Maple Bakery Inc

Great food, and great service. The hot food is excellent. My favourite is sausage on a bun. Veal on a bun and lasagna are also excellent

Love this bakery. Great cannoli. Today I got Tiramisu Zeppole. Good service. Nice staff. Good hot table and I love the pizza sliced. Delish pastries, cakes, donuts and bread. Good small local place.

The popular bakery or confectionary in that area is St. Phillips. I have tried St. Phillips and they are not good.
So what about Maple Bakery?
I respect myself too much to eat something called cronut so I cannot comment on the taste of those.
The cookie and biscottis at Maple Bakery are pretty bad. They taste cheap and unappealing. At best, they have no taste. Mostly, they are just bad. For fresh pastry one has to drive to Garni, but if Garni is too far even a large supermarket like Yummy Market does it better.
The baguette and Viennese buns are good however. You can get them at Sue’s Supermarket too. They have two kinds and they mix them all in the same baskets so pay close attention.
With that said, they are not necessarily baked the same day. If you are not careful you get yesterday’s. when fresh though they are very nice.
The baguette and Viennese might be good because potentially they are the only things they bake in-​house.

Excellent service. They make a really nice cappuccino!
The biscotti are crunchy, and delicious!
The hot table is very reasonable with alot of tasty items. Cakes and pastries, bread, and a selection of frozen meets.

It appears nothing here is made in house, nor made by the same person. Staff is clumsy; expect flattened pastries when opening box. I ordered 9 items, paid for 9, and opened the tidy box and to my surprise there were 6 items.
How do you know this place stinks? Well it seems to be run by a cheapskate. The cakes are brought in. Regional health departments don’t require them to be frozen, but they freeze them. Most are NOT ice cream cakes and only require refrigeration.
The owner likely suspects they will not sell before they expire. So expect the service to suggest this unnecessarily frozen cake should be left to thaw at least 30 minutes before service. It never smells like baking in there and the hot serve section is devoid of food. Meaning the owner does not want to pay for spoilage.
Many other things are frozen in this place. If you want frozen then go 1.5 km north east to the Walmart frozen food section.
Many things are bland here. It gets 2 stars for providing 8 essential amino acids and a plethora of carbohydrates and some beneficial lipids, and nothing more than that.
Parking is fantastically convenient!!!

I have been hearing about how amazing cronuts are! So I decided to try cronuts at this bakery. It was my first and definitely not the last. I tried their chocolate dipped, cinnamon, and sugar! My favorite was chocolate dipped. I loved how it was nice and soft and flaky-​buttery in the inside :)! The only complaint I have is that the bakery only serve on Friday — Sundays. However, good news is you can pre-​order them during the weekday :).

Sorry for mistake, pizza is not the best in 905, must have gone on a good day. BUT desserts are still the best.

Great bakery been going there for years. Not a fan of the front though, however they do have something better… what my colleges and I refer to as the SDT. otherwise known as «stuffed donut Tuesday or Thursday. Comes in either creamed filled or ricotta.
Pizza is awesome and best espresso in town. Bread is good too.

When I recently visited the Greater Toronto Area, the buzz word was «cronut.» Launched by Ansel Bakery in New York about 5 months ago, the cronut is a hybrid of buttery layers of a croissant & crisp fried crunchiness of a doughnut. I asked GTA Unilocalers Wayne C. & Jennifer K. where to get them, & they directed me to Maple Bakery in the suburb of Maple in Vaughan.

Not knowing how popular cronuts were, I was surprised that they were sold out when I got there. Regular flavors were $ 3.75 each (sugar, cinnamon/​sugar, chocolate or vanilla or maple glazed) & custard cream filled at $ 5 each. I was told to pre-​order, even if it was only for 1 cronut, to ensure that I get one. I then placed an order for 2 cronuts, their most popular flavors being cinnamon/​sugar & chocolate glazed, for pick-​up the next day.

The cronuts were delicious! The outside was crunchy, & the inside layers were light & airy. The cinnamon/​sugar mixture made each bite so flaky delicious, with the cinnamon/​sugar crystals falling all over me as I ate; & real dark chocolate was used which made the cronut so creamy and rich chocolaty w/​each bite. Don’t know how the taste compared w/​the original cronut, but those from Maple Bakery were very delicious.


But what made the trip to this bakery that was so interesting was not only the cronuts, but that the bakery was more than a bakery. Opened in 1983, Maple Bakery is an authentic Italian bakery owned/​operated by the Russo Family, w/​recipes handed down by many generations. It started off as a small bakery and gradually expanded over the years to include breads, gelato, sandwiches, hot table, deli, and grocer. In addition to cronuts, some of its offerings, which are made daily, include:
— Fresh Italian-​style breads/​buns — Calabrese (relating to Calabria, a region of southern Italy) breads, Panini,& many others

— Custom cakes — birthday, wedding, baptism, baby blocks shower cake, & many others

— Cookies — shortbread, amaretti, church cross

— Fresh pastries — cartocci, cannoli, & many more


— Homemade gelato — lemon, hazelnut, chocolate, & more
— Deli — Italian cold cuts (salami, prosciutto, sausages, etc.) & cheeses

— Hot table — gourmet pizzas, veal sandwiches, steak on a bun, lasagna, chicken/​eggplant parmigiana, & more
— Grocery items — breadcrumbs, oil, antipasto, soft drinks, coffee
There is a dining area where you can have any of the above as a snack or meal w/​coffee. During the 2 times that I was there, it was a homey feeling, as community residents knew each other by name, eating what they ordered, & chatting about the local happenings; there was no rush to be anywhere but here. A real business that you felt like it was your family. In fact, all of Maple Bakery’s employees are either family or long-​time employees who know the community well. As the city of Vaughan has a large Italian community, this Italian bakery fills the needs of that community.

I enjoyed the pretty decorated pastries, which I could tell contained real butter & real chocolate. I loved the cartocci (cylindrical doughnut filled w/​cannoli cream & chocolate chips) & the cannoli (Sicilian tube-​shaped pastry shell filled w/​sweet, creamy ricotta cheese filling). No skimping of real ingredients here. Truly Italian!
In trying to decide which pastries to get, I noticed that names of the items were not posted & because I was not familiar w/​Italian desserts, I could only point to what I had wanted; however, as the customers are predominantly Italian & from the local community, they know what they want, & there is no need to post any names to identify the items. (I guess I need to get up to speed.)
The bakery is located inconspicuously in a small plaza just north of Major Mac on the west side of Keele Street, w/​parking available in the private lot.
Maple Bakery not only has Italian baked items, but also has hot food, deli items, gelato, and grocery items. It’s also a casual restaurant. And it sells cronuts. Love to go back to try the rest of the items!

I tried my first cronut, here. I found the pastry to be delicious. Staff was awesome, friendly and hospitable.
Unfortunately, I can’t go back for latte and pastries; my previous order wasn’t good at all.

Maple Bakery must have a reason to be in business for that long. 1983… some Unilocalers not even born yet!
The deco though is not as dated. and interior is clean and organized.
The bread and sweet selections all looks tempting! And I just got to pick ONE!
Almond and Apple Flan ($ 2.20)
— tons and tons of almond! Just a touch of apple baked in the filling…
— not too sweet but so flaky!!!
— excellent as a snack and go with a cup of strong coffee
Maple Bakery is small and cozy. A place where people living around the neighbourhood can hang out, pick up decent bread and pastries… I wish my hood has one of this too… Markham Bakery, where can you!!!

This is a Hidden… Italian Café, Grocer, Deli, Gelato, Hot Table and Bakery. I wouldn’t go to say it’s a Gem but more like a Marble. A Marble with it’s own characteristics that makes it more of a place for long-​time existing returning customers rather than for the new faces.
New faces go to the newer places with a hip vibe such as St. Phillips or Nino D’aversa while the Maple Bakery regulars like the basic shop format with half the space for baisc dine-​in table/​chairs. The rest of the shop is of the minimalist as the Breads/​Pastries is the more noticeable element here. Nothing will surprise/​wow but all the basic staples are here.
Where was I in 1983 when this shop opened for business and nearby Wonderland Theme park was just in its infancy? True, the shop is historic but that’s quite the opposite from the 3 cute Italian ladies taking care of the whole shop. First Bakery in Maple is a pretty impressive fact (+0.5 Star).
A lady prepares my Steak Sandwich ($ 5.95) while another takes care of the Café and the last as Cashier, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t interchangeable as they worked like a well oiled Vespa. Mangia! FREE Mushrooms & Onions for Toppings at that price is hard to beat. Load-​me-​up. :P
Oh Btw, I’ve said hidden simply because if you don’t drive by them it is quite hidden even from the busy street of Major Mackenzie. You’re more likely to have the Coffee Culture across the street from Keele street catch your vision.