Jim Bommarito, his brothers Vito and Jack, and his wife Rose started selling lemon ice, wedding cakes and other sweet treats in a Detroit Italian neighborhood in 1925.

Photo by Patricia O’Blenes

ST. CLAIR SHORES — In the presence of friends, family, staff, city officials and others, the Jim Bommarito Bakery celebrated its 100th anniversary on Aug. 25.

In 1925, Jim Bommarito — who moved from Sicily to Detroit — and his wife, Rose, started selling Italian cakes and treats in their Italian neighborhood near Joseph Campau Avenue and Mullet Street in Detroit. From there, the family business expanded to a storefront on Cadillac Boulevard in Detroit in 1934.

Jim’s only daughter, Grace, married Sam Valenti in early 1940, and the business eventually moved to Greater Mack in St. Clair Shores in

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