It’s about integrity, folks
Porto’s Bakery
The first question my friend Hayden lobbed toward the cashier-in-training was the following:
“Excuse me miss, but do you happen to carry Inca cola at this establishment?”
Casher-in-training [excitedly]: “Why yes we do!”
I didn’t have the heart to tell her that Hayden was just being a wiseass, but the delivery of sardonic wit tends to be the outcome of long bakery lines. I’m not sure what originally possessed us to venture to Glendale for lunch, but I do know what will bring me back: the regular cheese rolls, the sumptuous potato balls filled with ground beef and the cubano sandwiches.
Note to newcomers: do not get the regular cubano sandwich. While the slow-roasted pork is top-rate, the bread is a little dry. Get the cubano sandwich on the sweet roll, which is sweeter and more moist. The perfect sandwich.
A colleague of mine at work does a little bit of legal work for Porto’s Bakery. I asked him excitedly if he is allowed to cut the line. Interestingly enough, the owner doesn’t allow anybody to cut the line. If he allows anyone to cut the line, it threatens the integrity of the operation and of course chaos would ensue. And nobody likes chaos when they want their slow-roasted pork sandwich. You have to respect a man with principles.
Porto’s Bakery, 315 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA 91203, (818) 956-5996
