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 cajeta and candied fruit from the same wooden counters.
Address: Av. 5 de Mayo 39, Centro Historico, Cuauhtemoc, 06000 Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City
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 January rosca de reyes have anchored Mexico City celebrations for nearly a century.
Worth the queue: Rosca de reyes (Three Kings cake)
Ozimo Tahona in Mexico City is the Roma Norte stone-mill sourdough bakery on Cordoba, a weekends-only operation that grinds heirloom Mexican grains on-site for naturally leavened country loaves.
Worth the queue: Pan de Oaxaca with sesame
Le Pain Quotidien in Mexico City is the Belgian organic bakery chain in Polanco on Avenida Masaryk, a daytime sit-down room with sourdough country loaves and a Mediterranean breakfast spread.
Worth the queue: Country bread
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 30 minute Sunday morning queues.
Worth the queue: Rol de guayaba (guava rose roll)
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 more counter seating than the original Colima branch.
Worth the queue: Concha de vainilla
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 January rosca de reyes have anchored Mexico City celebrations for nearly a century.
Worth the queue: Rosca de reyes (Three Kings cake)
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 the first cream-filled rosca de reyes in the country.
Worth the queue: Pan de muerto
