Porto's Bakery

Well, you may have had one of their meat pies or pastries on Christmas. Portos has become part of the fabric of Southern California and the family business going strong for more than 30 years now. And as K-Counselors Delia Caballero shows us, they're about to take a giant step forward. This is the bakery, the first location that were able to buy. BATRI'S PORTO IS SHOWING US AROUND PORTO'S BAKERY IN GLENDALE, ONE OF THE FAMILY'SIX LOCATIONS. We get to do what we love. A constant reminder of her mother Rosa's will to bake under wraps in Cuba when Castro was in power. This was illegal. And keep doing it when she got to the States. My father didn't support her at the beginning. She said, I'm going to make it and you'll see. And at some point, she opened her first mom and pop in San Zan Silver Lake. She told my dad to quit his job and then he came to work for her. That was in 1976 in Echo Park. And pretty soon, she and her siblings started working at that bakery too. This is part of our DNA now. Besitos. Went from being a mom and pop with three employees to now. We have And Jennifer Gongora is one of them. I can help next. Gaston Line, please. Do you have potato balls? They treat us In the back, you'll also find another Porto. This is where we do all the production, all the baking. Margarita helping out in any way she can. That's the smell you're going to get that drives everyone crazy when you pass by a bakery. I'm very proud. I'm very blessed to have so much support from all the employees that join us. Employees that are helping fuel their Cuban American dream. We see 2 million customers every month. Rosa Porto died in 2019 and her husband Raul died in May of this year. Three potato balls and one chocolate croissant. But the bakery lives on stronger than ever with new expansion plans. Next up, downtown Disney. So this is going to be n This is Now, The continued expansion is a testament to the strong foundation her mom and dad laid out. We just want to keep growing and we have something called Bake at Home. If you want to sell your mom in New York, a box of potato balls, you can do it. Go on the website, Bake at Home. They send you all the product. Keeping their mission at the forefront. We're carrying our parents legacy. Now, who doesn't want to carry their parents legacy? We have that hungry immigrant mentality. Reporting in Glendale, Lustelia Caballero, we never take things for granted. KKEL News.