The counters in Tel Aviv worth queuing for: bread, pastry, and the morning ritual.
Bakery counters in Tel Aviv worth queuing for: levain breads, laminated pastry, regional bakes and the morning ritual.
Abouelafia on Yefet Street has baked ka'ak, pita and sambousak in Jaffa since 1879, a round-the-clock counter that predates the state of Israel.
Worth the queueSesame-studded ka'ak filled with cheese
TipOrder the cheese-filled sesame ka'ak straight from the oven; it barely survives the walk outside.
Alexander Bread & Bakery on Lilienblum Street bakes French laminated pastry in central Tel Aviv, from flaky croissants to a blueberry cruffin worth the queue.
Worth the queueBlueberry cruffin and almond croissant
TipArrive before 10:00 on weekdays; the almond croissants and cruffins sell out by early afternoon.
Urban Bakery moved around the corner to Nitsana Street in the Noga district, a French-trained pastry chef running croissants and macarons for Tel Aviv.
Worth the queueChocolate chip cookies and macarons
TipThe bakery relocated from Nehama Street; use the Nitsana Street address, not the old one online.
Bakery Dizengoff on Dizengoff Street is one of five Tel Aviv branches of The Bakery, the R2M group's shop for the breads served at its own restaurants.
Worth the queueBerry-filled pastries and yeast cakes
TipThe sandwich and salad counter makes this a workable lunch stop, not only a pastry case.
Dallal Bakery runs an artisanal French patisserie in a historic Neve Tzedek building in Tel Aviv, baking croissants, tarts and sourdough bread daily.
Worth the queueButter croissants and classic French tarts
TipThe bakery sits on Kol Yisrael Chaverim Street, a separate address from the Dallal restaurant on Shabazi.
Lehamim's stand on Carmel Market sells the chain's Danish-trained sourdough loaves and rye breads, with unsold bread discounted after 17:30 each day.
Worth the queueRye with olives and a discounted end-of-day loaf after 17:30
TipCome back after 17:30 for the discount on whatever bread is left in the stand.
Bakery Kikar HaMedina on Weizmann Street is one of five Tel Aviv branches of The Bakery, selling French pastry, sourdough and the group's cheesecake.
Worth the queueCoffee Bar cheesecake and olive sourdough bread
TipThe Bakery belongs to the R2M group behind The Brasserie and Coffee Bar, and began as a way to take home those restaurants' breads.
Bakery Yad Harutzim keeps weekday-only hours in the Yad Harutzim strip of southeast Tel Aviv, one of five branches sharing the same pastry case.
Worth the queueTarte tatin and yeast cake
TipThis branch closes for the weekend on Thursday afternoon, earlier than the group's other Tel Aviv shops.
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