Markellos Baking Company

It was not my first time visiting, but I was coming back after a few years. There's a huge variety of baked treats at reasonable prices. I like that they have pastry baskets for the self-service because they're easier to carry than the huge metal tray (especially for children). This time, I got some cheese pastries for the adults and donuts for the kiddos. It was before 9am, and they sadly only had the strawberry churros, so I opted out. They have prepacked pastry bags available at a discount as well. Not pictured are the slices of tres leches cake and flan I bought because the leches spilled out of the container in the bag during transport. Muy triste that by the time I got to the cake, it was zero leches! Ten cuidado when traveling with tres leches.

They used to be 24 hours when I lived nearby. I blame my diet sins mostly on living a few blocks away. I haven't tried a 2am churro in a while so Idk.. but this place will convince any carb free living person to skip a day. I was told that it used to be a Greek place that was taken over by Mexican-American bakers. I have no idea if that's true, but there is some variety that I enjoyed so much. Pay with cash if you can, but they do take cards. There's off street parking at this friendly place. They have bread, and also sweet bread / pastry and other desserts. My personal favorites were the guava hand pie and the churros. If they sold coffee, I would probably never be able to go anywhere else for sweets.

My favorite cake is tres leches and it's the moistness and sweetness that makes it a winner for me. I've had this cake at a number of places (Whole Foods makes a really good one BTW). But I was really impressed with Markellos selection, I chose the one with a chocolate topping!! It was darn good - yes indeed!!They've also got a wide offering of other favorites - cheese pastries (twice as big as Porto's in LA), churros, Bundt cakes and other Mexican pastries. The parking is a bit tight but the service is very friendly and attentive. I'll be back because this place is muy bien mi Yelpito amigos!!

Very friendly staff. But I'm afraid almost everything we purchased this morning was inedibly stale. We got a chocolate glazed donut, which was as expected. But we bought two different conches, some sort of sweet bread, and a piece of chocolate cake. The chocolate cake held up better than the sweet buns, but just about everything ended up in the trash. Maybe we shouldn't have gone on a Sunday. If you're going to give them a shot, do it on a weekday.

pretty good bakery, the cupcakes and pound cakes are all pretty good. The straweberry cake slices are good too, not too sweet. It has lots of items with sprinkles which the kids love

Yes indeed, Markellos is a 24 hour bakery on Lawrence Avenue tucked into a little strip mall with a very busy free parking lot fronting it. I've been here a bunch of times over the years, and they do crank out lots of fresh baked goods. Sometimes you will still see the items cooling on the racks. Although I have tried many of the selections here, I do not seem to have a "go to" item though the closest for me might be one of the churros. Occasionally they will have savory items such as a Guatemalan tamale. Tempt your taste buds (and your buds' taste buds) with some sweet treats from Markellos if you are in the area. Conchas, cookies, danishes, donuts...

The only bakery I get Guatemalan bread.. have followed this bakery for at least 49 years from its previous location

This bakery has been my family's go to for over 30 years. Lately, the price gauging that's going on here is robbery. Ex: a croissant two years ago cost $1.25, today it's nearly 4 dollars! Not only are the prices ridiculous, the quality has gone down as well. This one always packed bakery is often found empty selling day old baked goods. I won't be surprised if it closes and it'll be at the fault of the owners greed. Buy your baked goods else where.

OMG! How can I even begin to describe my great experience at Markellos?!! I went there looking for a birthday cake for my partner, and ended-up meeting the owner, Irene. She spent a half hour with me talking about different options and letting me sample a few things before I made the final decision on which cake that I wanted. She also talked to me about design ideas, and what she would be able to do in order to make the cake look beautiful for the birthday party. Not only did it look beautiful, but the Tres Leches cake was absolutely delicious! So many compliments from all the party guests!!!!! Markellos will be our go-to for all our future cakes!

The cakes are really good and the sweet bread too but we always get our birthday cakes here the tres leches vanilla one is good