An Instagram reel from LeVant Dessert’s Sunnyvale location pans across a buzzing Eid celebration: tables packed with customers, plates of various sweets, and live musicians filling the room with Arabic melodies as guests clap and sing along. The scene feels more like a festive community gathering than a storefront bakery: a place where food, music and culture intertwine.

As LeVant Dessert cements its role as a hub for Bay Area Arab diaspora in the South Bay, another beloved institution called Reem’s is preparing for a return to Oakland, hinting at a wider regional resurgence of Arab-owned food spaces.

Arab bakeries are emerging as cultural touchstones across the Bay Area, serving not just desserts but a sense of belonging. LeVant Dessert—with Oasis Baklava in Sunnyvale and LeVant Dessert

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