Liscio’s Italian Bakery & Deli

Sinking your teeth into one of Liscio’s freshly baked rolls is nothing short of a gastronomic revolution! With few homes mastering the art of freshly baked breads and rolls and mass produced baked goods being offered to the public, Liscio’s stands alone when it comes to consistently baking and offering the most outstanding breads that I have sunk my teeth into for many years.
I was first introduced to the crusty seeded roll with the soft, chewy interior when I first visited Tony Luke’s, they claim to bake their fresh rolls throughout the day, but mastering the cheesesteak and baking the most awesome roll was a bit hard to swallow, so I kept asking our server who makes the rolls that you bake and she finally spit it out! Liscio’s!
Being the good Unilocaler that I am and only wanting to give you the most accurate information, I e-​mailed Liscio’s back in March and asked the question and the answer was yes, thank you, we do make the rolls that Tony Luke’s bakes. Since then I have had the opportunity to visit two of Liscio’s Bakeries and Deli’s, this one we drove to on a mission, the second we happened upon while searching for Big Daddy’s Crabcakes Restaurant and noticed a Liscio’s right across the street.
James Liscio and Charles Villotti have been the sole owners and operators of this family run business since 1994, with their hard work, the perfect recipes and ideas, using revolutionary equipment to bake the perfect product. Walking into their stores was like walking into Gram’s kitchen on bread baking day; oh to have those aromas piped into your own home.
With all intentions of walking in to buy delicious baked breads and rolls, which you will leave with, you will walk out the door with a freshly baked pizza or a hoagie made on one of their famous rolls, do try their homemade diablo sauce or olive spread on your sandwich. Their whole «hoagie» has been the closest thing that I have found to a Johnstown «sub» for $ 13.50. They have the most unique sandwich combinations with the goofiest names or you can build your own.
The deli has a large variety of meats, cheeses, spreads and salads, but hey this was a bakery first and they claim to have the largest selection of baked goods in South Jersey and ‘goods” is the operative word here folks, everything is wonderful! The large cases hold stromboli, brownies, cakes, fruit and cream pies, cheese cakes, cookies, eclairs, sticky buns, Danish, cheese pockets, well heck I could go on forever, but Jewish apple cake, yum!
I’ve never had one of Campo’s cheesesteaks, but word has it that Liscio’s makes their rolls too… They make their own sauce for their pizza, which I have not tried, but I will and they sell P&S pasta products and Liscio’s Bakery supplies bread and rolls to the best restaurants, delicatessens and retail outlets in the mid-​Atlantic region.
What are you waiting for, go and smell them! Yum! This is absolutely and by far the best bakery I have happened upon in many years and the deli isn’t too shabby either.