Zorek, the highly anticipated San Bruno coffee and borek shop launched by the brothers behind Mazra, Jordan and Saif Makableh, opened just briefly earlier this month before shutting down for three weeks to refine its coffee program.
It reopened April 22, with a craft beverage program serving up signature pistachio lattes, including variations featuring matcha and oatmilk, plus other drinks like a white chocolate matcha drink, a passionfruit Moroccan tea mint julep and espresso.
Zorek’s cafe director, Nikki Abbasi gives a thumbs-up alongside cafe co-owner Jordan Makableh at Zorek in San Bruno. (Kate Bradshaw/Bay Area News Group)
On the food side, the shop specializes in borek, a savory pastry made with phyllo dough that originated in Turkey. So far, the shop has been selling out most days by noon, according to co-owner Jordan Makableh. They serve their variations — including fillings like beef and herb, spinach and feta, wild mushroom and za’atar and cheese, it with hard-boiled eggs and vegetables, just like they would back home in their family’s home country of Jordan, he says.
The small shop is currently a grab-and-go setup, and doesn’t have seating. That’s because it’s not currently permitted in the city zoning — but the brothers are working to change that, according to Makableh. In the meantime, people are welcome to linger around the shop and in the parking lot, he says.
Details: Open daily 7 a.m.-2 p.m. at 799 El Camino Real, San Bruno; visit their Instagram account at @cafe_zorek for updates.