Tag: Louisiana bakery

  • When a Gambino’s Birthday Cake Made it to Hollywood

    When a Gambino’s Birthday Cake Made it to Hollywood

    Hollywood superstar Gregory Peck was in New Orleans speaking at a meeting of the American Cancer Society. It also happened to be his 50th birthday — and what better way to celebrate than with a Gambino’s cake? In our 75 years baking for the Greater New Orleans area, we at Gambino’s have had the honor…

  • Would the real Phillip Clark please stand up?

    Would the real Phillip Clark please stand up?

    The second half of the 20th century saw more robberies of New Orleans businesses than the decades before and since. Gambino’s wasn’t immune, unfortunately, but neither was any man named Phillip Clark.

  • How a boy with a “bad heart” showed Gambino’s soul

    How a boy with a “bad heart” showed Gambino’s soul

    Gambino’s Bakery cares about its community. Our neighbors matter, and they are part of what has made our shops so special for 75 years. Bryan Thomas, the boy with the “bad heart” is one amazing and memorable example. As we look back through the historical archives at Gambino’s 75 years serving Louisiana, it is immediately…

  • Home Sweet Home: Gambino’s Locations Over the Last 75 Years

    Home Sweet Home: Gambino’s Locations Over the Last 75 Years

    As part of our 75th anniversary, we’re digging through the archives to find everything we can about our history. In the process, we’re learning things even we had lost to time! Today, we’re looking at all of the locations that Joe Gambino’s Bakery has occupied in Louisiana since its founding in 1949. We wanted to…

  • How 75 Years of Help Wanted Ads Tell the Story of Gambino’s and the Wider World

    How 75 Years of Help Wanted Ads Tell the Story of Gambino’s and the Wider World

    In celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Joe Gambino’s Bakery, we scoured local newspaper archives to see what we could learn about our past. One window into that past was through Help Wanted ads. They tell us a lot about our bakery, as well as how much our world has changed these last seven-and-a-half decades. It’s…