Meet us where bread is baked by family
Scudiero’s Italian Bakery & Deli is a beloved family bakery in Melrose Park, founded by Italian immigrant and third-generation baker Umbaldo Datoli.
Scudiero's sells delicious baked Italian bread, as well as excellent sandwiches and imported Italian goods. It also offers catering services.
Datoli opened Scudiero's in 1954, having immigrated to the U.S. following World War II, leaving behind the family bakery he'd inherited from his father, who had inherited it from his own father.
The tradition of passing down the family bakery continued, with Datoli's daughter Lena taking up operations following his death. Today, Scudiero's is run by Datoli's six grandsons.
With five generations of bakers in the family, it's no wonder Scudiero's is legendarily delicious. Its bread is baked daily, using the family recipe, now over 150 years old.
As is tradition when buying bread at Scudiero’s, be sure to take a picture of yourself holding up your bag of bread, so it can hang in the bakery among hundreds of similar pictures taken by the likes of neighborhood regulars to famous faces, including Frank Sinatra!
Scudiero's is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day but Sunday, when the bakery is closed for business.
Fresh, made-to-order sandwiches are about $8 like the Corned Beef Sub or the Mama Lena’s Meatball Sub.
Woodstone-fired pizzas start at $11.
It’s a family affair at Scudiero’s Italian Bakery and Deli. You might just meet the Datoli's grandsons, now operating the family bakery, when buying a loaf of Scudiero's famous bread or one of the deli's delicious sub sandwiches.
Located at 2113 W. Lake Street in Melrose Park, Scudiero’s is just a half-mile walk from the Melrose Park Stop on the Union Pacific West Metra Railway. It’s just 14 miles west of downtown Chicago.
