Tomaro's

"We tore open this pepperoni roll to show how the twigs of meat are enclosed in the bread and how, as it bakes, oil from the pepperoni seeps out and into the soft fibers of bread all around."
Michael Stern






"We had no cutting board and no knife, and nothing to sandwich between slices, so we simply gnawed on this hard-crusted loaf as we drove around exploring Clarksburg. It is everything a great Italian bread should be, and it is available with different degrees of hard crust, from barely brittle to wickedly crunchy."
Michael Stern



"The pepperoni roll is the unofficial state snack of West Virginia. Here is a trio of Tomaro's mini rolls, each a 2-3 bite affair."
Michael Stern



"The retail area inside Tomaro's is quite small, so small that it is not uncommon to find a line of customers outside the door waiting to get in and buy their baked goods. Tomaro's has been an Elk Point neighborhood bakery since 1914."
Michael Stern



"Tomaro's motto is no joke. Lack of preservatives insures that by the next day, one of these great loaves is good only for croutons, pain purdu, or bread pudding."
Michael Stern