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Good for families
Wheelchair accessible
Offers outdoor seating
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Quality is the number one ingredient in everything we do!
- HoursOPEN NOW
- Regular Hours:
Mon - Sat Sun - Phone:
Main - 818-846-9100
- Address:
- 3614 W Magnolia Blvd Burbank, CA 91505
- Email:
- Link:
- Categories
- Cuban Restaurants, Bakeries, Breakfast, Brunch & Lunch Restaurants, Caterers, Dessert Restaurants, Family Style Restaurants, Restaurants, Wedding Cakes & Pastries
- Services / Products
- Bakery, Cakes, Cafe, Catering
- Payment Options
- Neighborhoods
- Magnolia Park, Burbank
- Amenities
- Fancy Platters, Pastries, Savory Platters, Sandwich Platters, Dipped Strawberries
- Other Information
Parking: Lot, Street
Wi-Fi: No
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Takes Reservations: No
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Cuisine: Cafe
Drive Through: No
Good For Family: Yes
Good For Groups: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Take Out: Yes
General Info
Tracing its origins to the year 1960, when the Porto family made the tough decision to leave their home in Manzanillo, Cuba. After living through the drastic changes that were taking place around them, they requested permission to leave the country. Immediately Raul Sr. was terminated from his job and sent away to manual labor for the duration of the wait period. Wife, Rosa Porto was also let go. Knowing that it may take years to be able to leave the country, Rosa found herself alone and having to find a means to support her three children Betty, Raul Jr., and Margarita. Rosa, always a talented cake maker, with a passion for baking, entrenched herself in perfecting her recipes and began selling her delicious cakes to friends and neighbors not realizing that she was also building herself a loyal customer base. When the family finally emigrated from Cuba to California, they had not much more than the clothes on their backs, Raul Sr.’s strong work ethic, Rosa’s exceptional baking skills, and a dream for a better life. Soon after the plane landed, Rosa realized that her reputation had preceded her, and met her first customer just as she got off the plane. Raul Sr. took a job as a mechanic and after work delivered Rosa’s cakes. These were hard times, but the family was now in a country filled with limitless opportunities and their dream for a better future became more real as the years passed. Rosa continued on with her cake business and when their home could no longer accommodate the increased demand, opened a little 300-square foot bakery on Sunset Blvd, in the Echo Park area of Los Angeles. From day one, the place was busy, serving close to 50 customers a day. After tirelessly working two jobs, Raul Sr. left his latter job at Van De Kamp’s and joined Rosa full time. Meanwhile, their children Betty, Raul Jr., and Margarita managed to maintain their studies and learn the different parts of the business; baking, decorating, food preparation, customer service, and finances. In the 1980’s, after graduating college, Betty, Raul Jr. and Margarita stayed on with the business each taking on more specific roles. Raul Jr. took on managing the finances and alongside his long-time co-worker and friend, Tony Salazar, focused on new product development, production improvements, and quality control. Margarita joined her mom in the cake decorating area, and Betty managed alongside her father assisting customers. Rosa’s Cuban cakes were soon joined by French mousses, Italian sweets, and international savories. As customers flocked to the bakery demanding countless quantities of Cheese Rolls™, Refugiados™-guava and cheese strudels, and the infamous Potato Ball™ , space became critical. A move was made to a 2,000-square foot facility in Glendale and six years later to one double in size. The bakery continued to grow and more employees where hired to handle the demand for its increasingly broad line of cakes, desserts, and savories. The years proved Rosa’s formula successful. With the entire family’s effort, expansion to a 20,000-square foot facility took place in the 1990’s. Later further expansion included a Café with a menu showcasing signature Cuban sandwiches and lunch favorites. Rosa used her talents into a means of supporting her family and the business she began has turned into one of the most unique family-owned businesses in Southern California. Rosa Porto is now retired, but her recipes and her high standards remain, including her motto, “quality is the number one ingredient in everything we do”. Porto’s Bakery & Café now serves thousands of customers
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Reviews
A great thing about this place is that they have good bread every time of the day. I always go here and get all the dinner rolls I could get.
03/14/13
The food is good but as soon as you leave you are accosted by homeless people begging for money ..There's a guy in a wheelchair with a dog that snaps at you when you go by..And ive seen employees from this place catering to them just wait till someone gets bit by that dog it will stop then
If you never plan on visiting Cuba, then you must have one of their Cuban Sandwhiches (oven pulled pork and delicious ham). Priced at about $4.25, you can even throw in a soda and a bakery dessert, and you'll end up paying about the same price as if you would have gone to Giamellas in Burbank (which is also very good, but overpriced, now). The excellent food at below market value is what makes Porto's my favorite place to eat, whether I'm looking for a fast food place, or even when I'm looking for an elegant casual dining experience. Thanks, Porto's for renewing my faith in Capitalism.
Best bakery in town at really good prices. I'd always thought bakeries in Chinatown were cheap, but this place is even cheaper! (how do they do it??) I've basically tried everything that their bakery has to offer and there is nothing that is bad. Be prepared for long lines and wait. The probably isn't the cashier, but the customers who can't seem to make up their mind as to what to get and they take forever and thus hogs up the line.
only two locactions available. one in burbank off of magnolia & hollywood way. the other in glendale off of brand and california.
