TODAY
Al Roker visits NYC bakery where siblings are keeping tradition alive
On the latest episode of his TODAY All Day series "Family Style," Al Roker heads to the Brooklyn bakery Don Paco Lopez Panaderia. He tries the sweet Mexican pastry called Rosca de Reyes that has kept customers coming back for decades.
HERALDO USA
The story of 'Don Paco López', the first 100% Mexican bakery in Brooklyn
For more than 30 years, Don Paco and his poblano bread triumph in the Big Apple
EXCELSIOR
For 30 years, Don Paco and his poblano breads conquer NY
At 87 years old, Francisco López oversees his 'Don Paco López Panadería', which operates in Brooklyn; he and his family are part of Mexico's economic recovery; shells, muffins, cakes... Among the Mexican gastronomic offer
DEALIY NEWS
Sunset Park bakery Don Paco Lopez Panaderia keeps Mexican Day of the Dead traditions alive in New York
"Do you want muertos? They're hot," saidSara Lopez, as customers lined up to buy sweet loaves and rolls called "bread of the dead" at her family's bakery on Fourth Ave.
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How it is made and what the bread of the dead means
"It has its representation because all the sesame or sugar are the tears that at some point we shed for the beings who have already left," said Miguel López, baker Don Paco López Bakery.
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Don Paco Lopez Panaderia Gets Some Much-Deserved Love In The New York Times
Pretty much everyone who has spent regular time in Sunset Park has heard of and/or been toDon Paco López Panaderia(4703 Fourth Avenue), the local bakery run by nine (now eight) siblings who have kept us in delicious traditional Mexican bread, baked goods, tamales, tortas, and other treats for nearly 25 years.