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    Jack's Italian Bakery

    3.9 (30 reviews)
    InexpensiveBakeries, Donuts
    Closed 6:00 am - 2:00 pm

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    Pepperoni Roll Half Heated
    Albert T.

    Jack's Italian Bakery is very recognizable off the street with the Italian flag colors on full display. The interior of the bakery is quite small - it only has enough space inside for a couple of customers. There are several small display cases with a small amount of various cookies and strudels, and one hot case with $1.75 slices of pizza. To be honest, the sweets and pizza don't seem to be very high volume, so I only went for their famous pepperoni roll. Double/Double Pepperoni Roll ($5) - Wow this thing is massive! Basically a huge 8 inch sub filled over the brim (literally - there were cheese shreds flying all over the bag) with pepperoni and shredded cheese. They offered to heat it up for me in the store, but I elected to take it home cold and heat up later. This thing barely fit in my toaster oven. Fluffy bread with salty and slightly spicy pepperoni and melty mozzerella. I ate a little over half and was pretty full. Delicious and cheap - what else could you ask from a pepperoni roll? You definitely can't go wrong with Jack's for the pepperoni rolls.

    Nicole E.

    We ordered over 100 donuts for a recruiting event at work for over 100 newly graduated students to join our department for 6 month rotations. We had a mix of donuts came in these wide and bulky boxes. I had to enlist two colleagues to carry the boxes as they were rather awkward to carry any distance at all. Cinnamon donuts and filled donuts. It's good we had any snacks at all for these young recruits. The donuts are gone in less than an hour. I barely got a photo after they were put out. The cinnamon and filled were too bad and went the fastest. The plain and cinnamon are what I tend to gravitate towards to know if they are any good at all.

    Mega Slice Cheap got one and 2 Pepperoni n Cheese Rolls n Iced Cinnamon Roll
    Al P.

    Pizza Rolls truly a Detroit thing invented for the Auto Worker's, that's a story for another day I know the history. Many don't know Jack's started in Taylor before moving to Melvindale. So 44 Year's going strong since 1978 a true Downriver Classic. Nestled in a small building with a green awning on Allen Rd. is a family-run bakery with a passionate following. It's called Jack's Italian Bakery, now operation run by Jack's son doing a great job. Always a group of Friendly helpful ladies and super great prices. The Pepperoni Roll with Cheese my Addiction that you must try one, they warm it for you. Just one is a full delicious meal for me it's huge. So get this a Roll, Big 24 oz Pepsi n Walnut Dessert Bar only $ 6.75 out the door OMG. Cheaper than a fast food combo and the Pepperoni is heavily packed inside with Cheese. Sure everyone has a favorite spot, been to them all. My favorite and your loss if you decide not to try. #jacksitalianbakery @jacksitalianbakery #youdontknowjack #pepperonirolls #pepperonincheese #itailianbakery #melvindale #downriverfriendseat #downriverclassic

    Half eaten pepperoni roll. Save your bag to catch the grease from dripping in your lap!

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    Small and not many choices but long johns were ok. Pleasant staff. Will try again. Nice old original bakery

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    Pizza very good and cheap. Pepperoni rolls are huge. And fresh. Careful with the donuts so good.

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    I am taking a dozen of pepperoni rolls to Arizona for Christmas they are that GREAT the BEST in town!!!

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