Try Not to Eat These Porto's Photos

PHOTOS BY TAMARA PALMER

Southern California’s pre-eminent Cuban bakery Porto’s changed everything when they started offering nationwide shipping of frozen, unbaked versions of some of their most coveted pastries, but visiting one of their locations in person is still a most rewarding experience both to take advantage of their hot food cafe options as well as the positive visual stimulation of seeing their entire high quality and high value sweets collection presented in the cases. Here are some highlights I’ve photographed over the last few visits (a frequent tradition on the way out of town):

Cheese rolls

Potato balls

Dulce de leche besitos

Mango empanadas

Ojos de tigre

Glazed coconuts

Quesadillas

Pork tamales

Guava cheese danish, cheese rolls, dulce de leche besitos

Cheese rolls, ojos de tigre, dulce de leche besitos, mango and pineapple empanadas

Deserving of its own seat at the airport and on the plane.