La Dolci Mania is a cafe first and foremost. Located in Carolina Forest next to the Ollie’s, the cafe opened this month. It’s currently serving sandwiches, some traditional baked goods and desserts, and starting next week — soups. While it does not have the full offerings of a bakery, everything is made in house with several products coming from Italy.

In addition, they have a variety of espresso drinks, fruit smoothies and Italian sodas. Owner Salvo Giudice hopes to bring the tradition of his native Sicily to the Myrtle Beach area. “It’s important to bring here the Italian tradition, because I want to bring something new,” Giudice said. “And specifically from the south, Sicily, because I am coming straight from there. I’m not an Italian coming from New York.”