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A look inside America's only pastizzi factory with Malta Joe
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A look inside America's only pastizzi factory with Malta Joe

  • Ellice Lueders / This Is Tucson
  • Aug 11, 2023
  • Aug 11, 2023 Updated May 23, 2025
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Watch now: Malta Joe's bakery is the only pastizzi factory in America. Watch Joe Gauci make pastizzi from scratch at his bakery on 3452 E. Milton Road. 

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The only pastizzi factory in America is here in Tucson

The only pastizzi factory in America is here in Tucson

Joe Gauci is known as Malta Joe, after his pastizzi company in Tucson. You can pick it up frozen in bulk at his factory or get it hot at a local farmers market.

The only pastizzi factory in America is here in Tucson

The only pastizzi factory in America is here in Tucson

Joe Gauci is known as Malta Joe, after his pastizzi company in Tucson. You can pick up pastizzi frozen in bulk at his factory or get it hot at a local farmers market.

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Basil Le Cave's bakery opened in 1935, creating donuts that used vegetable oil and potato flour instead of eggs and dairy products. 

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