Challah in San Fernando Valley

I'm looking for some great Challah. Bea's in Tarzana is really good but I don't want to go that far west. Can anyone recommend a bakery/store to get challah on Friday in Sherman Oaks/Studio City/North Hollywood/Van Nuys?

Thanks in advance.

[420 Reasons to eat]

Le Pain Quotidien on Ventura near Coldwater sells an Organic Challah every Friday.

[gnarlex]

Oddly, Porto's (Burbank and Glendale) has a very good, very large challah for $1.95. They also have a smaller size that I didn't price.

[Oh Robin]

If you're ever in a bind, Trader Joe's is very good. Makes great french toast or cream cheese with ham sandwiches. (if you eat ham)

My sister works at TJ's. Every time someone buys challah she yells out "Holla"! hip hop style really loud and people think she's nuts. :)

[goldbergd]

The best challah in the valley is in Northridge at delicious bakery next to Vons at the corner of reseda and nordhoff. That is where Brent's get it's challah and most of their deserts.

[theashley]

Unique bakery, on ventura in the shopping center with blockbuster just east of reseda. Friday afternoon, ask for a hot one in a paper bag. To die for!!!

If you do NOT require that your challah be kosher, try Whole Foods. We buy from the Sherman Oaks West store & it is amazing!

Try the Victor Benes bakery in any Gelson's for delicious challah. We're from New York and EXTREMELY fussy about challah. My husband swears this is his favorite challah ever. It's rather sweet and heavy on the egg yolks.

[Jwsel]

We often get the Benes challah and it's quite good (not as good as my mom's, but that's on a totally different level). Members of my family also like Costco's challah, but I'm not as big a fan.

[Diana]

I second VB's Challah. A friend gives us a loaf every year as a gift. I doesn't last the day!

Checked into it a little further. Brown's, also known as Brown's S & J Bakery, is at Devonshire and Balboa.

OK, maybe we need to make a trip out there after we visit Brents on Parthenia, or Abe's on Nordhoff.

[SIMIHOUND]

Chino, Ok on the Brent's for sure but but dont visit Abe's. Its always been really bad. I cant understand why they are still in business.

I'm assuming that Brown's Victory Bakery (Victory 1 block east of Coldwater Cyn.) is gone? There's a bakery on Devonshire (just west of Balboa opposite El Torito) in Granada Hills that makes some reference to Brown's in it's ads.

Looks like the Neighborhood of Whitsett and Burbank
might have a few places:

A quick search of Bakers-Retail on www.switchboard.com shows:

Eilat Bakery
12522 Burbank Blvd
North Hollywood, CA ZipCode
Phone:[phone]
Categories: Bakers-Retail

Continental Kosher Bakery
12419 Burbank Blvd
North Hollywood, CA ZipCode
Phone:[phone]
Categories: Bakers-Retail

Sam's Kosher Bakery & Doughnut
12450 Burbank Blvd # H
North Hollywood, CA
Phone:[phone]
Categories: Bakers-Retail

"mmm, kosher donuts..."

The Granada Hills bakery referred to in the post above does indeed carry Brown's baked goods. Although the retail Brown's in North Hollywood is gone, I understand the family kept the wholesale side, and sells retail in the Devonshire shop as well. Brown's may have some ownership of the Devonshire shop; I can't accurately recall the information I heard. Having grown up on Brown's, I am happy to report one can still get a fix of some old favorites there, and I am hoping they will sotck Brown's incomparable golden raisin challah for the upcoming holidays.

[NeNePie]

What is this bakery? Is it in the mall where the Denny's is next to the gas station on the corner? I never noticed one there.

[GummyBear]

NeNePie - Look at the date of the post you are responding to, almost 5 years ago. Yes Brown's WAS doing their whole/retail-ish baking out of that bakery in Granada Hills. But sadly the Brown family closed up shop soon after that post was written. And I think that the bakery they were sharing is also gone.