Family business at the Harthaus train station - there are Börek and Breze here
Created: 12/30/2022, 12:19 p.m
By: Lisa Fischer
A real family business: In Meli's Backshop at the Harthaus S-Bahn station, 17-year-old Melisa (left) and six-year-old Melike help their mother, Nurten Varli.
© Peter Weber
At "Meli's Backshop" at Harthaus train station, commuters and schoolchildren can get food to hand or a cappuccino to while away the time.
The Varli family, who own the company, also serves major customers.
Among them are a hotel and a guesthouse that suddenly had no breakfast for guests after the village bakery closed.
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– morning, 11 a.m.: At Harthaus station, a few people are standing shivering on the platform, waiting for the next S-Bahn.
A few meters before the railway underpass in St.-Cäcilia-Strasse, Nurten Varli is standing in the warmth of her bakery, which smells of freshly baked rolls.
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Pretzels and rolls next to vine leaves and Börek
The Germeringerin opened the shop more than a year ago.
The assortment in "Meli's Backshop" is Turkish and Bavarian: There are pretzels, rolls, sausage and cheese plates and sandwiches.
"But we also have Börek with potatoes and spinach, stuffed vine leaves and Turkish spreads," says 17-year-old daughter Melisa.
There's just one thing you won't find in the bakery: tickets.
"In the beginning, older people often came by and asked if they could buy tickets from us," says Melisa.
She then usually helped them to buy tickets on the platform from the machines.
Tickets are only available from machines since the neighboring DB kiosk on the platform was closed during the lockdown.
The former kiosk at the train station: The DB shop had to close several months ago.
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The fashion shop, which was previously located in the rooms of "Meli's Backshop", also closed during the corona pandemic.
"It was always in the back of my mind that if the tenant leaves, I want to move into the rooms," says Nurten Varli, who inherited the house from her grandmother.
The day with the owner of Meli's Backshop starts at 3 a.m. when it's time to bake pretzels and rolls and prepare cakes and sandwiches.
In addition, the 39-year-old supplies the nearby Cewe canteen as well as a Germeringer hotel and a guesthouse for breakfast.
The latter were left overnight with no breakfast for their guests after the village bakery had closed, says Nurten Varli.
“Then the request came in and I immediately said yes.
We Germeringer stores simply stick together.”
If something is left over at the end of the day, it is not thrown away.
On Tuesdays, the Germeringer Tafel and on other days the Fürstenfeldbruck food rescuers pick up leftover goods.
“That was important to me,” says the boss.
White and blue is the color concept of the café.
It's Turkish and Bavarian at the same time, says Nurten Varli.
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The concept of the bakery is just as important and well thought out.
"In the middle of the corona pandemic, I thought about what is systemically important?" Food is always needed, the mother of two concludes.
"So I thought I'd open a bakery."
Bavaria and Turkey caught in the color concept
So the trained pharmacy assistant, in consultation with her family, decided to open the bakery.
A lot had to be done before then.
"We have re-laid all the lines, for example water or high-voltage current," says the owner.
A new coat of paint was also needed.
The 17-year-old daughter Melisa helped to choose the interior design and designed a color concept with her mother - white and blue.
This runs through the entire store.
Porcelain plates with white and blue ornaments hang on the wall.
"The crockery is typical for my Turkish home town of Kütahya," says Nurten Varli.
And blue and white would go just as well with Bavaria, adds the boss.
The logo is derived from the Turkish origin of the owner and the names of her daughters.
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Mother and daughter are particularly proud of the logo of their bakery: The name "Meli's Backshop" is written in white letters in the middle of a light blue circle.
"Meli" is derived from the two first names of the Varli daughters: Melisa and Melike (6).
The fact that the "M" resembles a pretzel was the icing on the cake for the name of the bakery.
And the Turkish hometown also appears again in the logo: "I really wanted to have the beautiful ornaments with me," says Nurten Varli.
A neighbor who is familiar with design and composition completed the logo, which can be found on the shop windows, among other things, and now adorns the footpath to the Harthaus S-Bahn station.
You can find more current news from the district of Fürstenfeldbruck at Merkur.de/Fürstenfeldbruck.
