Panaderia Rosetta ★ 4.8
Panaderia Rosetta in Mexico City is Elena Reygadas' Roma Norte bakery on Colima since 2012, the bakery counter where the rose-guava roll and the concha drive.
Worth the queue: Rol de guayaba (guava rose roll)
Bakery counters in Mexico City worth queuing for: levain breads, laminated pastry, regional bakes and the morning ritual.
Where to queue for bread and pastry
Panaderia Rosetta Puebla ★ 4.7
Panaderia Rosetta Puebla in Mexico City is the second Roma Norte Reygadas bakery on Puebla, a larger room with the same conchas and laminated pastries plus.
Worth the queue: Concha de vainilla
Pasteleria Ideal ★ 4.4
Pasteleria Ideal in Mexico City is the 1927 Centro Historico bakery on Uruguay Street, the two-floor cake hall where conchas, oreja and the kilometre-long.
Worth the queue: Rosca de reyes (Three Kings cake)
Pasteleria Suiza ★ 4.3
Pasteleria Suiza in Mexico City is the 1942 Condesa bakery facing Parque Espana, the Spanish-Catalan-Swiss bake shop now in its third generation that put out.
Worth the queue: Pan de muerto
La Panera Coyoacan ★ 4.4
La Panera Coyoacan in Mexico City is the Del Carmen artisan bakery and cafe on Londres just off Plaza Hidalgo, a sit-down room with house-baked breads.
Worth the queue: Chocolate concha
Tout Chocolat ★ 4.5
Tout Chocolat in Mexico City is the Condesa chocolate counter on Amsterdam Street, the Luis Robledo chocolaterie that sources Mexican single-origin cacao.
Worth the queue: Chocolate de mesa
Pancracia Panaderia Artesanal ★ 4.5
Pancracia Panaderia Artesanal in Mexico City is the Roma Norte takeaway bakery on the corner of Orizaba and Chiapas, a small counter that puts out sourdough.
Worth the queue: Vigilante (small double-butter croissant)
Cayetana Panaderia ★ 4.5
Cayetana Panaderia in Mexico City is the small Hipodromo Condesa bakery on Calle Celaya between Roma Sur and Condesa, a four-table room where the maple-bacon.
Worth the queue: Rollo de tocino con maple (weekends only)
Delirio ★ 4.3
Delirio in Mexico City is chef Monica Patino's Roma Norte cafe, bakery and deli on Monterrey, a Mediterranean-Mexican daytime room with daily baked pastries.
Worth the queue: Croissant mantequilla
Dulceria de Celaya ★ 4.4
Dulceria de Celaya in Mexico City is the 1874 Centro Historico candy shop on 5 de Mayo, the colonial confectionery that still sells camote, dulce de leche.
Worth the queue: Camote candy
Pancracia Panaderia Artesanal Roma ★ 4.6
Pancracia on Orizaba in Roma Norte is a tree-lined takeaway artisanal panaderia, with naturally leavened sourdough loaves, a rotating focaccia.
Worth the queue: Focaccia of the day
Le Pain Quotidien Polanco ★ 3.8
Le Pain Quotidien in Mexico City is the Belgian organic bakery chain in Polanco on Oscar Wilde just off Masaryk, a daytime sit-down room with sourdough.
Worth the queue: Country bread