Serano Bakery http://www.seranobakery.com/

Where: 830 Pape Ave, East York, ON M4K 3T5
(416) 462-2735

Owners: Sophie and Chris and Kostas Takas

The Goods: Serano Bakery offers breads, cakes for all occasions, Greek sweets, homemade pies, phyllo based sweets like Baklava, cookies, puddings. Try their revani, kataifi, kariokes or chocolate baklava. My brother and sister-in-law ordered their wedding cake from here. Everyone loved it!

A few years ago Serrano doubled in size and now they have a large array of Greek and Mediterranean goods like olive oil, condiments, phyllo pastry, cheeses, salami, herbs, coffee. Heck, you can even buy my cookbook there!

Setting: Serano recently renovated their space after having expanded to better showcase the deli side of their business. The shop is spacious, they have many people at the ready to serve customers. Any time I’ve dropped by, they are busy but their attention to each customer is noticeable and always courteous.