.T. Montessori. “So many students come through our doors every year, and in September there’s always new students discovering us. And they often come with their parents and grandparents, who might discover us for the first time.”

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