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The Transylvania Bakery Shop has humble beginnings. It all started when Mr. Lajos Mezősi started to bake bread for his friends as a hobby in his own home kitchen around 1981. Mr. Mezősi missed the tastes of his Hungarian heritage and began to experiment. He drew from his personal recollections of his mother’s cooking and baking in his hometown of Tasnád in Transylvania, Romania.

He experimented with all kinds of ingredients; always striving for the most natural combination, because that was what he believed would yield the authentic tastes that he was looking for. After 15 years of experimentation and refining his recipes, he succeeded in reviving most of his family’s traditions through the mouth-watering breads and pastries that he and his sons make today.

After perfecting his bread recipes, and to the clamoring of his many friends to make baking more than just a hobby, Mr. Mezősi set out to set up his very own bakery. He found a 100 year-old facility on the edge of Slavic Village and bought it, becoming only the second owner in the history of the bakery. It is a traditional brick oven bakery, and although he has modernized some machines to aid in his work, most of the processes he still does by hand, just like in the Old World.

He bakes bread, cakes, and authentic pastries, with ongoing wholesale deliveries to almost all of the Hungarian restaurants in and near Cleveland, and to over a dozen retail delicatessens. In addition, he also serves several dozen larger ethnic churches, including churches in the greater Cleveland Romanian community, all of the Hungarian churches, and one of the largest Ukranian churches in the Cleveland area, St. Josaphat, as well as all of the Ukranian delis in the Parma area. These restaurants, delicatessens, and churches have been the mainstay of his business for the last 15 years, with excellent customer satisfaction.

Since Mr. Mezősi was trained in Romania in electromechanics, with knowledge of all things technical, he has also designed and fabricated machines to aid in bringing alive traditional European festival fare such as the Kűrtös Kalács (chimney cake) both to the American palate as well as to most Central and Eastern European cultures. He delights many a customer during summer and fall festivals and fairs with this delicacy, serving up to 500 customers daily at harvest festivals and church picnics throughout Northeast Ohio. He and his sons have extensive experience in quality high-volume processes.

As a proud business owner in the city of Cleveland, he is also extremely active in his community, supporting many ethnic events and groups with volunteer time and in-kind donations of baked goods and specialty pastries throughout the year. As an immigrant who chose this country, he is proud to call the United States his home, and is happy to ply his ancient trade in this city along with his apprentice sons, both of whom are native-born Clevelanders. All of his employees speak multiple languages, including English, Hungarian, and Romanian.

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A Transylvania Bakery Shop (Erdély Pékség) szerényen kezdte működését. Először, 1981 körül, Mezősi Lajos el kezdett barátainak kenyeret sütni saját otthonában. Lajos hiányolta a magyaros, otthoni (Tasnád, Szilágyság) ízeket és kísérletezni kezdett. Édesanyja és nagymamája kenyerének, süteményeinek ízeire emlékezve fogott hozzá.

Minden féle és fajta alapanyagokkal kísérletezett, különösen precíz figyelemmel arra, hogy minél természetesebb összetevőket használjon, mert úgy gondolta, hogy az is segít a magyaros ízek megtalálásában. 15 év elteltével, többszöri finomítás után, sikeresen újra élesztette családjának hagyományos receptjeit, amelyekkel kenyereket, kalácsokat, tortákat és süteményeket állít elő.

Amiután a kenyér-recepteket tökélesítette, hallgatott barátai unszolásárea, tekintse a pékséget többnek mint hobbinak, mesterségnek, és legyen ez a főfoglalkozása. Lajos keresett magának egy 100 éves pékséget Cleveland városában, ahol az óriási kemence hagyományos módon van megépítve, téglából. Ő lett a második tulajdonosa. Szinte minden munkálat kézzel történik, de azért néhány gépet is alkalmaz, például egy óriási keverő gépet, hagyományos módon.

A Transylvania Bakery, nagykereskedelmi vonalon, szinte minden magyar clevelandi vendéglőbe, csemegeboltba szállít. Ezen kívül több tucat magyar, román és ukrán templomban is megtalalható az árú tovább eladásra. Ezek az üzletek és templomok jelentik a legnagyobb bevételt a pékségnek, de kiskereskedelemmel is foglalkozik, egyéni vásárlók messze menő megelégedésére.

Lajos eredeti foglalkozása elektrómechanika volt. Gépek tervezésével és megépítésével is sikeresen foglalkozik ahhoz, hogy a hagyományos magyar ízeket előállítsa. Így készült el, például, a kürtős kalács gép. A kürtős kalács mindenkinek izlik, amerikainak és európainak egyaránt. Őszi és nyári fesztiválokon nagy örömöt szerez a vendégeknek ezzel a géppel. Van olyan fesztivál, ahol 500 kürtős kalács is elkészül. Sok éves tapasztalata van már Lajosnak és fiainak tömegek kiszolgálásában.

Mezősi Lajos büszke cég tulajdonos Clevelandban, de aktív a clevelandi magyar közösségben is. Gyakran önkénteskedik, és árút adományoz minden magyar rendezvényre. Mint bevándorló, büszkén vallja Amerikát új hazájának, emellett ápolja magyar örökségét. Gyermekeit is így nevelte. Szívesen dolgozik ebben a hagyományos foglalkozásban, fiaival együtt, akik már itt születtek Clevelandban. Mindenki, aki valaha dolgozott a pékségnél beszél magyarul, angolul, de van aki románul is.

Address: 3376 E 65th St, Cleveland, OH 44127, USA
Phone: (216) 641-1050
State: Ohio
Zip Code: 44127


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Great ethnic bakery
8 years ago (27-02-2017)
Alright
8 years ago (28-05-2017)
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