Tag: Times-Picayune

  • A Cake Made for the Kings of New Orleans Newspapers

    A Cake Made for the Kings of New Orleans Newspapers

    Gambino’s Bakery is proud that our creations are at the center of so many celebrations. In researching our history, we were excited to find that a major moment in local newspaper history featured our cakes, as well. The history of newspapers in New Orleans can be tough to follow. Back in 1837, local businessmen George…

  • 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…