Rumors on Facebook that Canfora Bakery, 1100 E. Oklahoma Ave. in Bay View, has been sold are true. Rumors that it is closing, however, are not.
Devoted customers will be relieved to hear that the new owners have no intention of changing anything.
"We bought it about four weeks ago, my husband Eric and I," said Karen Krieg. "Everything will stay the same. Same staff, same bakers, same recipes."
That means paczki will stay, that means hot ham and rolls will stay, and, thankfully, that means the same great Italian cookies.
Canfora Bakery was opened by Carl and Rosa Canfora in 1981 on 25th and Burnham. It moved to its current location, which was previously home to Lakeside Bakery, in 1994.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
