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Diljān Bakery

Coffee · 1 location · Brooklyn Heights, NYC

Diljān looks like the latest hot Brooklyn bakery, but it's family: two cousins from Astoria's Little Flower Café brought in baker Bryan Ford to build its Afghan pastry menu. All three still work the counter, self-funded with no outside investors.

Founder-run

The Big Picture

Genuinely Independent

Diljān is a family bet: two cousins from an Astoria café team up with an established independent baker to bring Afghan pastries to Brooklyn Heights, funding it themselves. As a single-location bakery open less than a year, it has little public labor, environmental, or sourcing record to weigh yet. The people behind the register are the same people who signed the lease.

Let's Get Critical

Local ownership
9/10
Founder involvement
9/10
Worker pay & benefits
6/10
Environmental impact
6/10
Sourcing & labor
6/10

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Company data last updated July 2026

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