Cadeaux Bakery is a bakery in Chinatown, Vancouver.
Cadeaux Bakery on Powell in Railtown from baker Eleanor Chow Waterfall is a French pastry counter since 2015, layer cakes and viennoiserie the calling card.
Tip: Pre-order layer cakes 48 hours in advance through the website; the counter does smaller picks daily.
Address: 172 Powell Street, Vancouver, BC V6A 1G1
Anchor Bakery on East 28th in Riley Park is a wholesale-leaning sourdough kitchen with a small public counter since 2017, country loaves and rye the standard.
Tip: Limited public hours; pre-order through the website for Saturday pickup. The whole-wheat loaf is the better keeper.
Worth the queue: Country loaf
Beaucoup Bakery on Fir Street is Vancouver's reference French laminated pastry shop since 2012, the gold-standard almond croissant plus daily seating.
Tip: Almond croissants sell out by 11:00 on Saturday; weekday morning is the calmer queue.
Worth the queue: Almond croissant
Livia on Commercial Drive from baker Cynthia Rogerson is the city's reference Italian-leaning patisserie since 2018, sourdough panettone the calendar event.
Tip: Panettone pre-orders open in October for December; the daily ricotta cakes and brioche turnover sell out by lunch.
Worth the queue: Sourdough panettone
Batard on West Broadway is Vancouver's reference natural-leavened bread bakery since 2017, the daily baguette pulled hot at 11:00 the city standard.
Tip: Baguettes pulled fresh at 11:00 and 14:30; the kitchen sells out by 15:00 on Saturday.
Worth the queue: Sourdough baguette
Purebread's Gastown branch is the Whistler-origin bakery's Vancouver outpost since 2014, the sticky cinnamon brioche the kitchen's calling card.
Tip: Boxed pastry-of-the-day samplers from the counter; the Granville Island branch has more daily varieties.
Worth the queue: Sticky cinnamon brioche
Small Victory in Yaletown since 2014 is a French-leaning bakery and cafe, plus newer Burrard and Mount Pleasant branches and a reference almond croissant.
Tip: Croissants sell out by 11:00 on Saturday; the Burrard branch is the calmer seat.
Worth the queue: Almond croissant
