- ADVERTISEMENT - Taking over what was formerly the Italian restaurant La Strada, Colossus’ new space is nearly double the size of the 700-square-foot locale in San Pedro, one notable new feature being a conventional bread oven—something the first location lacked the size and electrical requirements to install. It’s a production boon for the popular bakery, which has seen an increase in demand through the pandemic, and will allow Rodriguez to not only supply her San Pedro store with all its artisan, made-from-scratch breads and pastries, but expand their menu offerings as well. “If anything, our demand went up [through the pandemic],” Colazas-Rodriguez said. “Our space wasn’t set up for COVID, so my goal was to give us a little more scale, space and equipment so that we could keep producing and do it more safely and sustainably.”