Pasticceria Modenese is a bakery in San Lazzaro, Modena.
Editorially verified September 29, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: It restocks the counter two or three times a day, so a mid-afternoon visit still finds the tray full.
5 hours
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Experience the production of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, and learn about Lambrusco wine. Visit a balsamic vinegar factory, and after enjoy a lunch to explore local cuisine.
Address: Viale Caduti sul Lavoro 45, 41123 Modena
Forno Trilli has baked bread and gnocco in Modena's Cognento frazione since 2008, run by the brothers Alan and Gianluca who founded the bakery.
Worth the queueGnocco and pinze
TipIt supplies bars and restaurants across the city, so the shop counter often sells out by early afternoon.
Forno Ferrari bakes daily bread for the Via Alassio neighbourhood in southern Modena, one of the region's registered reduced-salt bread signatories.
Worth the queueDaily bread
TipIt is a neighbourhood counter with no seating, best for a bread or focaccia stop on the way past.
Forno Pasticceria Bortolani Demore on Modena's Rua Muro bakes bread, pastry and fresh pasta from a historic shopfront near the old city centre.
Worth the queueFresh-baked bread and biscotti
TipThe midday break runs 14:00 to 17:30, so plan a morning or early-evening visit.
Antica Pasticceria San Biagio has sold torta Barozzi and bensone on Modena's Via Emilia Centro since 1900, kept in its original pink-marble shop.
Worth the queueTorta Barozzi
TipThursday and Sunday afternoons it shuts early, so plan a morning visit for the balsamic vinegar and marrons glaces.
Forno San Barnaba on Modena's Via Ruggera has baked bread since the postwar years, the cioppa modenese loaf its long-running local staple to buy.
Worth the queueCioppa modenese
TipThursday afternoons the ovens rest, so the morning batch is the one to catch before it closes early.
Forno Cristini on Modena's Via Vignolese is a family bakery known for bensone, the city's oldest sweet, filled with grape-must fruit preserve.
Worth the queueBensone
TipIt also sells Parmigiano Reggiano and preserves at the counter, so a bread run doubles as a pantry stop.
