Although Italian Bakery of Virginia, MN has been around for more than 50 years, you could say our history extends back even further. In the early 20th century, a woman named Mary Janezich shared her potica recipe with her son-in-law Geno, who was planning to open his own bakery in Virginia, Minnesota. Geno started using Mary's recipe to make potica bread, and he found it attracted Slovenian immigrants hoping to get a taste of home to his bakery.