Petrillo's Bakery closes on Lyell Avenue

Petrillo Bakery at 67 Lyell Ave. in the Brown Square neighborhood of Rochester is now closed. The commercial baker of breads and rolls supplied area supermarkets, delicatessens and restaurants.

The industrial building is now entirely empty except for sacks of flour left on the floor. Phone calls to the company were unanswered.

"I can't believe it closed," said Dominic Mammoliti, owner of Calabresella's Delicatessen in Gates. The deli uses Petrillo's breads as well as bread from Gaetano's Bakery in Greece, Martusciello's Bakery of Gates and DiPaolo Baking Co. of Rochester.

The bakery closed without notice, Mammoliti said. It supplied many independent retailers like his deli, he added.

Commercial baking is a labor-intensive business, said Linda Martusciello, whose family owns Martusciello's Bakery in Gates. Often, the younger generation does not want to go into the business, she said. At Martusciello's, Linda and Frank Martusciello's son Frank Jr. and grandson Anthony are the third and fourth generations in the business.

MCHAO@Gannett.com

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