Cacia’s Bakery & Café

Cacia’s Bakery & Cafe in Northern Liberites is the newest of seven locations opened by the original bakery in South Philly. At some locations they’ve expanded from breads and pastries to offering Italian sandwiches and hoagies. At the NoLibs spot, they branched out to pizza and coffee (two of my favorite things) as well.

People rave about the tomato pie and pizza is clearly the most popular choice of the lunch crowd. Along with pizza, they offer sandwiches and a few standard Italian hot entrees cafeteria-style out of warming trays like meatballs, sausage and peppers, baked ziti, chicken cutlets, lasagna, etc. None of these meals are worth writing home about and they are a bit too expensive (priced per pound) to buy because you are too lazy to make dinner.

Now onto the pizza:
Please note that this business is not called Cacia’s Pizzeria. Maybe because they refer to themselves as a bakery they think it’s ok to cook pizza on cookie sheets. They don’t just make Sicilian and tomato pie in rectangular sheets but ALL of their pizzas are made rectangular!? I sampled the sausage & peppers and a slice of plain. On the slice of plain, the sauce was robust but the flavor wasn’t terribly appealing. The cheese was overcooked and browned. In contrast, the dough was cooked golden brown and was very tasty. The sausage & peppers had no sauce and it looked and tasted like they threw a slice of American Cheese on top. It stuck to my teeth and eating it pissed me off royally.

If you are in need of a fresh Italian bread or are craving a cannoli, Cacia’s can satisfy you. For a good slice of pizza, look elsewhere. Pizza should be round. Round and delicious.

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Cacia’s Bakery & Cafe‎
719 N 2nd St
Philadelphia, PA 19123
(215) 922-3888