Some places measure their history in decades, and this one measures it in generations of families who keep coming back. Tucked into the south side of a sunny Arizona city sits a bakery that has been filling plain brown boxes with warm treats since long before your grandparents were born.
People drive across the country just to load up on its tortillas, and coworkers can spot that signature box from across the room. What makes a small neighborhood bakery worth a special trip almost a century after it first opened its doors?
Stick around, because the story behind this beloved spot is every bit as rich as the goodies inside its display cases.
A Century of Sweet Bread on Tucson’s South Side
La Estrella Bakery Inc. sits at 5266 S 12th Ave in Tucson, Arizona, and it has been part of this neighborhood since 1922. That is more than a hundred years of turning out Mexican sweet bread for the community…