The King’s Roost is more than a shop and school
We’re an experimental space – a reliable source of grains and other homesteading goods. We’re also a third space where our communities come together for classes, events, fundraisers, concerts, parties, lectures, and even film and tv production.
Founder, Roe Sie
For me, it all started when a friend introduced me to the health benefits and delicious taste of home-milled flour. I had no idea that the grains we were eating were so stripped of nutrients by the time they reached the market shelves. Grinding your own grains is as easy as grinding your own coffee beans– fast and effortless, no clean up, and a huge difference in freshness and flavor. Oh, and I’m also into making cold-process soaps, homemade candles and stuff like that. Once in a while, I’ll teach those classes too!
The goal of my classes is to show you what can be done at home with reasonable effort and with equipment you typically find in a home kitchen.
History of the King’s Roost
The first King’s Roost location was just 400sq ft down the street from our house and next to King middle school, where our son was a student. The name was easy: I hoped he would come and hang out at his dad’s shop after school, the way our chicken flock would hang out around us at home.
I wanted to create a homesteading shop where people could buy mills, mill flour, source grains and learn about other homestead-y activities. We had mushroom kits, cheese making kits, even large scale aquaponic systems for sale. But it was the organic flour and grains and classes that really resonated with the community.
Our kitchen on Sunset
Within a year, we upgraded into a 900sf space on Sunset Blvd where I installed a kitchen to meet the demand for classes. Thousands of locals took classes on bread making, chicken keeping, soap making, kombucha, sauerkraut, pickling, beer and more.
Then covid hit and classes disappeared. The Roost survived by pivoting. When supermarkets couldn’t keep flour in stock, we became a popular alternative. We went from teaching weekly classes to selling 5+ TONS of flour per week for the first year of the pandemic.
Our evolution to meeting the sourdough demand was complete when we moved into a 2,000sf Glassell Park warehouse in 2024. Now we’re finally able to meet the demand for sourdough bread classes, after school cooking classes, special events, in addition to flour, grains and mills.
Drop in and shop
The King’s Roost currently carries the largest selection of Organic Central Milling flours in the US. We also carry grain mills, tools for baking, and gifts like our handmade soaps and candles. During open hours, you can walk in and peruse the shelves or ask for advice. We’ve got limited hours as we’re usually teaching. If you have questions, reach out to us directly, anytime. You don’t have to be a professional baker to shop, we sell in quantities as small as 5lbs.
We’re at 2801 North San Fernando Road, Los Angeles (NOT Burbank – beware, there’s an identical address there). We are located just a few doors down from the 2 freeway, across the street from Super King Market. There’s a parking lot through the gray gate adjacent to the shop.
Hours:
Sunday: 10am-2pm
Monday: 10am-12pm
Thursday: 10am-12pm
Saturday: 10am-2pm
we are closed Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday.