CELEBRATING MOM Mother's Day is this Sunday so we thought we'd share with you our favorite recipe for Sourdough French Toast. On our days off, Jenny and I love to linger in the kitchen making breakfast and this is one of our faves. Our Cranberry Pecan Sourdough is a perfect vessel for this recipe, topped with homemade whipped cream and fresh fruit....yum...
Pre-orders for the week are open now. We also hold half of our inventory each day for walk-ins! Have a pre-order and in a hurry? No problem! Double park downstairs and call us at (619) 289-8358, we'll run your order down to you. We call it IZOLA DRIVE-BY.
Thanks to all the moms out there...And thank you to my mom Twila for always cheering me on...even when I decided to become a photographer after having just graduated college with a degree in Civil Engineering. And for doing the hard thing over and over again each time you grounded me (Warden...Mom...interchangeable!) - you taught me integrity, hard work, compassion for others and so much more. And thank you to Jenny's mom Kathy for supporting her in her passions, like sharing her kitchen with 10 year old Jenny so she could explore her love of baking. And for listening to the little environmentalist every time she reminded you to recycle and save water. We both feel so fortunate each and every day for the loving support our families have provided us and continue to provide. We love you!
LESS THAN 30 DAYS LEFT! Love IZOLA and our justice-based mission? Join us as we take one big step closer toward bringing 20+ purpose-filled jobs to City Heights. We call it IZOLA Main! And it's so much more than just a pretty building. The IZOLA Dough Innovation Center is an organism, with many complex systems interwoven to serve one simple idea: connecting people. How can organic flour, cutting-edge food production equipment, miles of wire and pipe and giant windows connect people? It's an optimized space that supercharges our team on their mission to delight our guests with crisp service, wondrous food quality and heartwarming hospitality. And that brings people together from all over the city, and beyond. Our Q1 Rolling Equity Round closes in less than 30 days! Join us and over 300 IZOLA investors by becoming an owner in IZOLA. We've raised over $1 million dollars to date, and we have over $3 million to go! If you'd like to learn more about how you can take this journey with us, join us for our next online Investor Conversation next Wednesday, May 17 and we'll share with you how you can become an owner in IZOLA. See ya there! Jeffrey + Jenny
IZOLA MUSIC SATURDAY Every Saturday IZOLA hosts live music - come see how diverse and talented our San Diego community is! We post our musical line-up every Friday on the good ole' Instagram - follow us here!
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THE TAHITIAN VANILLA KNOT
An IZOLA classic, the Tahitian Vanilla Knot. Made with whole Tahitian vanilla beans, we begin the process by steeping organic milk with vanilla beans for several days. The vanilla-scented milk is then used to make the dough....floral...sweet...yum!
We laminate the dough - sandwiching the dough with butter from Normandy, then rolling it flat, repeating the process several times to create very thin layers of butter and dough. Lamination requires precision, cold temps and fast hands! Once the dough is laminated, our team makes hundreds of precise cuts into the dough before braiding and rolling each knot.
They proof overnight, then they get a special little manual "bump" of steam and heat just before baking to ensure they come out fluffy like a cloud... When our Tahitian Vanilla Knots come out of the oven, we dip them in icing made with more...you guessed it....Tahitian vanilla beans! Pre-orders for the week are open now. Have a pre-order and in a hurry? No problem! Double park downstairs and call us at (619) 289-8358, we'll run your order down to you. We call it IZOLA DRIVE-BY. No pre-order? Pop on by the bakeshop - we set aside half of our inventory each day for walk-ins. Pre-orders are not required!
LESS THAN 30 DAYS LEFT! Love IZOLA and our justice-based mission? Join us as we take one big step closer toward bringing 20+ purpose-filled jobs to City Heights. We call it IZOLA Main! And it's so much more than just a pretty building. The IZOLA Dough Innovation Center is an organism, with many complex systems interwoven to serve one simple idea: connecting people. How can organic flour, cutting-edge food production equipment, miles of wire and pipe and giant windows connect people? It's an optimized space that supercharges our team on their mission to delight our guests with crisp service, wondrous food quality and heartwarming hospitality. And that brings people together from all over the city, and beyond. Our Q1 Rolling Equity Round closes in less than 30 days! Join us and over 300 IZOLA investors by becoming an owner in IZOLA. We've raised over $1 million dollars to date, and we have over $3 million to go! If you'd like to learn more about how you can take this journey with us, join us for our next online Investor Conversation this Saturday, May 6 and we'll share with you how you can become an owner in IZOLA. See ya there! Jeffrey + Jenny
710 13TH ST STE 300
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CROISSANTS X COFFEE A match made in heaven! Espresso drinks are now available at the bakeshop. Enjoy a cappuccino or latte made with beans from Cafe Moto and grass-fed milk (oat milk also available). Or cool off with our Iced Potion (also available hot) - an herbal concoction of peppermint tea, thyme, fresh mint, lemon and honey.
THE IZOLA FAM When Jenny and I started IZOLA, we were at the very beginning of the COVID pandemic. We were all suddenly thrust into a completely different world, sheltering at home, facing something that we never had experienced before. While there was so much unknown at the time, one thing I did know for sure was that I was missing human connection, and no, it couldn't be found on a Zoom call. So when we started baking our croissants 12 at a time, our sourdough 5 loaves at a time, we would lower them out our 3rd story window in a picnic basket down to waiting customers on the street. Those brief moments of connection brought us so much joy each day. We were stoked when restrictions were lifted, allowing us to gather inside and we finally got to meet our IZOLA family face to face (or mask to mask at that time!). Fast forward to today - every Thursday through Sunday, the bakeshop fills with friends and family. I like to stop and listen for just a moment to the sounds of the bakeshop - the laughter, the excitement, friends enjoying each other's company, strangers meeting new friends...Jenny and I are so humbled by this beautiful community that surrounds us. Thank you for starting new traditions here at IZOLA, thank you for inviting us into your lives.
Pre-orders for the week are open now. If you have a pre-order, and can't find a parking spot, no problem! Double park downstairs and call us at (619) 289-8358, we'll run your order down to you. We call it IZOLA DRIVE-BY. Or if you just want to stop by on a whim because you're craving a Morning Bun, come on by. Pre-orders are not required! We set aside half of our inventory each day for walk-ins.
At IZOLA, we are on a mission to change the way Americans experience sourdough bread and croissants. To bring us a step closer to that, we want to share IZOLA with more folks throughout San Diego county. Next year we will be opening our new Dough Innovation Center in City Heights! Thank you to Heleo Architecture for the partnership as we work through the design phase and on to construction documents. Barbara, Carlos and the team are amazing. This space will become a place to gather and enjoy hot-from-the-oven croissants and sourdough. But it will also become our production facility which will allow us to create 10x-20x more croissants and share them to more locations throughout the county and beyond. It will also allow us to bring 20+ purpose-filled careers to City Heights. We have crafted the positions at IZOLA to be highly teachable - no need for a culinary degree or prior experience. We prioritize hiring for personal qualities: kindness, curiosity, integrity, self-awareness and promoting from within so that our team can grow alongside with us. If you'd like to learn more about how you can take this journey with us, join us for our next online Investor Conversation on Saturday May 6 and we'll share with you how you can become an owner in IZOLA. PS - Click here for the coolest fly through of the new IZOLA Main space (you'll need to open it on a computer, it's too big to load on mobile). You'll get to see our production area and how as customers you'll be able to peer into our sourdough production area, the beautiful sky deck that will overlook Manzanita Canyon and more...
IZOLA MUSIC SATURDAY Every Saturday IZOLA hosts live music - come see how diverse and talented our San Diego community is! We publish the full schedule every Friday night in our Instagram Story. Head on over there and follow us now!