Lode Pies and Pastries ★ 4.5
Pie shop and pastry counter on Buckingham Street, Surry Hills, Sydney from Eight by Andrew McConnell alumni. Strong pastry program, weekend queues from open.
Worth the queue: Curry beef hand-pie
Flour and Stone is a bakery in Woolloomooloo, Sydney.
Nadine Ingram's pastry bench on Riley Street, Woolloomooloo, Sydney. The morning load of panforte slices, lamingtons and brown-butter cakes is gone by 1pm.
Address: 53 Riley Street, Woolloomooloo NSW 2011, Sydney
Pie shop and pastry counter on Buckingham Street, Surry Hills, Sydney from Eight by Andrew McConnell alumni. Strong pastry program, weekend queues from open.
Worth the queue: Curry beef hand-pie
Black Star Pastry's Newtown original on Australia Street, Sydney since 2008. Strawberry watermelon cake, strong pastry program, weekend queues from open.
Worth the queue: Strawberry watermelon cake
Long-running sourdough bakery on Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney. Loaves go to the city's top restaurants; the retail door is open daily for hot bread.
Worth the queue: Light rye sourdough
Pastry chef Gareth Whitton's tart-only counter on Botany Road, Alexandria, Sydney. Open Thu-Sun 9am-3pm; brown sugar tart often sold out by 2pm.
Worth the queue: Brown sugar tart
Middle Eastern pastry counter on Kepos Street, Redfern, Sydney. Baklava cigars, semolina cakes and rosewater-scented sweets next door to Kepos Street Kitchen.
Worth the queue: Baklava cigar
Italian-leaning bakery on Foveaux Street, Surry Hills, Sydney. Sister to Porteño and Bastardo; panettone, sfogliatelle and cornetti from the morning batch.
Worth the queue: Panettone slice