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Aldo's, a popular eatery in Santa Cruz for nearly 60 years, will not return to its old post atop the Santa Cruz Harbor seawall. For nearly 4 1/2 years now, Aldo's has been located on the Mariner Park Lawn while it awaited reconstruction of its new establishment. Now, that reconstruction will no longer happen... Originally from the Italian coastal town of Riva Trigoso, the Olivieri family came to California in the 1950's and opened their first "stand" (Len's Den) next to the Santa Cruz Wharf. Aldo fished, while his wife Inez ran their business selling pizza, candied apples and other fresh fare. Their young sons Mauro and Walter helped out, with Mauro just old enough to park cars on... Our expert baker Librado has worked with us since then, keeping the old recipes intact, and in time our very own Italian pastry chef Alessio joined the bakery, making it even more unique by bringing the most wonderful art of traditional Italian and French desserts to us.

Primary location: Santa Cruz United States