Brickfields ★ 4.5
European bakery and cafe on Cleveland Street, Chippendale, Sydney. Sourdough loaves at the counter, strong pastry program, weekend queues from open.
Worth the queue: Bacon, manchego and pickle ciabatta toastie
Iggy's Bread of the World is a bakery in Bronte, Sydney.
Igor Ivanovic's wholesale-and-retail bakery on Macpherson Street, Bronte, Sydney. Open Tue-Sat 7am-2pm; stone-milled sourdough loaves daily.
Address: 49 Macpherson Street, Bronte NSW 2024, Sydney
European bakery and cafe on Cleveland Street, Chippendale, Sydney. Sourdough loaves at the counter, strong pastry program, weekend queues from open.
Worth the queue: Bacon, manchego and pickle ciabatta toastie
Kate and Cam Reid's croissant counter on Barangaroo Avenue, Sydney. Open daily 7:30am-2pm; the twice-baked almond croissant is the menu signature daily.
Worth the queue: Twice-baked almond croissant
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.
Worth the queue: Panforte slice
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