Gallery: Retzos prepare Columbus Bakery for early-morning bread baking
Gallery: Retzos prepare Columbus Bakery for bread baking
Aiden Retzos (left) and his father, Jimmy Retzos Jr., smile inside Columbus Baking Co. Aiden, who’s the youngest generation of the Retzos family, has worked as a baker for the last three years.
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Columbus Bakery’s window advertises its Italian-style bread. The Syracuse business was originally opened by a group of Italian immigrants in 1895.
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Jimmy Retzos Jr. uses a bread peel to transport loaves of bread at Columbus Bakery. The shop produces four types of loaves: traditional sandwich, flats, raised rounds and points.
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A pile of fresh bread rests in a wooden tray at Columbus Bakery. The bread contains four ingredients: flour, water, yeast and salt.
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Jimmy Retzos Jr. kneads dough in a large wooden trough. Jimmy Jr. and Aiden Retzos get to Columbus Bakery before the sun rises to bake the day’s batches.
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Photos of the past four generations of Retzos line a wall in Columbus Bakery. The store was originally opened by Italian immigrants in 1895, but since 1974, it’s been owned by Retzos family members.
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Jimmy Retzos Jr. watches his son, Aiden Retzos, use a bread peel inside Columbus Bakery. The father-son duo start working between 5 and 6 a.m.
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A mechanical brass cash register sits inside Columbus Bakery. Th e Syracuse business has remained at 502 Pearl St. since it launched in 1895.
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Rows of bread line the oven at Syracuse’s Columbus Bakery. The spot also sells small amounts of pizza dough, meatballs and marinara sauce.
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Aiden Retzos (front) and his father, Jimmy Retzos Jr., prepare loaves of bread. The Retzos family has run the business for nearly five generations.
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