I don't understand what's the fascination of Porto's in Los Angeles. This is my second time at the Glendale branch on a weekend, and the line was super long even though they had different lines for pick-up, coffee, pastry orders, etc. This time, I waited for 20 minutes just to get a few pastries! 

As usual, I picked the popular guava strudel, which has somewhat of a cult following at Porto's. While looking back at my photos, I realized that they actually spelled 'strudel' incorrectly! So why the fascination with Porto's? Is it because guava is considered an exotic fruit in the U.S.? I grew up with a guava tree at home so I don't find anything special with guava in a puff pastry. Someone please enlighten me. Is it because it is a legendary bakery? Yelp reveiwers say it is cheap, which is debatable depending on how you analyze the cost, and there's a tons of assorted goodies, but not as inventive as the also popular Voodoo Doughnuts in Portland. There's got to be more than that to have legions of followers. What say you?

Halloween monster cupcakes

Cheesecake

Please spell STRUDEL correctly!!

My guava strudel

Cheese roll