Yazdani Bakery

Yazdani Bakery
Location within Mumbai
Restaurant information
Food type	Bakery and snacks
Street address	Fort
City	Mumbai
State	Maharashtra
Country	India
Coordinates	18.933°N 72.833°E / 18.933; 72.833

Yazdani Bakery is an Irani cafe or Persian style bakery in Mumbai, India.

History

The bakery was opened in 1953 by Meherwan Zend, a Parsee baker.

The bakery

All products in the bakery are handmade, and baked in diesel ovens. The bakery draws a lot of visitors, particularly international visitors especially Germans. The building, built in the early 20th century, was originally a Japanese bank, which was later sold off.

Honour

On December 11, 2007, the bakery was felicitated by Maharashtra governor SM Krishna the Urban Heritage & Citizens Award.

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  A worker using a bread slicing machine to slice loaves of bread
• Video of a bread slicing machine in use at the bakery
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  A plaque commemorating Yazdani Bakery's 2007 Urban Heritage Award

See also

• List of bakeries

References

• Yazdani: Bread and butter for three generations of Mumbai Iranis | CNN Travel
• Yazdani Bakery: A place with a soul in the megalopolis | Business Line
• http://www.uppercrustindia.com/21crust/twentyone/people3.htm