Dining
BY JOVANNA AGUILAR
Maya Sretenovic Schiavo (right) works alongside cafe manager Barbara Coglianese.
For lunch, Tosca Italian Gourmet o ers sandwiches made with focaccia.
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Tosca Italian Gourmet brings pastries to Cypress Maya Sretenovic Schiavo said she expanded her bakery, Tosca Italian Gourmet, from The Wood- lands to Cypress in January to oer the area a little piece of Italy with Italian baked goods and coee. “In Italy, our bars are like cafes and are the heart of the community and the daily place where peo- ple gather to get coee and a croissant or pastry,” Schiavo said. What’s special about it? With 70% of their ingredients imported from Italy, Schiavo said she would like the bakery to be a casual place that people can enjoy. Though Tosca Italian Gourmet was established in The Woodlands in 2021, Schiavo said she believes Cypress can be the new The Woodlands.
At Tosca Italian Gourmet, customers can enjoy fresh pastries and co ee.
“I had a restaurant in Italy many years ago and wanted to bring part of our culture to the Cypress area,” Schiavo said. “We would like to eventually get to know all of our customers by name and build relationships with our neighbors.” From the oven Tosca Italian Gourmet chefs bake about 1,200 croissants a week in addition to other pastries such as cakes, cannolis and danishes. For lunch, the eatery oers pizza, meatballs, lasagna and sand- wiches. Sandwiches are made with fresh focaccia made in-house daily. The pastry shop also oers coee from Italian brand Lavazza as well as gelato. “At Tosca, there is something for the whole family to enjoy,” Schiavo said.
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17823 Longenbaugh Road, Cypress www.toscaitaliangourmet.com
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