10 editor picks in Toronto.
10 bakeries in Toronto, editor-picked for bakeries open sunday. Bakeries baking on sundays. All bakeries in Toronto.
Carousel Bakery in St Lawrence Market Upper Level 42 has run the city's reference peameal bacon sandwich since 1977, the Biancolin family the operators.
OrderThe peameal bacon sandwich on a kaiser, choose mustard at the counter.
TipClosed Mondays with the market. The kaiser is soft; the bacon stack mountains. Featured on Bourdain, Food and Wine and the NYT four times.
Blackbird Baking on Baldwin in Kensington is baker Simon Blackwell's sourdough bakery since 2014, 23 varieties of bread including 10 sourdough loaves.
OrderThe Kensington white sourdough loaf and a morning bun.
TipMurray, the sourdough starter, was the first Canadian inductee to the Puratos International Sourdough Library in Belgium in 2018.
Nadege Nourian's flagship patisserie on Queen West has run French pastry since 2009, macarons and seasonal entremets opposite Trinity Bellwoods park.
OrderA box of macarons, including the rotating seasonal flavours.
TipSecond branch at 1099 Yonge in Summerhill. Lunch counter does croque-monsieur and quiche.
Wanda's Pie in the Sky on Augusta in Kensington Market has run the city's reference butter tart counter since 1989, baker Wanda Beaver's pies.
OrderA classic Canadian butter tart, runny in the middle.
TipClosed Mondays. The cherry pie is seasonal in summer; the pumpkin pie in October.
Tre Mari on Corso Italia has been the Deleo family's Italian bakery since 1960, cannoli filled to order, sfogliatelle and panettone at Christmas.
OrderA cannoli filled to order with the espresso at the back counter.
TipCash and card. The deli counter at the back has hot porchetta sandwiches by the slice.
Caldense Bakery on Dundas West has run Portuguese pastries since 1968, the pastel de nata baked through the day plus full savoury counter with rissois.
OrderA pastel de nata at the counter, plus a galao for the walk home.
TipTake a number from the dispenser at the counter. Multiple Caldense locations across the GTA including Symington, Eglinton and Royal York.
Bonjour Brioche on Queen East in Leslieville is owner Tom Rea's French bakery since 1995, the city's reference almond croissant and an all-day brunch counter.
OrderThe almond croissant and a Saturday brioche.
TipClosed Monday and Tuesday. Weekend brunch the busiest; 09:00 the cleanest window.
Benna's on Roncesvalles is the family-owned Polish bakery and deli, paczki and pierogi alongside in-house smoked meats and European groceries.
OrderA paczki with rose-petal or plum jam plus a takeaway tub of pierogi for the freezer.
TipFat Thursday before Lent (late Feb) is paczki day; lineup runs 90 minutes. Polish Festival in September anchors the Roncesvalles strip.
Brick Street Bakery on Trinity Street in the Distillery District has run rustic European-style bread and pastries since 2003, sticky buns and savoury pies.
OrderThe sticky bun and a slice of pork pie for the patio.
TipCash and card. The Distillery flagship is the original; smaller satellites at Roy Thomson Hall and Front Street East.
Future Bakery on Bloor in the Annex has run since 1982 as the city's cafeteria-style Eastern European bakery, hot meals plus a cake counter to 23:00.
OrderA slice of chocolate truffle cake with a coffee at the window.
TipOpen 365 days, late night until 23:00. The cake counter holds 20+ slices fresh-cut.
