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David Yeretsian has created a standard in the Armenian-Middle Eastern bakery industry for over half a <br>century. The name Sasoun Bakery has become synonymous withdelicious and freshly baked Armenian <br>food. Over the years, David has grown from a young baker, who had to work to support his father and <br>siblings,to asuccessfulownerofseveralbakeriesinSyria,LebanonandtheUnitedStates.Inthelast27 <br>years,SasounBakeryhasburgeonedfromasmalllocationintheLittleArmeniasectionofHollywoodto six <br>locations all across Los Angeles County.Davidu2019s passion for the natural and wholesome started at a very <br>young age.
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armenianbakeryglendale David Yeretsian has created a standard in the Armenian-Middle Eastern bakery industry for over half a century. The name Sasoun Bakery has become synonymous withdelicious and freshly baked Armenian food. Over the years, David has grown from a young baker, who had to work to support his father and siblings,to asuccessfulownerofseveralbakeriesinSyria,LebanonandtheUnitedStates.Inthelast27 years,SasounBakeryhasburgeonedfromasmalllocationintheLittleArmeniasectionofHollywoodto six locations all across Los Angeles County.David’s passion for the natural and wholesome started at a very young age. David was born in Sasoun, Turkey. When he was two years old he lost his mother to illness and moved to Syria with his father. He had to start working at a young age to help his father financially. He worked on a farm driving a tractor harvestingwheatforflour.Shortlythereafter,heworkedsidebysidewithexperiencedbakers.Several years later, he decided to take his passion for baking into the next level and created his own organic recipes. That is when he opened up his first bakery in Syria. In a short time, he became the owner of three bakeries. Unfortunately, this dream was short lived due to the government control over the bakeryindustry in Syria.HelefthisbakeriesbehindandsettledinBeirut,Lebanonwherehehadtostart alloveragain.His passionforbakingfueledadesireto buildanameforhimselfagain,thistimeonagranderscale.Within a fewmonths, heopened his first Sasoun Bakeryin Beirut and quickly became ahuge success.Over the years, Sasoun Bakery came to be the most trusted bakery name in Lebanon, known for its tasty lahmajunes and unique Torpedo spicy cheese beoregs, a creation of David’s. In 1985, due to the unrest andunstablesituationcreatedbytheongoingcivilwarinLebanon,Davidlefthislifeandbakeries to his siblings and movedwith his wifeand four daughters to Los Angeles.Havingmoved to a new country for the third time in his life, David had to rebuild his life and business all over again. Not knowing the language, city, or anything besides his recipes, he managed to open up his first Sasoun Bakery in East Hollywood ata
location notorious for a successionof failed businesses.But that didnot discourage him and within a few years, once again, he had dominated the market against all odds. He had found huge success. He opened his second location, followed by four more. Today,heownssixbakerieswithintheLosAnglesCounty area. Ground beef is another popular filling for Meat beorek. The beef is prepared with a number of spices and cooked before it is used to fill the dough. Again, herbs and spices such as black pepper and parsley are added to the meat mixture to give added flavor to our pastries. A good meat beorek should have plenty of filling and although dough can be heavy it will not weigh your down like some dough-based dishes can.Other fillings for beorek include, spinach and potato, which are available from Sasoun or are availableonrequestforcateringservices.Comeandsayhelloandwecandiscusspreparinglargeorders if you are catering for family and friends or your work colleagues. SasounBakeryBeor You can find the best meat and cheese in Los Angeles in on of our Californian bakeries—Glendale, Hollywood,VanNuys,LaCrescentaandReseda.HeadbakerDavidhasbeeninthebakeryindustrysince his teenage years , developing a family led business with food loving fans through California. TheSasounteamisproudofourArmenianheritageandaimtodelivertraditionalrecipesthat ourfamily would be proud of. The name Sasoun comes from a town in historical Armenia but present day Turkey. —the place where David was born and lived before moving to Syria then the US.Sasoun make meat, cheese,andspinachbeorekmadefromthefinestingredientsthatLAhastooffer.Wealwaysmakeour beorek from scratch and lots of love is put into the finishing product.
Our flour is organic and all other ingredients are fresh and sourced as locally as possible.Come and Sample the Best Beorek in California Whether you are in Glendale, Hollywood, Van Nuys,or Reseda you can sample the best beorek in Los Angeles.Fromourfamily-runbakeriesyoucansampledifferenttastesandflavorsthatwilltransportyou to Armenia. All of our bakeryproducts are made freshly each day and can be eaten hot or cold. If you want to try other tastes of The Middle East you should try our Cheorok and Lahmajune or some of our tasty tahini bread. As most of our bakery products are easy to eat by hand they are ideal for days out and picnics as well as a quick lunch option when you only have a short break from work.