Ovy Pop's Transylvanian Bakery is very popular with residents from his native Romania. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media
Ramona Brumar smoothes out half of a fondant-covered dobos for her daughter's christening party. Ovy Pop's Transylvanian Bakery is very popular with residents from his native Romania. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media
Emilia Bunas, with son Andrei, 5, and daughter Ana, 11, loves to come to Ovy's Transylvanian Bakery because it reminds her of pastries from her childhood in Romania. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media
A display of some very colorful pastries available at Ovy's. Ovy Pop's Transylvanian Bakery is very popular with residents from his native Romania. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media
Ovy Pop, left, owner of Skokie's Transylvanian Bakery, checks to see if Ramona Brumar has her fondant-covered dobos straight on the board. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media
A display of some very colorful pastries available at Ovy's. Ovy Pop's Transylvanian Bakery is very popular with residents from his native Romania. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media
Ovy Pop checks to see if Ramona Brumar has her fondant-covered dobos straight on the board before she sets it down. Ovy Pop's Transylvanian Bakery is very popular with residents from his native Romania. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media
SKOKIE — Since opening an ethnic bakery at Dempster Avenue and Lincolnwood Drive in Skokie one year ago, Transylvanian transplant Ovidiu “Ovy” Pop has revealed the sweet side of his native European region which is better known for vampire mythology than its baked goods. … Read More