NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP, PA — A new Italian pastry shop is coming to Newtown Township.
Santina’s Pastry Shop by Nino’s will be setting up shop at the Village at Newtown South at the former Smoothie King store, according to a sign in the store’s front window.
Jane Mendello and her husband, Nino, who opened Nino’s Pastry Shoppe on Quakerbridge Road in Trenton in 1996, are hoping to launch their newest venture sometime this spring or early summer.
“Coming your way. Nino is so excited,” Mendello wrote on Facebook.
“Will I be able to buy Pasticciotto? I have to import them from New Jersey,” responded a customer and fan of Nino’s.
“He will make them by hand for you,” Mendello responded. “Wait till you guys start smelling the store … the whole shopping center will smell of the great pastries the Italians have been known to make!”
“Best walnut ring! I drive 30 minutes to get it often,” wrote one fan.
“He will continue to make his famous DANISH RING,” responded Mendello.
Nino’s Pastry Shoppe was opened in Hamilton back in 1996 by Nino and his wife, Jane. Nino was born and raised in Palermo, Sicily. He came to America with his family when he was 15 years old. He worked in different bakeries, took everything he learned, opened his own bakery and
realized his dream.
Over the years, the couple built the pastry shop into one of the best around known for its cannolis, pies, cookies, cakes, pastries and much more.
The shoppe also specializes in cream donuts, Danish, crumb cake, tea biscuits, walnut rings and Italian pastries, including cookies, cakes and other goodies.
