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About Bennie’s Bread

Bennie’s Bread has been an Ocean City staple since 1957. The original Bennie came over from Italy in 1952 to be a baker in New York City. He moved to Ocean City in 1957 and opened Bennie’s Bread. When it was time for him to retire, his son Lou took over the bakery and made it a strictly wholesale establishment. He reopened a small retail location at the corner of 12th and Asbury years later.

In 2001, the DiClemente family purchased Bennie’s and made it their own. Within the first year of owning the longtime Ocean City bakery, they expanded to store front to almost three times its original size and expanded both the bread and pastry product lines. After 13 successful years, Hurricane Sandy came through Ocean City and flooded Bennie’s storefront, along with the store front next door. The now vacant corner store needed a full renovation and through that renovation, Bennie’s Bread and Italian Market was forged.

Bennie’s Bread and Italian Market still features the same quality, hearth-baked Italian bread and rolls that made it an Ocean City landmark since 1957. Bennie’s expanding line of pastries, cakes and pies, all of which are baked on the premises, keep Ocean City’s sweet tooth satisfied. The Italian Market features a bounty of homemade, award winning prepared Italian specialty foods, imported meats and cheeses, a line of homemade sauces to accompany any dish, hot and cold sandwiches prepared to order on homemade bread and authentic Neapolitan style pizzas cooked to order in a 750 degree brick oven.

The DiClementes would like to invite your family to join theirs at Bennie’s Bread and Italian Market where the service is always friendly, where the food is always fresh and where EVERYTHING TASTES BETTA ON A BENNIES ROLL.

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1159 Asbury Avenue • Ocean City, NJ 08226

609.398.9450