Hyde Park has a new destination for people who think breakfast should involve flaky phyllo, strong coffee and considerably more ambition than a drive-through sandwich. Koriela has opened as an Israeli bakery serving Middle Eastern pastries, espresso drinks and a specialty boureka that is essentially a whole breakfast hiding inside a triangle.
According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, Koriela occupies the former Grandin Desserts space at 3670 Erie Ave. and is open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday through Friday, with Saturdays off. The bakery serves Israeli and Middle Eastern pastries alongside espresso drinks and cappuccinos.
Start With The Specialty Boureka
The bakery’s must-try item is a specialty boureka, one of Koriela’s house-made triangular phyllo pastries. The Cincinnati Enquirer describes this version as being filled with hard-boiled eggs, pickles and tahini, which sounds like the kind of breakfast sandwich that went to pastry school and came back with excellent references.
Koriela is led by Ifat Lahyani, who grew up in Israel and graduated from Le Cordon Bleu. Her approach gives the bakery a point of view beyond the usual croissant-and-coffee formula: the pastries are tied to the flavors and traditions she knows, while still feeling right at home in a Cincinnati neighborhood bakery.
Koriela Brings A Catering Background To The Counter
The storefront is the latest chapter for Koriela, a business that has previously focused on catering, special-event food and made-from-scratch desserts. On its official website, the company describes Lahyani as its founder and culinary force, with more than 15 years of professional experience and a background that includes catering events, teaching culinary workshops and developing custom desserts.
That broader menu includes dishes such as sabih, phyllo purses, phyllo rolls and Moroccan-influenced sweets, according to the Koriela catering menu. Not every catering specialty will necessarily appear in the bakery case, but it offers a useful preview of the range behind the new Hyde Park counter.
What To Order On A First Visit
The practical move is to begin with the specialty boureka, add a cappuccino and leave room for whatever other pastry looks too good to ignore. Koriela is not merely filling an empty storefront; it is adding a distinct Israeli and Middle Eastern voice to Hyde Park’s increasingly serious bakery lineup.
