Porto’s Bakery Teases Fall 2021 Opening in Northridge With Weekly Pastries

Porto’s Bakery was originally scheduled to open in the Northridge Fashion Center in 2020, but construction was delayed due to the pandemic. Now the popular Cuban bakery is hoping to open some time later this year in the fall, potentially September or October, but in the meantime, they’ll be teasing the neighborhood with pastries at the weekly farmers market on Wednesday evenings, reports CBS LA.

The bakery will bring over a number of its best selling items, from potato balls and cheese rolls to chocolate chip cookies to the weekly market in an attempt to curry favor with locals and give anyone who hasn’t had the LA institution a taste. Porto’s first opened in 1976 in Echo Park before debuting the flagship in Glendale. From there, Porto’s has expanded to Burbank, Downey, Buena Park, and West Covina. Northridge would make the chain’s sixth location.

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