Frisco Baking Co

The listed hours are wrong.
LUNCH CLOSED 11 – 11:30 DAILY
7:30−2:30 M-​F
7 – 2 Sat
7 – 1:30 Sun

I have been going there for a long time. Over 40 years. I see their bread trucks delivering to The Hat and other deli’s around town. Love it.

When my husbnd has a job in Los Angeles he likes to bring me so I can be his driver and no issue with parking. On most visits I try and run over to Philippes (I will review that momentarily) to get some yummy beef dip sandwiches with blue cheese double dipped. However, last night I made a chuck roast in the crock pot and we had shredded burrotios and we decided today we would have our own beef dip sandwich at home –Now, what kind of roll ?? Costco has great bread for a family of 50-​not for two. So on our drive this morning he came up with the idea of finding a bakery to be accurate, he wanted Phillippes rolls. So I searched and finally called Philliipes to find out where they got the rolls. She was kind and told me Frisco’s so off on my journey I went after dropping hubby off.
A little hole in the wall if you blink you won’t find it. Not a retail store. No frilly baskets, no cheese danish to tempt me just one gal manning the cash register with one glass case. I asked her for the rolls from Phillippes and she asked had I called and I said no, so she went in back where they were baking and came out with a dozen. Now I don’t want to get anyone angry so I just took all of them –the price – 3.50!!! This is a wholesale bakery and I am guessing they are not used to retail prices so thank you! Then I asked her what her favorite bread was she said the sour dough – of course give me one of your sourdough sliced please. $ 2.50! So fresh, crispy crust and soft center of this yummy wonderful suttle sourdough taste. I only wish they were closer to my house or maybe I’m glad they’re not as I ate 3 pieces before my husband called saying he was ready. Can not say enough good about this place and I can’t wait to have the roll with my beef dip tonight! Make sure you have a lady in the box (navigation system) or you will get lost! Oh yah, and just park on the curb in front as there is nowhere else!

Great find for fresh baked bread in Los Angeles. Before going be sure to check on the hours as they seem to fluctuate even from the posted hours. And some sites have the hours completely wrong.

Phenomenally delicious sourdough, Italian & French breads in this blink-​and-​you-​will-​miss-​it storefront! Came here Sunday at 10:30am, and doors locked, closed sign up & no one in sight. Looking at hours sign, I see «lunch 10:20 — 10:40» …go back to car & listen to radio, at 10:39 I glance back at door & it’s open. Sliced or whole, all these breads are outstanding, especially the sourd! Amazing crusts!
Update: looks like sat & sun now open til 2p.

The pizza dough is fantastic, love the sourdough rounds and the baby, large and deli sized sandwich rolls. We’ve been coming here for years. Oh, the croutons are delish too!!!

Their bread is to die for! Bread is by far my favorite food and Frisco Baking Co. has perfected it, i never leave there with just one loaf it’s to hard to decide. Even if you can’t get it fresh from their bakery it is supplied at multiple locations so go try it, you won’t be disappointed!

Amazing sourdough bread. The plan was to make chili bread bowls. My part of the plan was to get the bread bowls. I looked on-​line to see who had the best bread bowls in town. Searches including locations in the west side and some in the OC; Iiving in LA proper I decided to go to this bakery in the Cypress Park area of LA. Knowing that bread bowls aren’t always available for pick-​up, I gave them a call a couple of days before to inquire. The attendant was really friendly asking was size I wanted: 1 ½lb, 1lb or ½lb bowls. I opted for the ½lb size bowl since we were planning on serving chili in bowls more as a novelty than an actual meal. So, yes you do have to pre-​order the bread bowls. The ½ size bowls were each $ 1 and there is no minimum quantity to order. I ended up ordering 1 ½ dozen. As it turned out those ½ lb bowls were bigger than expected. They were about 7 – 8 inches in diameter and about 5 inches high. Nevertheless, they were a hit.
Note: I did have to cut the tops and scoop the center to make them bowls.

While I may not believe that a bearded Jewish dude rose from the dead three days after being crucified, I’m more than happy to believe the fairy tale that you can get amazing sour dough bread outside of S.F. Because this is the flat out truth that this little hole in the wall bakery in the most unexpected spot of the industrial/​railroad area can produce some amazingly good bread.
All you need to do now is add the clam chowder and you got yourself a fisherman’s wharf experience without all the seagull droppings.
As other have pointed out, this place is mainly for whole sale purchases and they crank out a lot of bread daily for various clients. But you should feel lucky that they do keep a small shop open where you can buy it at far better prices than you can find anywhere else. Not to mention that this bread is really fresh. You couldn’t get any fresher with it unless you got into the oven while it was cooking.
If you’re ever in need of a sourdough bread, Italian loaf or french bread — now you know where to go. You will not regret it.

Fantastic bread at a great price. The sourdough is my favorite, but the Italian is very good too.

As an itinerant world traveler (well, continental traveler; okay, okay… STATE traveler), I have made San Francisco a regular stop whenever passing through the western portion of Central California. Not for the scenery, or the history; not to tour Fisherman’s Wharf and Pier 39, or even to browse The Cannery or Ghirardelli Square, but for the sourdough bread.
(Okay, I have to back up a bit and modify a previous claim: I DO visit Fisherman’s Warf, but only because that’s where the Boudin Bakery is.)
I could never leave San Francisco without purchasing a large round of sourdough from Boudin, along with a stick of butter and some grapes from anywhere, which I would proceed to devour en route to wherever it was that I was going.
All my life, I have searched for some bakery that could make sourdough bread comparable to that sold in Boudin Bakery. I’ve tried hundreds of different labels, from San Diego to Seattle, and while I did find one bakery in Seattle that made good sourdough (on the Boudin 1 – 10 scale, it was about a 7), all the others lacked one key quality that should be a requirement if anyone is going to pass bread off as sourdough: sourness! Here in LA, the closest I found was Pioneer sourdough, with rates about a 3 on the Boudin scale, making it far superior to most of the «sourdoughs» I had tried.
For years I wallowed in despair, certain that I would never find a bakery that could make a decent loaf of sourdough – at least not one within a reasonable drive of my home (and by «reasonable, I mean within 150 miles; yes, I am willing to go to far lengths for good bread). Finally, I gave up the search, resigning myself to having to settle for inferior bread for my sandwiches and snacking. But Fate has a way of butting in at the oddest times…
My wife and I were driving toward San Fernando Road one day when, while preparing to make the turn from Avenue 26 onto San Fernando, an enormous silo fell into the road right in front of us. At first, I thought it was some industrial accident, but as I reached for the biohazard suit I always keep on the back seat, I saw a towering beast, resplendent with glittering scales; a biped that lumbered along, devastating entire buildings with every step, then turning back to incinerate the crushed businesses with its fiery breath.
It had been ages since I had seen Godzilla. After we exchanged a few pleasantries, he moved on. But as I prepared to blast a hole through the fallen silo with my always-​handy bazooka, I noticed that the silo belonged to something called the Frisco Baking Company. With a name like that, I HAD to go inside, just on the off chance that they had sourdough that rated better than 3 on the Boudin scale. To my amazement and great joy, the smell of truly sour sourdough wafted through the front door of the bakery as I opened it. Floating a few inches above the floor with my toes waggling to give me meager propulsion, I glided to the counter and bought a loaf, tearing the plastic open on the spot and stuffing an end piece into my mouth.
«Halleluiah!» I cried, scaring the crap out of the saleslady. «I have finally found you, my love, my one and only for evermore!»
(At this point, my wife joined the saleslady in scowling at me.)
Yes, it’s THAT good. On the Boudin scale, Frisco Baking Company’s sourdough rates a 9.5. It’s as close to perfection without having to travel to San Francisco as you can get. And really, who wants to travel to San Francisco, anyway?
For the ultimate test of quality, Godzilla loved it, too, and that’s one hard-​to-​please monster!

A low-​key spot for a loaf of cheap bread
No frou frou 27 grain nut loaf, just flour water, yeast and salt.

the BEST bread ever!!! you wont find a fresher loaf of sourdough bread anywhere in the la area. this bakery rocks! its been a family owned lacation since it opened in 1954. they have great rolls for dinner or to make a sandwich with. the sourdough cant be beat or if your looking for a good loaf of Italian heres the place to go .
I have found their bread at many local restraunts in the area including, The Hat, Northwoods Inn, Capri deli, Palermos Italian Resteraunt in la and so many otherlocations you just cant mane them all. and for the reveiw by Linda M. she oviously has no ideal what real bread should taste like. if your in the market for some of the best bread you have ever had I suggest you stop by their store front.

This place made me sad.
Mostly cause it was a fake-​out by the Unilocal reviewers. I was incredibly excited because of all the high ratings. And then…
It was just meh. One might even say it’s a little on the «bad» side. For one, the bread tastes like it’s industrial made bread. The texture was dry (even though the bread was made just that morning). The crust wasn’t really thick or thin. And worst of all, the flavor was so flat.
I used the french bread for bread and cheese that night for dinner. Even the hubby made a comment. «Why does this bread taste like a rock?» was his complaint. Needless to say, I was disappointed.
But the real reason I was there was not for the french bread but for the sourdough. My usual sourdough bread is Trader Joes Rustic Sourdough bread for something like $ 2.99. When I compare my usual Trader Joes bread to the one I bought from Frisco Baking Company, there’s simply no comparison. Trader Joes has them beat on taste, texture, mouth feel, and even smell!
At least the mistake wasn’t expensive: the french bread and sourdough loaf together only cost me $ 4.30.

Every workday morning… i cruise into work with a faint but warm buttery arouma of freshly baked bread. Why go to your favorite restaurant or market when you can get it direct from the ovens of the Frisco Baking Company???
Our family has been coming here for years. Parking is tough and watch out for that speeding car on San Fernando!
Not too into soughdough but give me a French roll with beans and a coffee… seriously…my last meal folks!
Not fancy (ron and nancy), just bread… all that your little basket can carry.
Keep on Unilocaling!

still endorse the sourdough boule with cinque stelle.
it’s the best thing since sliced bread!
o wait: it is that very sliced bread — i love to watch the lo-​tech bread-​slicing machine in action. it is still revolutionary!
saw a hipster food truck picking up buns here for westside audiences. it was kogi or some rolling burger joint.
there’s nothing like the aroma of sourdough that fills up your car on a warmish day, thus compelling one to lace into the loaf while on errands…
highly recommended.

Try to get there early before the single loaf selection is whittled down, and be careful pulling away from the front… For some reason there is always a biker comin round just as I am leaving… or a truck passing a smidge to close…
Wish I could add more, but the superb history lesson from SD and the mouth watering meal suggestion from TT pretty much sums up the warm and fuzzies I get here.

This bread is the bomb.
Want to be breakfast king for a day? Pick up a loaf. Make a mix of eggs, cinnamon, a little milk (soy works too) and a touch of real vanilla. Soak bread in mix while butter melts on pan. Place egg soaked bread on buttered pan. Give it a few minutes. Flip. Another few minutes. Put on plate. Add maple syrup, powdered sugar, strawberries, whip cream, or whatever…
and prepare to have the best french toast of your life.
Seriously, once you make french toast with this sourdough bread you will never make it with anything else. It’s so freaking good!

This area around Cypress Park, Glassell Park and Elysian Valley used to be known as LA’s Breadbasket because so many of the wholesale bakeries that supplied Restaurants and supermarkets were located in these neighborhoods. Only a couple are still surviving and fortunately that includes the Frisco Baking Co. Although their business is primarily wholesale, they still maintain a small shop in front where they sell to retail customers. I have been coming here for sourdough and French bread for a long time. They produce only a few different varieties but what they do, they do very well. A 1 ½ lb. Sourdough or French bread loaf is just $ 2.30 which is a bargain compared to supermarket prices. The friendly woman who works in the shop is another reason to feel welcome here.