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Mary-Ann's Bakery


1200 N. Olive Ave
Turlock, CA 95382
(209) 632-2243

Category: Bakeries
3 star rating

This place supplies all the other Assyrian groceries in the area with lavash flat bread and pita bread in both white and wholewheat - hearty and tasty with just the right amount of chew and structure to hold hefty portions of filling.
Non-descript outside, inside the tiny mart stocks interesting and hard to find items on it's dark, cramped and crowded shelves. After a brief browse I found the following:
dried lemons for ghormeh sabzi
date paste
pomegranate paste (essential for fesanjun) & pomegrante molasses
fig molasses

Plus all the standard stuff
rice
rosewater
bulghur wheat
walnuts etc.

Not worth a special trip, but if you're in the area and need supplies this is definitely an option.