Ararat Bakery

My mom discovered this place a mountain of years ago and my family has been hooked ever since. The go-to’s: Long flat bread called Barbari, Feta Cheese, fresh and unsalted walnuts, pistacios & pignoli nuts. Theyve also got a ton of other baked goods; Lebanese, Armenian and Persian foods. Overall wonderful bakery in Bayside that retains the multicultural dynamic.

Been going here since I was little best place for fresh bread And delicious pepper pizza, go early on sat
For yummy bread and smells this is place is authentic real deal

I drove past this place for years, and I wish I kept driving. I spent about $ 36 here, and maybe 10% of what I bought was worth it. Nothing had a price tag so I don’t know what cost what. Since I was so excited about finally shopping here, I let that slide. I should have asked, now I will.
I bought tahini bread since I read here that it was good, but mine was hard and really, really dry. Warming it up helped a little.
There was also baklava, which I then realized did not have any honey in it, but corn syrup. Not cool, and it wasn’t very good.
I also got lahmajun (props to them asking if I wanted fresh or frozen), but most of them were molding. I got the fresh ones and I’ll admit that I walked with them for a couple of hours, but I never expected that many to go bad.
There was also a bread that reminds me of Iranian Sangak. I had better in Great Neck honestly, so this was a disappointment as well.
The only good thing I had on this whole trip was spanikopita, and I even think that was good was because I walked two miles to get and was really hungry.
Such as shame, I was so excited to finally go here, and I wish I never came.

When you walk into Mt. Ararat, you feel like your in Palestine, Turkey, Lebanon, and Iran all rolled up into one. Mt. Ararat is a combo bakery/​middle eastern specialty shop My favorites are Turkish and Iranian pistachio nuts, the Lebanese breads with fresh humus, Their middle eastern baklava and pastries. If you live in bayside you need to go there RIGHT NOW!

Mt. Ararat is a wonderful place to find lovely, hard-​to-​find baked goodies. Items that are baked on premise include barbari bread, pita bread, raisin loaves and even spanakopita. (Come early if you want the good stuff!) They also sell goods from other bakeries and factories, including baklava, almond cookies, walnut cookies, pistachio nougats, Lebanese ice cream, etc. Savory items include various nuts and dried fruit by the pound, fresh feta cheese by the block and olives too! I’ve also bought some spices, oil and other ingredients here as well.
My favorite however is the Tahini Bread. I believe they subscribe to the theory of keeping things simple and true to the original recipe because I see that their the tahini bread lists only flour, sugar, tahini, cinnamon and corn oil as its ingredients. (Does that mean it’s vegan??) And my are they generous with the tahini! Mmm mmm! Two round discs over 6 inches wide and laced with sweet crunchy tahini (ground sesame paste) throughout … heeeaaven! At only $ 4.99! :)
The Lebanese (?) ice cream they have there is sold by the pint… it’s not in a beautifully packaged container, but ingredients include rose water and cardamon. I think it’s lovely… my friends think it’s strange to eat things that taste like flowers.
If you swing by, you can park on the street if you come outside of rush hour… or you can make a right turn at Springfield and pull into the back parking lot behind CTown and then it’s just a little further down. Just be careful walking out of the tiny driveway to the bakery… it’s narrow and it’s New York.
I don’t know when it opens, but it does close by 8PM on weekdays.
Credit cards accepted over $ 20.

Excellent Feta cheese and the Peta bread is the best I have ever had.

This place is great! They have freshly baked Barbari (
) which can be found nowhere else in New York.