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The team behind upscale Turkish restaurant Meyhouse is continuing to bring Turkish flavors to Silicon Valley, but this time in the form of baked goods, including soft and buttery açma and rich and tender su böreği.
Established in 2019 in Sunnyvale, Meyhouse expanded to Palo Alto in 2023, with its sister restaurant Meze Kebab debuting in January. Leyla Bakery is the team’s newest project, and the Turkish bakery launched its pickup and delivery service last month out of Meyhouse’s existing restaurants. Owner Omer Artun, who named the bakery after his daughter, hopes to open Leyla’s brick and mortar in Santa Clara early next year.
“We’ve tried doing Turkish breakfast at our restaurants multiple times … but we wanted to have a dedicated Turkish bakery concept because there’s lots of products that are incredibly tasty, but it needs to be done in a bakery, it needs to be done separately outside the restaurant,” Artun said.
Currently, those looking for Turkish baked goods can order online and pick up at either Meyhouse location. The menu features options such as simit, a bagel-shaped pastry coated in molasses and sesame seeds; açma, a soft, buttery pull-apart bread available in original or olive flavors; poğaça, a moon-shaped crumbly brioche-type pastry; börek, a thin and flaky pastry stuffed with spinach, ground beef or cheese; and su böreği, which Artun described as similar to lasagna.
Coffee and tea service will also be available at the Santa Clara brick and mortar. In addition to Turkish tea, Leyla will offer ayran (a yogurt drink) and fresh lemonades in various flavors.
Located in the former Copenhagen Crown Bakery, Leyla is about 2,000 square feet, with 700 square feet customer-facing. There will be a few tables, but Artun expects most orders to be grab and go.
“It’s a completely new dimension of bakery,” Artun said. “These are familiar tastes. These are easy things to appreciate, and I think people will love it.”
Once Leyla Bakery’s brick and mortar opens, Turkish pastries will still be available at Meyhouse, as the team looks to develop its Meyhouse Market, selling housemade products including yogurt, chicken stock and hot sauce.
Leyla Bakery, 632 Emerson St., Palo Alto; 187 S. Murphy Ave., Sunnyvale. Instagram: @meyhouse.leylabakery. Open daily from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5-8:30 p.m. Beginning early next year, Leyla Bakery at 2079 El Camino Real, Santa Clara.
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