Their father Luigi and his brother Gaetano[1] had opened the bakery.
[2] It was considered Federal Hill’s last authentic Italian bakery.
[3] After Lois's passing in August 2020, the bakery was sold to an anonymous group of investors who bought the building, and abiding to agreements made at the time of purchase, opened again in !ay 2021 under the same name, using the same recipes and with Carol working at the bakery.
[3] In 2012, Andrew Zimmern filmed an episode of Bizarre Foods America there.
[5] Carol’s sister Lois Ellis was honored by the National Organization of Italian American Women in 2012.