Bisnonna Bakeshop Brings Italian Pastries To Tysons Corner Center

TYSONS, VA — Bisnonna Bakeshop, an Italian bakery with pastries made from scratch, held its grand opening Saturday at Tysons Corner Center.

Bisnonna Bakeshop, named for the Italian word for great-grandmother, was the grand prize winner of the Dreamstart Competition at Tysons Corner Center. The bakery, runner up Garcon Melanine and second place runner up The PopCorn Bag DC won reduced rent inside Tysons Corner Center and other prizes to provide an incubator space for emerging brands. While 20 businesses entered the competition, nine were invited to present their products "Shark Tank style" to a panel of judges.

Bisnonna Bakeshop is open in the former Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant patio inside Tysons Corner Center. Owners Nicole and Dom Liberatore opened the home bakery as an ode to their family matriarchs, whose recipes were passed down generations and made by hand. The business specialized in classic Italian pastries, including the signature cannoli rolled, shaped and filled by hand. All items are made to order and made from scratch.

The owners also drew inspiration from their travel or experiences, such as the Dubrovnik cannoli inspired by their trip to Croatia, a Thai Coffee cannoli inspired by their honeymoon to Thailand, and Black Sesame inspied by an ice cream flavor at SnoCream in Annandale. The bakery also has a zaatar biscotti in the works inspired by travel to Palestine.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday. For more information, visit www.bisnonnabakeshop.com.