Mia Sorella Chimney Cakes - San Diego

The first I had a Chimney cake (Kürtöskalács) was during my trip to Prague in 2016. It was one of the most decadent food experiences I've ever had, so I was ecstatic to stumble upon Mia Sorella Chimney Cakes located in the Liberty Station market. There were a few times when we came close to closing time, and my husband and I just missed getting our chimney cake. However, we finally had the chance to try it, and we ordered the Prague chimney cake. It was delicious. The chimney cake was moist and well-made. The service is friendly, and I could tell our Chimney cake was made with love and care. I hope they offer ice cream with the chimney cake in the future, as it would be the perfect indulgence.

I was pleasantly surprised to find "Chimney Cake" in San Diego. Baumstriezel was my favorite dessert at the German Christmas market when I lived in Munich. This version was very yummy, but smaller than what I am used to. I ordered the original with cinnamon sugar.

MUST TRY!! The best european dessert that I've ever had. Crunchy from outside and milky from inside. Not too sweet. Friendly cashier. Get the prague one

A truly delicious and unforgettable experience! I tried the Hungarian pastries out of curiosity and was pleasantly surprised. They offer an innovative twist on the traditional recipe, and every bite is bursting with flavor — perfectly crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. The variety of flavors is both creative and delicious; you can really taste the passion and care in every detail. The service was excellent — warm, attentive, and fast. I’ll definitely be coming back for more and highly recommend it!

7/4/2023: @ Grand Opening in the Liberty Station market food court. I tried the original chimney cake (Hungarian - Kürtöskalács) with caramelized sugar. They also make Parmesan rolls with veggie fillings that function like a lunch vice a dessert. There are also fancier chimney cakes with sweet fillings, toppings and dips. It’s labeled a bakery but it’s chimney cakes only. This is a good alternative to the usual food court sweets. I’ll rate my cake an 8/10 on the IKS (International Kürtöskalács Scale).

This was the best thing I’ve eaten in years. I had the savory chimney cake with salmon. It was absolutely delightful, and the woman serving was so nice. Highly recommend!!!

Hungarian-Slovak style chimney cakes with sweet or savory fillings. Located in the middle of the big market hall, the location on Maps is correct.

I've never had a chimney cake so I was curious. I'm glad that my curiosity lead me here because the desserts were delicious.

Omg!! So fantastic! The apple chimney cake and the one with the salad.... Amazing!! Clean & friendly, I can't wait to go back!

What a unique dessert option inside of Liberty Public Market! They even have a few savory options. Just imagine a churro meets an ice cream cone and croissant. So light and fluffy! I picked their seasonal special, the chimney stout caramel. The chimney cone is filled with pretzel crumbs, chocolate stout caramel, apple streusel and house whipped cream. The whipped cream is so delicious and light! It pairs so nicely with the cinnamon sugar chimney cake. The lady who helped me was so kind too. I could eat here every day!

Mia Sorrella had been popping up at local farmers markets over the years before establishing a more permanent presence last summer at one of the vendor stalls inside the Liberty Public Market in Liberty Station. Chimney cakes (kürtőskalács) are a traditional Hungarian bread made from a sweet yeast dough that is rolled into a long rope and baked around a cylinder. The shape resembles a chimney, hence the name. The filling can be sweet or savory. The menu offered four of the former and two of the latter. Fruit-infused teas and kombucha were available as beverages. The Chimney Brooklyn ($15) was my pick which had Atlantic smoked salmon, artichoke spread, arugula, lemon, cherry tomatoes, red onions, cucumbers, and parmesan cheese inside the cylindrical dough. It was a very flavorful and healthy combination. My one criticism was that more salmon was needed to give a better protein ratio and to justify the cost. Mini stuffed chimney cakes could be purchased in boxes with quantities ranging from four to twelve. Chimney rings were also sold in which the cake was cut into rings that could be dipped into a sauce.

Really nice people and great chimney cakes. Hard to find this product and they are doing a great job. Can be hard to find but worth it.

Very very disappointed! It looks so good and priced at $15 it should taste so good too. The chimney cake itself was alright, but the chocolate inside and the cream filling was sooo bad! Could not finish it, it was not good at all.

HUNGARIAN CHIMNEY CAKE chimney cakes or "kürtőskalács" are traditional hungarian pastries. these fresh-baked chimney cakes are crispy, caramelized on the outside and soft, fluffy inside I tried their strawberry goat cheese chimney cake and it was a perfect afternoon snack/dessert they also have savory ones like smoked salmon or herb + cheese. you can also find them at the little italy farmers market every saturday!

The first I had a Chimney cake (Kürtöskalács) was during my trip to Prague in 2016. It was one of the most decadent food experiences I've ever had, so I was ecstatic to stumble upon Mia Sorella Chimney Cakes located in the Liberty Station market. There were a few times when we came close to closing time, and my husband and I just missed getting our chimney cake. However, we finally had the chance to try it, and we ordered the Prague chimney cake. It was delicious. The chimney cake was moist and well-made. The service is friendly, and I could tell our Chimney cake was made with love and care. I hope they offer ice cream with the chimney cake in the future, as it would be the perfect indulgence.

I would highly recommend the chimney cake. It's more like a thin baked bread. Less dense, thin, and sweet than a sweet pretzel. I was afraid it would be super sweet, so I didn't ask for any dips. Next time, I might try a dip. And they actually wrap it and it rolls on a machine in front of you, which is fun to watch as they make it in front of you. It's definitely an experience.

This place was great! I got the original chimney cake with cinnamon sugar. This was my first time seeing this outside of Prague. The employee was so nice. She was working her butt off between taking orders and making the chimney cakes. We waited about 15 min for our chimney cake, but I thought it was worth it! Who doesn't love a cinnamon sugar pastry?! It's located in the back of the market. Just be patient for your chimney cake if they get busy.

We tried the chimney cranberry goat cheese cake and it did not disappoint. The dough was hand rolled and baked in real time, but the wait was well worth it. Truly felt like biting into a freshly made pastry. Would come back for this treat.

Visited the new location which is round at the end of one of the aisles inside Liberty Station's market! Right beside the ramen place, I think. The employee at the register was quick to get my order. I got myself the cranberry goat cheese chimney cake with some whipped cream (this costed extra). I personally like the strong flavor of goat cheese and it complements the cranberry flavor already in the cheese and the strawberries. The whipped cream is also homemade and you can really taste it. It can feel heavy, but I quite liked it with the cheese and strawberries. The actual chimney cake itself, the bready cone, is semi sweet dusted with sugar and some walnuts and I liked how it wasn't too fluffy or too thick. It was just right to hold the ingredients yet it isn't like eating a whole pretzel. They have seasonal flavors which I think is fun. It wasn't available when I visited today, but I was told starting the next week fig cheesecake is a flavor you can order. Looking forward to buying another chimney cake in the future!

Went to the Vista Strawberry Festival and came across their booth. Have been wanting to tey these forever! We just got the OG, which is the one with cinnamon sugar. They also have savory ones I wanna try! They were making it fresh so just had to wait 5 minutes. I like how it's a little crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside. If you don't get one with a filling, it's like a hollow cone. :-) I kinda wanted to unravel it and wrap it around a hot dog. LOL!

Tired their apple strudel chimney. Chimney cake wasn't fresh, it was somewhat dry. The home made cream filling with apple was phenomenal. The cream wasn't too sweet and fluffy. The apple and cinnamon are a classic combo. Staffs were very friendly and even had samples!

Such a good treat. Fresh right out of the dryer. Small for the price but really tasty!!

Small shop in the back with few people but the Prague Dessert was absolutely delicious similar to a crepe

This is the only place in San Diego that sells chimney cakes. My favorites is their Prague chimney cake. The herbs and cheese is good but would be 10x better if they added meats like ham or sausages inside.

Little underwhelming, filling was just fruit mainly and make sure to not share, this is hard to share. Overall concept is good but just expected more filling.

I didn't mean to eat here but glad I did. I had something sweet and savory. I had the herbs & cheese (perfect salad wrapped in Parmesan chimney cake) and for dessert the Prague (strawberries & choc ganache).

What a gem of a place!!! We had the NY funnel with salmon and it was amazing. Just like prague.

Came to the farmers market in little Italy and wanted something fresh and flavorful and this delicious bite did not disappoint!!!! My daughter ordered the salmon cake and I got the cheese and herb!!! It was the perfect brunch bite to eat on a nice warm day!!! Wish I lived closer so I could come and try the rest of their delicious chimney cakes

Yum! We discovered these on Instagram, and knew we had to try them. We got the apple streusel one at the Little Italy market on Saturday and it was so tasty! The whipcream made it quite messy, but absolutely worth it. We shared one of the regular sized ones between 2 people and it was the perfect amount.

Mia Sorella is a very cute, Hungarian pastry/dessert booth I found at the Lane Park festival(usually every Sunday corner of Broadway & N. Harbor downtown). Service was very friendly. I had a large pastry cone with chocolate coating, whipped cream, strawberry's, candies. It was fantastic-one or the best desserts I've had in years. The flavors worked really well together and completely satisfied my dessert/sweets craving. I am now a huge fan of Hungarian pastries and can't wait to try their other delicacies.

I love what these ladies are making here. I found Mia Sorella at the Lane Field Park Market on Sunday. They make a variety of sweet Chimney Cakes, but I favor the savory, so I had the arugula salad, artichoke spread, and Parmesan cheese one. There has been several vendors popping up around town proving meals inside a cone or chimney as this, but no one has made their vessel like Mia Sorella. The Chimeny cake had a great balance between crisp exterior texture to a soft almost doughy inside. Other than needing a touch of salt, the herb and cheese sprinkled exterior tasted quite good. The peppered flavored arugula and nutty and salty strips of Parmesan cheese went very well together, but when you add the house made artichoke spread spread on to the warm inside of the chimney cake, well you have a winner. The spread was creamy and delicious. The two ladies running the place were a hoot. They were very kind and helpful. I would like to see them include more savory items items on the menu.

their chimney cakes are FIRE! first time we tried them was a few years ago when they have a spot at otay ranch town center farmers market. And its awesome that have opened a permanent location. I tried all 5 items on their menu and they are delicious and freshly made. if i ranked them i go with smoked salmon, prague, apple, cranberry & herb. Highly recommended to try it... it is worth it!

Worse customer service ever! I placed an order online on their website and at the end of the order it said "we will contact you soon for details". They never ever contacted me, I texted them on Facebook, I asked on Facebook Messenger for a phone number to call them, because there's absolutely no phone number on their website and no one ever responded even though they have read the messages. I emailed them to confirm that they will deliver the order and they absolutely never responded to my email. Order was never delivered! It was a chimney cakes box for my husband's birthday. They failed to deliver a birthday cake!!! They don't deserve to even be on the market or have any customers. No one should ever trust them!!! 0 stars! --------------------------------------------- Mia Sorella Chimney Cakes it's not customer's problem that you have a problem with your website and you don't fix it. There's no automatic replay on Facebook Messenger, I can post a screenshot, I never got an automatic replay. I can also post a screenshot with the second email I sent to you and you never responded. And it's not very professional to not have a phone number at all on your website. Stop lying and better apologize for the horrible service!

Loved this place! So unique!!! Made fresh, very filling without being heavy, and so delicious!

Meh! If you have tried the Chimney cakes in Europe, this doesn't meet those standards. We got the salmon one while it was decent, it was overpriced at $15.50, it was small and the bread felt old and chewy. I do not recommend them

I heard of chimney called this summer but haven't been able to find one until I went down to the Lane Field Park Market near Harbor Drive. So wonderful! The employees helped us make a selection, and the cakes were fresh and so delicious. Try one if you haven't!

I love Mia Sorella Chimney Cakes! The first time I tried their chimney cakes was one time I was visiting Otay Ranch Farmer's Market and I saw their booth; I was taken away by how they were hand rolling and baking the actual chimney cakes right there. I tried their most popular chimney the Chimney Prague which comes with walnuts, their homemade nutella, strawberries, and on that day they were serving chocolate chip whipped cream which was delicious. Also, I love their freshly brewed coffee! I recommend trying their coffee. I can't wait to go back and try their soft serve ice cream that they told me are gonna have soon for Spring!

The best Chimney Cakes !! If you're in San Diego I highly recommend making a stop my this stand to try these pastries with dessert or savory toppings. I personally love the dessert toppings! You really can't go wrong with making the choice with your eyes and what you know you'll enjoy. The pastry itself is fluffy, slightly crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. It peals in a rounded cone and very easy to share. My entire family is obsessed and we fly from New York to get these things. Check Out where the cart will be on a given day and enjoy! They are at Little Italy Market and Otay Ranch Market.

My wife's co-worker, a pastry employee at the University of San Diego, was starting her business Mia Sorella Chimney Cakes on Thursday August 17th at the North Park Farmer's Market. My wife invited myself, my daughter, and my daughter's friend to visit Mia Sorella and show our support for her friend. I had a lot of questions as my wife tried to explain to me what type of business Veronica aka Vero was starting, what kind of food I'd be eating, and a little bit of 411 about how Vero decided to start her business. The one thing I know beyond a shadow of a doubt is that this virgin chimney cake eater will definitely be an experienced chimney caker connoisseur after I make return visits to eat a chimney cake from Mia Sorella Chimney Cakes. The first question I'm sure everyone has is, "What is a chimney cake?". Vero and her sisters started this business based on their visit to Prague, Czech Republic. After eating a chimney cake on their European trip to Prague, Vero and her sisters learned how to make chimney cake, purchased the tools and machines to produce the chimney cake, and brought over this Eastern European influenced dessert to San Diego for the first time. Mia Sorella Chimney Cakes is a booth located at the North Park Farmer's Market. We found Mia Sorella at the very end of the Farmer's Market. The North Park Farmer's Market is open every Thursday, year-round, from 3pm-7:30pm on three blocks of North Park Way, from 30th Street to Utah. I really thought the logo of Mia Sorella Chimney Cakes was apropos for a dessert from Eastern Europe. The logo is a cartoon depiction of the three sisters, who by the way operate the business, under an awning that you would find in Europe eating chimney cakes while drinking coffee. What is a Chimney Cake? Chimney Cakes are made from sweet, yeast dough (raised dough), of which a strip is spun and then wrapped around a truncated cone-shaped baking spit, and rolled in granulated sugar. It is roasted over charcoal while basted with melted butter, until its surface cooks to a golden-brown color. During the baking process the sugar stuck on the chimney cakes caramelizes and forms a shiny, crispy crust. The surface of the cake can then be topped with additional ingredients such as ground walnut or powdered cinnamon. Vero describes her chimney cakes as Eastern European baked donut cones. Mia Sorella's chimney cakes are hand held meals that at first glance doesn't appear to be a lot of food, but you would be mistaken by that thought. Mia Sorella offers both sweet and savory chimney cakes. My family and I wanted to try both, so we ordered the Prague and the Cali. The Prague was a sweet cone generously filled with whipped cream, doused liberally with chocolate hazelnut, and significant slices of strawberries awaiting at the top of the cone. The bad thing for me is that I only ate a little of the Prague, but the sweetness and how filling the cone was is what I remember. Heed my advice when I say order the Cali. This savory chimney cake was truly satisfying and I really wished that I had that meal all to myself. The cone is practically spilling out with homemade hummus that has a medley of vegetables with every bite of the hummus. That hummus was fresh, finger licking good, and very tasty. What I really enjoyed about both the sweet and savory chimney cakes is that the filling and chimney cake itself were both delicious. After I finished the filling, I was so looking forward to eating the chimney cake by itself. So memorable! That chimney cake though. To be fair, this was Mia Sorella's first day of business. There were some opportunity areas starting with not having a working ice cream machine, which when that becomes available, will sooooo complement the chimney cake. It took a little while to get our chimney cake from ordering to finished product because Mia Sorella's chimney cakes are made to order. I don't know if that really needs to be fixed because waiting did not affect how delicious those chimney cakes were. There also weren't some items available that were listed on the menu. Lastly, the whipped cream leaked from the bottom of the chimney cake, which made it a little messy. I would rate Mia Sorella Chimney Cakes 4.5 stars. I am now a bonafide fan of chimney cakes and I can only thank Vero, her sisters, and Mia Sorella Chimney Cakes for introducing me to its deliciousness. Those chimney cakes though!!!

really expensive for not a lot of food. wasn't that good either, just ok. just one person operating the stand, which is typical for liberty public market.

Love em stuffed w veggies & cream. Best Wednesday market treat and great ocean view Little Italy. Thanks guys see ya tomorrow. Thanks Jesse Cush (& getting 5 to go cakes) yum

Great customer service and delicious Hungarian chimney cakes. It's owed by Mia whose sisters help with the business. I messaged them on FB to see where they would be while we were visiting SD. We found them at Lane Field Park Market. MUST try!

Tried this place out at the Otay ranch farmers market and it was DELICIOUS! A little pricey but good!

AMAZING!!!!! Absolutely delicious. Everything made fresh by hand and with gourmet ingredients. I am speechless YUMMMMMMMMMMMM Also BEST HOT CHOCOLATE IN TOWN with fresh home made whipped cream I want MORE

I came for the Mia Sorella/ An's gelato event, and also stopped by at the Sunday market in lane field park! This dessert is so unique and delicious- I don't think you can get chimney cones anywhere else in SD! It's essentially a thick cone covered in stuff (nuts, sugar, etc) and they usually fill it with whipped cream. At the market I got the apple streusel so it had apple filling in it as well. A little messy (stuff drips out of the bottom) but really good. I highly recommend to go to her events at An's gelato, so you can get gelato in a chimney cone!

My wife and I stopped by their booth at the little Italy farmer's market. They were very friendly and answered our questions. We got a breakfast chimney cake. It was packed with scrambled eggs, aioli and some greens. The bread was soft and declined and everything inside is great. I highly recommend giving their food a try!

A delicious way to eat a salad - or that's what I tell myself anyway. The Little Italy Farmer's Market is one of my faves and I almost always stop here for their savory items. I have a huge sweet tooth, so I'm looking forward to trying their other options, but for now have been so satisfied by the savory alone.

THE BEST PASTRIES in san diego! If you are looking for freshly baked, made to order pastries with savory AND sweet options, this is it! Every single flavor is crafted in a perfect way and they have fun partnerships with An's Dry Cleaning, look out for those because you can get them with gelato too!

Yum! I tried the herbs and cheese chimney at the Little Italy Mercato. It was nice and crispy, chewy, and savory. Since it it full of salad, I was left still a bit hungry. But, it was so delicious that I will be back next time I'm at the mercato.

We've had Chinney cakes in Prague and Budapest and this place is very very good. Definitely a must have. Great service too. We had the Chimney Apple Strudel and it was semisweet and my wife and I had to fight for the last bite!!

First time trying a chimney cake and was not disappointed. I tried one with their Organic ice cream, homemade hazelnut sauce, strawberries and nuts. I am glad I stopped to buy this bad boy at the north park farmers market. They have a variety of chimney cakes I will try a savory one next time.

Chimney apple strussel riquisimo Mia Sorella thank you!!! It has apple pie filling, organic vanilla soft serve ice cream topped with a cinammon & sugar strussel!!!

These are great! The dough is soft and made to perfection. I couldn't even make a hot pocket this well. Super unique concept and super delicious - well executed. Had a pizza one and will be absolutely back for an ice cream situation!!

Must try it. Wonderful taste! Stopped by at the little Italy farmers market for try it, I will go back next Saturday

Wow the chimney cake is smart and delicious and clever. I love out of the box thinking and this place is that. I had never heard of Chimney cakes and this place has left quite the impression on me. Mia Sorella Chimney Cakes is exactly what north park needed.