Good news! After dozens of 5-star reviews, this Boise restaurant quickly closed
When a modest but popular Italian dessert cart went brick-and-mortar in December, Boise fans were thrilled about the expansion — but not always wild about waits at the small, overwhelmed bakery and cafe.
“The line was so long we couldn’t stay,” an online commenter admitted on Caffè Sorrento’s Facebook page. “We’re planning on trying again soon!”
Prepare for more mixed emotions.
Caffè Sorrento, 10668 W. Overland Road, has closed. But wait — that’s good news. (Unless you were a regular living in Southwest Boise.)
It’s moving to a new space several miles away — at 5624 West State St.
Offering “Italian pastries, focaccia and vibes,” Caffè Sorrento is the culinary brainchild of married couple Tony and Emma Curcuru. It’s a restaurant offshoot of the Tony Cannoli mobile food stand. The menu includes Italian pastries and cookies, plus Genovese focaccia by the slice or sandwich.
And Idahoans can’t get enough. The concept is rated 5.0 out of 5.0 stars on Google with review praise such as “What a gem!” “absolutely phenomenal!” and “IT IS WELL WORTH THE WAIT!”
Like its predecessor, the new store mainly will be a grab-and-go outfit, “with limited bar/patio seating,” Caffè Sorrento wrote on Instagram, “but the larger kitchen space designed to our operations will help streamline the flow of everything to get people in and out!
“We understand this will affect those in the neighborhood of our Overland/5 Mile location,” Caffè Sorrento continued, adding, “please know we greatly appreciate your support and hope you can understand our (reasoning) for this move. We’d of course be overjoyed to still see you regularly at our new location!”
Caffè Sorrento is shuttered this week for the move. It plans to reopen next week — “assuming all goes as planned.”
The Curcurus aren’t exiting their old space on Overland. Instead, their other food endeavor, Just BEE Açaí — previously a camper-turned-food trailer — will become a storefront there serving acai bowls and avocado toast.
Caffè Sorrento was inspired by Tony Curcuru’s background as a kid “raised in an Italian-American home where going to Italy and enjoying authentic recipes was a normal part of my life,” he wrote last year on social media.
In 2017, Curcuru quit his job and moved to Italy, where he was inspired to return and create the Tony Cannoli cart. The Curcurus have “spent years developing and perfecting recipes to share with our community,” he wrote. “Emma has been incredibly talented when it comes to figuring out these recipes and after traveling to Italy with me herself, she’s developed her own love for the culture.”
Now Boise appears to be falling in love with Caffè Sorrento.
“We visited Italy last year, and I have to say that the sandwiches and pastries sold here are just as good,” one Google reviewer proclaimed.
“We stopped in on a Sunday morning and were met with a line down the sidewalk,” another wrote. “The hype is real and for good reason.”
This story was originally published June 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM.