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A (mostly) Spoken History of Clarke Café, Montreal’s Home of the Sangwich

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Italo family history, a Mile End legend, and building a modern institution in the Pointe, as told by Frank Servedio

ParJ.P. Karwacki

10 novembre 2023 · 7 min de lecture

A (mostly) spoken history of Clarke Café, Montreal’s home of the sangwich

Frank Servedio of Pointe-Saint-Charles's Clarke Café | Photograph: Anna Saviolakis @savcollective

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Growing up today, you may not know the Mile End institution Boulangerie Clarke, but you’d likely know Clarke Café in Pointe-Saint-Charles: Home of the sangwich, a simple yet reliable purveyor of Italian imports, goods, and coffee, it’s the reincarnation of the OG landmark, originally opened by Clarke Café’s owner Frank Servedio’s grandfather, Salvatore Servedio, in the Mile End in 1980.

The three Servedio brothers at the original Boulangerie Clarke location on St-Viateur & Clark. | Photograph: Supplied

My grandfather was a hard-working guy... My grandmother, meanwhile, would work at the cash with my aunt in her arms as a baby.

Baked in history

“When Boulangerie Clarke started, they’d do bread for restaurants and cakes— they used to do so many cakes in the 80s and 90s—for the Italian community, but the big box stores killed that a bit.”

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A (mostly) Spoken History of Clarke Café, Montreal’s Home of the Sangwich

Version Anglaise

Italo family history, a Mile End legend, and building a modern institution in the Pointe, as told by Frank Servedio

ParJ.P. Karwacki

10 novembre 2023 · 7 min de lecture

A (mostly) spoken history of Clarke Café, Montreal’s home of the sangwich

Frank Servedio of Pointe-Saint-Charles's Clarke Café | Photograph: Anna Saviolakis @savcollective

The Main est soutenu par ses lecteurs. Les abonnements sont ce qui nous permet de rester indépendants. Cinq dollars par mois — les restaurants, les guides, le bulletin hebdomadaire et que faire chaque week-end. Soutenez-nous aujourd'hui. Soutenez-nous aujourd'hui.

Growing up today, you may not know the Mile End institution Boulangerie Clarke, but you’d likely know Clarke Café in Pointe-Saint-Charles: Home of the sangwich, a simple yet reliable purveyor of Italian imports, goods, and coffee, it’s the reincarnation of the OG landmark, originally opened by Clarke Café’s owner Frank Servedio’s grandfather, Salvatore Servedio, in the Mile End in 1980.

The three Servedio brothers at the original Boulangerie Clarke location on St-Viateur & Clark. | Photograph: Supplied

My grandfather was a hard-working guy... My grandmother, meanwhile, would work at the cash with my aunt in her arms as a baby.

Baked in history

“When Boulangerie Clarke started, they’d do bread for restaurants and cakes— they used to do so many cakes in the 80s and 90s—for the Italian community, but the big box stores killed that a bit.”

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