Sunday, July 18, 2010

Savoia's Pastry Shop: 35 Catherine Street

I got these from Lisa Zagemi yesterday
Hi David, It's Lisa, sorry I haven't been in touch. Here
are a few photos my dad, Anthony Favazza,  gave me of the front of the bakery. I am going to see if I have see any others. BTW everyone called my dad Sonny.
Lisa carries on the family tradition along with her husband and her sister Francine.
She owns:
Made in Heaven Cakes
Custom and Specialty Cakes
530 Third Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215

At the KV Reunion back in May, Nancy Sing Bock talked about how special summers were because of
the ices from Savoia
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11 comments:

  1. lishapisaSeptember 2, 2010 at 11:03 AM

    this is great as i grew up in Knickerbocker village and Great now and then photos. nice surprise to see the history of the neighborhood.

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  2. Shirley N. LewJuly 24, 2011 at 9:57 PM

    Are the photos of Savoia taken by your father? I am a contributer reporter for www.OurChinatown.org, a blog on Chinatown. In my next post, I write about my summertime favorite treat, the Italian icee from Savoia's. I'd like to be sure who to give the photo credit to when including it in my post. Please let me know.
    Shirley Lew - Contributing Reporter
    www.OurChinatown.org
    Email: Shirley@OurChinatown.org

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  3. Shirley N. LewJuly 24, 2011 at 9:59 PM

    oh.. I see that the photos were taken by Anthony Favazza. Thanks.. I will put his name as credit to the blog.

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  4. UnknownJanuary 27, 2012 at 6:35 PM

    I grew up in the Al Smith project went to 9 am Mass at St. James and stop to get the Sunday News and the Journal American and off to Savoia's for hard rolls, jelly doughnuts and of course I got to pick a pastry. Italian Ices in the summer 5 cents for small 25 for large with a pretzel rod. THE BEST EVERY. I live in New Milford, NJ nothing ever is right for me anymore. Thanks for the memories.

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  5. BarbApril 15, 2014 at 1:15 AM

    I also grew up in the Smith projects, but I will never forget the delicious Italian ices from Savoia's. Mr.and Mrs. Savoia were the nicest people.

    You can't get ices like that anywhere.

    Barbara Stein Bernstein
    54 Catherine St. 1952 to 1960.

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  6. AnonymousAugust 6, 2015 at 9:02 PM

    Looking at the pictures of Savoia Bakery, it appears to be located at 37 Catherine Street.

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  7. AnonymousAugust 6, 2015 at 9:11 PM

    http://www.businesslookup.org/new_savoia_pastry_shop_inc

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  8. UnknownMarch 28, 2020 at 2:37 PM

    My aunt josie used to work there for years, as a little girl i would go visit her!! Rest in peace love u and miss u!!🙏🙏🙏💔💔💔😘😘😪😪😪

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  9. UnknownMay 24, 2020 at 8:26 AM

    It's JoAnn. And it was 37 Catherine. Many good stories. I remember serving myself lemon ice from the refrigerator case topped off with a salted pretzel stick. Hope all are well.

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  10. DGRMay 24, 2020 at 11:36 AM

    This is Denise Giachetta. My dad owned Savoia with my "uncle" Anthony (Sonny) Favazza. Seeing the store is great... In fact, the photos are in a book I got for Christmas last year about the lower East Side.... It was a family.... all kinds of uncles real and otherwise worked there over the years.

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  11. rcwolnerJanuary 23, 2021 at 10:24 PM

    I grew up around the corner on Henry St.and Savoia Pastry was where we would go for our birthday cakes. They made my "Sweet 16" cake which was a huge sheet cake. Such wonderful memories...I turned 70 last year.

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