Betty Porto, who co-owns Porto’s Bakery and Cafe with her family, holds up two cakes at their Downey location, on Wednesday, February 15, 2017. The family is opening a fourth location in Buena ...

May 24, 2024 / 2:28 PM PDT / CBS/City News Service Raul Porto Sr., the founder of the iconic, family-owned Southern California institution Porto's Bakery & Cafe, has died at age 92.

Porto’s Bakery & Cafe dates to 1960 when it started as a small, neighborhood bakery. Now there are five Southern California locations serving a wealth of baked goods, sandwiches and more.

Rosa Porto, the baker and Cuban émigré who founded the popular Porto’s Bakery & Café chain in Southern California with her family, died Friday, according to the business’s Instagram page ...

Betty Porto, who co-owns Porto’s Bakery and Cafe with her family, holds up two cakes at their Downey location, on Wednesday, February 15, 2017. The family is opening a fourth location in Buena ...

Rosa Porto, the baker and Cuban émigré who founded the popular Porto’s Bakery & Cafe chain in Southern California with her family, died Friday, according to the business’ Instagram page. She ...

Betty Porto, who co-owns Porto’s Bakery and Cafe with her family, holds up two cakes at their Downey location, on Wednesday, February 15, 2017.

After finishing her favorite Cuban sandwich from Porto’s Bakery & Cafe in Downey, Monica Oviedo becomes giddy when she learns the Los Angeles institution is days away from opening in Orange County. “I ...