Take-Away Greek Food Fest Fridays resume this fall after a short hiatus. Place your order and stop by for a Greek Food Feast! October 23 • November 6 • November 20 • December 4 • December 18 12 – 6 pm • Pick up by reservation only (order by 10 pm the day before) Use this …
Glyka Sweets featured in San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle’s restaurant critic Soleil Ho wrote about our “comforting Greek pastitsio” in an article published on October 11, 2020 titled Restaurants’ best frozen foods. She writes that the “highest compliment for frozen food is the eater’s inability to tell that the food was a micro-glacier just an hour before dinner.” The foods on …
Take-Away Greek Food Fest • July 2, 2020
Kick off your July 4th Independence Day Weekend with some traditional Greek food! “Take-Away Greek Food Fest” at Glyká Sweets in San Rafael this THURSDAY July 2nd, 12-6 pm. Orders by reservation only (before Wednesday July 1st at 6 pm). Use this Gyro order form and place your order by phone (415-454-4054), text (415-823-9433) or …
Take-Away Greek Food Fest • June 19, 2020
Missing Greek food this summer? Need to satisfy your Gyro craving? Join us for our first “Take-Away Greek Food Fest” at Glyká Sweets in San Rafael this Friday June 19, 12-6 pm. Orders by reservation only (before Thursday June 18 at 6 pm). Use this Gyro order form and place your order by phone (415-454-4054), …
Glyka-Sweets Featured in the Greek Edition of the National Herald Newspaper (December 21, 2017 Edition)
Click here to read the Greek version or read our English translation below. With Yiayia’s Recipes… Effie Fourakis and son Achilleas, of “Glyka-Sweets,” bake and sell Greek cookies and pastries following family recipes developed by Achilleas’ Yiayia Lilly. Indeed, even non- Greek customers have learned the pastries. The “Glyká Sweets” bakery is located at 1201 …
Glyka-Sweets Greek Bakery Will Exhibit with Savor California at Booth #604 at The Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco
SAN RAFAEL, CA, Dec. 28, 2016 – Traditions and traditional tastes are the foundation of Glyká-Sweets, a family owned and operated bakery in the San Francisco Bay Area. Using tried and true family recipes and the finest ingredients, fueled by a drive to succeed and a deep pride of Greek culture, each member of the …
Glyka-Sweets Recipe for Success
SAN RAFAEL, CA Feb. 18, 2016 – A good recipe is composed of crucial ingredients that work in union to produce a quality product. Much like a good recipe, the Fourakis family works together to drive Glyká-Sweets like butter, eggs, flour, and even grape molasses drive its line of traditional Greek cookies and pastries. Utilizing …
From the Comforts of Home, to The Convenience of a Commercial Bakery: The Story of Glyka-Sweets
SAN RAFAEL, CA, Dec. 28, 2015 – In a house with two kitchens, there is at least one oven always running. Such is the case at the Fourakis household where Glyká-Sweets was born. Effie Fourakis buzzes back and forth from tending dinner in one kitchen to analyzing baking experiments in the other. With a BA …
Glyka-Sweets, Greek Bakery in California, Enters the Specialty Food Market
SAN RAFAEL, CA, Dec. 28, 2015 – Mixers churning, ovens firing, yeast rising, these are the sights and sounds of the Glyká-Sweets bakery. Owned and operated by the Fourakis family of Corte Madera, CA these aren’t your everyday cookies and sweets; these traditional delicacies possess character and culture. For hundreds of years these recipes have …