Calabria Bakery

Just go for the made to order pizza. The hot prepared food section looks pretty unremarkable, but the pizza is fresh, tasty, and a great deal for $ 10. It’s a thin crust pizza, but the crust still holds up to all the toppings and even when reheating it later, the crust didn’t collapse like some do. I had to ortolano which is all veggies, and the variety and freshness of the toppings was great. I really liked the smoky eggplant and zucchini. You can ask for a bit of spice and they add chili flakes — so good! I would say the pizza is good for 2 hungry people.

Calabria Bakery on Midland was a destination for a casual business meeting on a Friday afternoon, so my friend could preempt traffic from downtown on his way out to the east end.
At 3:30, the pizza oven was still hot, and the cook was happy to take our custom order. Our pizza was thin crust and chewy, excellent as fresh out of the oven. The store wasn’t busy, so we were undisturbed in out discussion. The apple strudel was pleasantly low on sweetness.
The hot table still had some veal cutlets, sausage and veggies, that might have looked better earlier in the day.
In addition to the bread and pastries, the store sells cold cuts and basic Mediterranean ingredients (e.g. extra virgin olive oil). The service was relaxed and friendly.
This location is a short drive to subway stations, so that I could catch the LRT and subway back west and south.
This will be a place that we will keep in mind, as an alternative to the chain restaurant branches that dominate Scarborough.

Very disappointed. The penne was SOOOO salty, my colleague could not finish it. I tried it too, and I agreed, had it not been oversalted, it would have been tasty. I ordered the chicken with mushroom sauce, and the chicken was rubbery and hard to cut, and the gravy was also too salty. We tried the pastry for dessert. The chocolate éclair was «greasy» & left a pasty taste in your mouth, and again, my colleague ate half her canneloni and didn’t finish it. She said the filling was too sweet. We had wanted a «home cooked meal» which was what we thought we’d get, but the quality of the food is not good. Prices are low, but I’d rather pay more and get a satisfying meal. The interior is also shabby and the TV was blasting, but with a big sign on it saying «Do not touch TV.» Don’t waste your time going here.

Boy the markham location is so different as opposite to this location. You can order pizzas only on thur or fri but today was my lucky day. Dumbfounded, the bitter old man looked at me as if I was lucky to taste his pizza. Not knowing the best pizza or how to order, he looked at me as if I walked off a space ship pointing at his pen to write down the order. I could have walked off with it as they were so stupid in not noticing. After waiting to pay, I realized this better be more than decent. It was to be honest, it was not worth the hassle to settle into some dumpy old fashioned restaurant with less than gratified staff.

I go to Calabria for its well regarded wood fired pizza, made in front of you while waiting.
There is an older gent cooking pizza, but only Thursday and Friday, 11AM to 4PM. I guess that’s all he wants to work, but you’ll get a true southern Italy pizza, in 10 minutes, for $ 10. It’s medium, about 12″, and available plain or with traditional Calabrian or Sicilian toppings.
I order mine well done, so that the crispy crust is cooked in the center.
I have glanced at the steam table offerings but nothing there appeals to me like the pizza, which is right up there with the fancy downtown places, but in hassle free suburbia, with a price to match.

The good: Quick service
The BAD: The food! Had a veal sandwich that was awful tasting and cold.

If you have been to the Calabria Bakery up in Markham… the one in Scarborough location will be a big disappointment!
The interior is really dated and old… with cheap cafeteria settings. But this place is runned by the first generation of the Italian family and the one up at Markham is by their offsprings.
The coffee here is A-​OK for $ 3 and served in a proper glassware… but the cookies or pastries in the display case are limited in selections and not too appealing.
But for the pasta and other Italian hot food they served does have a home cooking feel to it. just like what your Italian mama will have feed you with the high carb comfort food!
I would not go out of the way to come here, and I do prefer the Markham location a lot more!