It was not long after his immigration to the United States in 1909 that Don Pasquale Egidio founded his business. An immigrant from Salerno, Italy, Egidio settled on Mulberry Street in Manhattan’s Little Italy. In 1912, he established his roots at Egidio Pasticceria on East 187th St. and Hughes Avenue and has been in business ever since.

Egidio grew up in the industry, as his mother and father ran a small cafe in Salerno, which he helped run at a young age. While Egidio himself has passed on, and ownership has been transferred to Maria Lucciola, his original recipes have been preserved and the same Egidio tradition has remained.