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With the upcoming expansion of three new locations, New York City’s Angelina Bakery looks to better serve its loyal customers.

Soon to be opening in Times Square, Herald Square and Williamsburg, the bakery has announced the launch of its official mobile app taking orders directly and offering exclusive deals and limited-time offers. Upon download, users will receive three 30 percent discount coupons and can earn points through ordering to get rewards. Extra features include daily deals and promotions and updates on seasonal menu items.

The Angelina Bakery Mobile App will allow busy New Yorkers to pre-order their breakfast, lunch and more quickly and efficiently with a user-friendly interface. The app will be available for free download starting Thursday, October 21 in the Apple Store, Google Play, Windows Store and Amazon Appstore.

Owner Tony Park, Italian-born but of Korean descent, brings a unique perspective to the pastry scene with Angelina Bakery – combining authentic Italian pastries with an Asian twist. Angelina’s famous Bombolone, an Italian donut, has been reimagined with an Asian-influenced recipe to be lighter with less sugar and butter but with more water and still has the same delicious taste. The Bombolone and Angelina’s other famous confection, the Brissant (brioche x croissant hybrid), are both available on the app for NYC locals and are also available nationwide on Goldbelly.

“I tried to take the best of all the countries I’m from – the artisanship of a Palermo bakery in the Vucciria (local market), the Korean-detailed attention to testing and finding the right balance between ingredients and the New Yorker philosophy of wanting an authentic breakfast and lunch, but often on the run,” says Park.

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Angelina Bakery is marking its official expansion in New York City with the opening of a new flagship store in the heart of Manhattan and theatre district in Times Square. Known for its Asian-inspired Italian baked goods, such as the iconic bombolone, Angelina Bakery’s biggest location yet offers even more unique menu items and treats.

The new location is a 4,000 square foot structure built across two floors. The décor boasts Angelina Bakery’s Tiffany blue with added white and gold details and features a big open kitchen, visible to the street so onlookers on Broadway can peer in.

“Since I was a little boy, I always dreamed of owning a food establishment in Times Square,” says Antonio “Tony” Park, owner of Angelina Bakery. “Back then it was McDonalds. I used to race my skateboard up and down Broadway and then sit on the corner of 45th and Broadway and think about how many burgers I was going to sell one day. To now own a bakery in the center of the city, I can say my dreams have come true.”

To celebrate the opening, Angelina Bakery is giving all customers a free bombolone upon purchase during the opening weekend.

In addition, Angelina Bakery has partnered with The Actors Fund to create a special Broadway Bombolone featuring their renowned motto, “I Heart the Arts” in colorful sugar. Available exclusively at the Times Square location starting November 30, all sales of this special bombolone are donated to the organization that supports working professionals of the theatre and entertainment community.

“What a ‘sweet treat’ to be included in the opening of Angelina Bakery in Times Square,” says Joseph Benincasa, president and chief executive officer of The Actors Fund. “As Broadway theaters re-open their doors, The Actors Fund is here to support professionals in the performing arts community as they get back to work. And, we can’t wait for audiences to once again enjoy the magic of live theater—along with a Broadway Bombolone, of course!”

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Big dreams such as a new 4,000 square foot, two-floor location come true for Tony Park, the owner of Angelina Bakery. 

Not only will it be a massive new location open on Dec. 1, but it will also be located at the boiling spot 1675 Broadway, right next to Times Square. 

“I used to race my skateboard up and down Broadway and then sit on the corner of 45thand Broadway and think about how many burgers I was going to sell one day. To now own a bakery in the center of the city, I can say my dreams have come true,” said Park.

In his bakery named after his daughter and Italian grandmother, Angelina Bakery servesItalian and Sicilian pastries with an Asian twist. Park created a better and healthier version of bombolone which includes less sugar and butter instead includes more water in it and ends up not different from a classic recipe, in his bakery bombolone is 600 calories when in traditional way of cooking it is usually over 1,000. 

The traditional breakfast menu offers croissants, tarts and a hybrid of a brioche and a croissant, called Brissant.  For lunch the bakery presents three different styles of Italian pizza making – Romana (crunchy dough), Neapolitan (burnt finish) and Sicilian (crumby breading). And of course different kinds of pasta, lasagna and appetizers. 

For dessert, guests can try Gelato and cremolato(a mixture of granita and gelato). In traditional Italian flavors such as blood red orange, amarena (cherry), mandorla (almond), casata siciliana, watermelon, fig, licorice, ricotta and honey. 

In addition to those who want to try something else, Park innovatively created a Ciao Boba tea. It is a yogurt panna cotta drink with fruit frappe and yogurt panna cotta with Pistachio Boba. 

And only in the Time Square location will be also offered a gold luxury dessert line composed of custom gold cakes, such as their gold chocolate fortune cookie cake with matcha ganache and white chocolate pearls. 

“I’m a New Yorker, a Korean and an Italian. I bring to Angelina Bakery the memories of my youth in the Vucciria market of Palermo, the Korean spirit of finding new ways to create food and the New Yorker mentality that you can make anything happen in this City,” adds Park.

On the opening weekend as a celebration, all customers will receive a free Bombolone upon purchase. Angelina Bakery has partnered with The Actors Fund to create a special Broadway Bombolone featuring their renowned motto, “I Heart the Arts” in colorful sugar. Available exclusively at Angelina Bakery’s new Times Square location starting Nov. 30, all sales of this special bombolone will be donated to this renowned organization that supports working professionals of the theatre and entertainment community. Joseph Benincasa, President and CEO of The Actors Fund called it a ‘sweet treat’, sweet in all meanings. 

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A new bakery called Angelina at 52nd St. and Broadway opens this week and part of its profits go to The Actors Fund, whose president Joe Benincasa calls the new pastry proceeds “a sweet treat.”

A new bakery appealing to Broadway lovers, Angelina Bakery, just opened its doors. NBC New York’s Jen Maxfield reports.

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