Petit Gâteau ★ 4.4
Petit Gâteau on Haarlemmerstraat is the small Amsterdam patisserie counter pressing French gateaux, tartes and millefeuilles, a daily-rotating display window.
Worth the queue: Tarte au citron
De Bakkerswinkel on Warmoesstraat runs as an all-day Amsterdam bakery-cafe, sourdough breads and warm scones at the counter, quiches and salads in the back.
Address: Warmoesstraat 69, 1012 HX Amsterdam
Petit Gâteau on Haarlemmerstraat is the small Amsterdam patisserie counter pressing French gateaux, tartes and millefeuilles, a daily-rotating display window.
Worth the queue: Tarte au citron
Kwakman on Gerard Doustraat in De Pijp is the Amsterdam neighbourhood bakery: krentenbollen, rye bread, ontbijtkoek, the regular bake locals walk in for daily.
Worth the queue: Krentenbol with butter
Fort Negen on Frederik Hendrikstraat in West runs an Amsterdam sandwich-and-bread counter, sourdough loaves out of the oven by 11:00, salads alongside.
Worth the queue: Sourdough sandwich of the week
Ree7 on Reestraat in the Nine Streets is the Amsterdam cardamom-bun counter, Scandinavian-leaning laminated dough pressed by hand and sold off the rack.
Worth the queue: Cardamom bun
Vlaamsch Broodhuys on Haarlemmerstraat is the Amsterdam flagship of the Dutch sourdough chain, baking the city's reference country loaf since 2001.
Worth the queue: Sourdough country loaf
Bakhuys on Sarphatistraat in Oost has baked Amsterdam bread in a wood-fired stone oven since 1926, the same family business across five generations.
Worth the queue: Stone-oven sourdough