Bread 41 on Pearse Street in Dublin 2, Eoin Cluskey's organic sourdough bakery and cafe since 2018, the city's most polished cardamom bun and laminated.
OrderA cardamom bun and a slice of country sourdough loaf to take home.
TipCardamom buns sell out by 12:00 on Saturdays; arrive 09:00 to be first. The cafe sits twenty in the back room.
Una on Ranelagh in Dublin 6, John and Sandy Wyer's bakery sister to Forest Avenue with Tom and Finn Gleeson of Bunsen, the southside's polished pastry.
OrderPain au chocolat warm out of the oven and a country sourdough loaf to take home.
The Bretzel on Lennox Street in Portobello, Dublin's only Jewish-tradition bagel and rye bakery since 1870, kosher-style classics and a working sourdough.
OrderA poppy-seed bagel toasted with cream cheese and smoked Irish salmon.
TipSix bagel varieties baked twice daily; the second bake at 14:00 is the quietest collection window.
The Bakehouse on Bachelors Walk in Dublin 1, a quayside bakery and cafe serving classic Irish brown bread, soda farls and an all-day fry-up on the river.
OrderA slab of brown soda bread with butter and an all-day full Irish.
TipWindow stools face the Liffey; the back room sits forty. Open seven days, breakfast served all day.