Specialty coffee
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Persian bakery · Luminous Café
Fresh coffee & Persian pastries, every day.
Discover handcrafted sweets, fragrant tea, espresso drinks, and family-inspired recipes in a warm café at Southdale Center.
⌖ Southdale Center, Edina
◇ Custom orders available
Made with care
Rose · pistachio · saffron
Family recipes
Persian sweets inspired by cherished family traditions.
Fragrant flavors
Cardamom, rosewater, saffron, dates, nuts, and fruit.
Easy mall pickup
Conveniently located inside Southdale Center.
Menu highlights
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A little something for every moment.
Signature favorites
Start with the house specialties.
These favorites introduce the flavors at the heart of Ellie’s Pastry.
Persian
$3.75
Barbari Bread
Traditional Persian flatbread with a crisp top and soft interior.
Signature
$5.50
Persian Love Cookie
A fragrant cookie with pistachio, rose, and cardamom notes.
Signature
$1,000.00
Pistachio Baklava
Crisp pastry layers with pistachio and a delicate floral finish.
Popular
$3.85
Coffee Swiss Roll
Soft rolled sponge with coffee cream and a light chocolate finish.
Popular
$4.50
Napoleon Cake
Flaky pastry layers with silky cream.
Signature
$8.50
Mini Pistachio Cake
A small celebration cake featuring pistachio flavor.
A new chapterMade in Edina
Our story
From Isfahan family recipes to a café in Minnesota.
Ellie’s love of baking grew from family traditions in Isfahan, Iran, where food, education, and art were part of everyday life.
Her journey through Canada and the United States brought bakery experience, food-quality work, and a chance to build a welcoming home for Persian flavors in Minnesota.
Meet Ellie and read the story
Aromatic ingredients
Flavor that feels familiar—and wonderfully new.
Expect pistachio, rosewater, saffron, cardamom, walnut, coconut, dates, and fruit throughout the menu.
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A thoughtful café experience
Made for coffee breaks, celebrations, and sharing.
Handcrafted selection
A broad menu of pastries, cookies, cakes, breads, coffee, tea, and Persian specialties.
Warm hospitality
A welcoming place to slow down, discover a new flavor, and enjoy a café moment.
Custom-order support
Send the bakery your date, guest count, and ideas so availability and pricing can be confirmed.
Visit or order
Make your next coffee break a little more luminous.
Stop by Southdale Center, call ahead for availability, or send a custom-order request.