06/19/2026
We would like to address a concern that a few people have expressed since we opened, which is the fact that we don't offer "free bread" for the table. First of all, you don't get free bread in Italy. You don't even get free water in Italy.🤣 Second of all, we are a small, family owned business, not a huge corporate owned chain. We offer freshly baked focaccia with the highest quality olive oil for $6. If this item was priced accordingly, it would be $12 on our menu. We offer it for barely above our cost. We use the highest quality imported Italian ingredients for this bread and oil dish. If we offered this bread for free, we would have to employ a full time baker with how much of this we sell, which would also result in us raising our prices to cover the cost. So in conclusion, we offer this amazing freshly baked focaccia with olive oil with fresh herbs for pretty much cost. We hope this helps explain on why we don't offer free bread like those corporate chains that people compare us to. When you dine at Osteria Mia, you are getting the highest quality ingredients.
