🥐 Bakeries

Pelican Bakery ★ 4.8

Classic shokupan and rolls

Tokyo, Japan

Pelican Bakery in Tokyo's Asakusa has baked only two products since 1942: shokupan and dinner rolls.

Panaderia Rosetta ★ 4.8

Mexican pan dulce and laminated pastries

roma-norte, Mexico City, Mexico

Panaderia Rosetta in Mexico City is Elena Reygadas' Roma Norte bakery on Colima since 2012, the bakery counter where the rose-guava roll...

Chleboteka ★ 4.8

Sourdough breads and modern pastries

Wrocław, Poland

Chleboteka on Ruska in central Wrocław bakes the city's most ambitious sourdough, some loaves a 48-hour prove. At ul. Ruska 64/65.

Frigideiras do Cantinho ★ 4.8

Frigideiras (fried custard pastry), tíbias, sameirinhos

Braga, Portugal

The most historically important food address in Braga, trading continuously since 1796. The specialty is the frigideira: a fried pastry...

Pasteis de Belem ★ 4.8

Pastel de nata, the original 1837 recipe

belem, Lisbon, Portugal

Pasteis de Belem in Lisbon's Belem riverside: the original pastel de nata, made by hand from a Jeronimos-monastery recipe held in secret...

Kruh Vajnorska ★ 4.8

Stone-oven sourdough breads

nove-mesto, Bratislava, Slovakia

Kruh on Vajnorska 21 in Nove Mesto is the city's reference sourdough bakery, with stone-oven loaves, buttery croissants and Roman-style...

Pastisseria Hofmann ★ 4.8

Catalan pastry and laminated dough

born, Barcelona, Spain

Pastisseria Hofmann in Barcelona's Born is Mey Hofmann's bake counter: the mascarpone-filled croissant is the signature, sold by the dozen...

Martina de Zuricalday ★ 4.8

Traditional Basque pastry and chocolate

Bilbao, Spain

Martina de Zuricalday in Bilbao since 1830 is Euskadi's oldest artisanal patisserie, with the bollo suizo the signature bake on Calle...

Panic ★ 4.8

Sourdough breads

malasana, Madrid, Spain

Panic on Calle Conde Duque in Madrid's Malasana is the city's reference sourdough bakery since 2015 by chef Javier Marca, with 24-hour...

Levaduramadre ★ 4.8

Sourdough breads and Spanish pastries

Valencia, Spain

Levaduramadre on Carrer de la Pau in Valencia's Ciutat Vella is the flagship Valencia branch of the Madrid sourdough chain, serving...

SOL Bageri och Kaffe ★ 4.8

Vasastaden, Gothenburg, Sweden

SOL Bageri och Kaffe bakes long-ferment sourdough loaves and laminated pastries in Vasastaden, drawing a devoted queue of Goteborg bread...

Vete-Katten ★ 4.8

Classic Swedish konditori baking

norrmalm, Stockholm, Sweden

Vete-Katten on Kungsgatan in Stockholm's Norrmalm has baked the classic Swedish konditori canon since 1928; the semla in Lent and princess...

Karaköy Güllüoğlu ★ 4.8

Baklava and Turkish pastry

karaköy, Istanbul, Turkey

Karaköy Güllüoğlu, the one-counter Rıhtım Caddesi baklava emporium across from Galataport, has filled the Güllü family's pistachio version...

Twelve Triangles ★ 4.8

Sourdough and doughnuts

leith, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Rachel Morgan and Emily Cuddeford's Brunswick Street bakery in Edinburgh, opened 2014, the city's reference sourdough kitchen and the...

Lannan Bakery ★ 4.8

French viennoiserie and natural-leaven pastries

stockbridge, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Darcie Maher's Lannan Bakery on Hamilton Place in Stockbridge Edinburgh, opened July 2023 and expanded in 2025, a scratch-made viennoiserie...

Pophams Bakery ★ 4.8

Laminated viennoiserie and morning pastry

hackney, London, United Kingdom

Olly Gold's laminated-pastry counter in Hackney London, opened 2016 on Richmond Road, runs the city's most-photographed viennoiserie and a...

Bosque Baking Company ★ 4.8

Artisan sourdough and empanadas

downtown, Albuquerque, United States

Bosque Baking Company on Coal Avenue in Albuquerque's Barelas is the artisan bakery since 2011, with sourdough loaves

OWL Bakery ★ 4.8

Naturally leavened breads, laminated pastries

west-asheville, Asheville, United States

OWL Bakery (Old World Levain) on Haywood Road in West Asheville is the city's flagship sourdough and laminated pastry bakery.

Holeman and Finch Bread ★ 4.8

Naturally leavened sourdough and viennoiserie

buckhead, Atlanta, United States

Linton Hopkins' Holeman and Finch Bread bakery in Buckhead, Atlanta runs naturally leavened sourdough, viennoiserie and a pastry programme...

Vaccaro's Italian Pastry Shop ★ 4.8

Italian pastry and gelato

little-italy, Baltimore, United States

Vaccaro's has filled cannoli to order in Little Italy since 1956, a sit-down dessert counter for gelato, espresso, tiramisu and trays of...

Five Points Bakery and Toast Cafe ★ 4.8

Whole-grain breads from local-mill wheat

Buffalo, United States

Five Points Bakery on Brayton Street mills its own wheat from Western New York farms and bakes whole-grain sourdoughs at a West Side...

WildFlour Pastry ★ 4.8

Croissants, sticky buns

west-ashley, Charleston, United States

WildFlour Pastry in Charleston bakes pastries, sticky buns and cakes from a Savannah Highway counter since 2008 (after relocating from...

Sister Pie ★ 4.8

Seasonal pies and cookies

west-village, Detroit, United States

Sister Pie on Kercheval in West Village bakes seasonal pies and cookies in Detroit since 2015. At 8066 Kercheval St. Cash and card accepted.

Leonard's Bakery ★ 4.8

Portuguese malasadas, pao doce

Honolulu, United States

Leonard's Bakery in Kapahulu Honolulu has fried Portuguese malasadas since Leonard Rego opened the family shop in 1952, the canonical...

Wild Love Bakehouse ★ 4.8

Laminated pastries and sourdough

north-knoxville, Knoxville, United States

Wild Love Bakehouse on North Central, the scratch laminated-pastry and sourdough bakery, was profiled by Afar magazine as a contender for...

Suzuya Patisserie ★ 4.8

Japanese-style cakes and crepes

Las Vegas, United States

Suzuya Patisserie in Las Vegas is the Japanese-style bakery on Buffalo Drive since 2012, a family-owned counter for Japanese cakes, crepes...

Republique Bakery ★ 4.8

French laminated pastry

Los Angeles, United States

Margarita Manzke's pastry counter inside Republique, Los Angeles bakes the city's reference kouign-amann, plus laminated croissants from a...

Muth's Candies ★ 4.8

Handmade chocolates and confections

Louisville, United States

Muth's Candies on East Market in Louisville has made hand-rolled chocolates and modjeskas in NuLu since 1921, the family-owned confectioner.

Muddy's Bake Shop ★ 4.8

Cakes, cookies, layered bakes

broad-avenue, Memphis, United States

Muddy's Bake Shop in Memphis has run scratch-baked cupcakes, layer cakes and cookies since 2008, now anchoring the Broad Avenue Arts...

Patisserie 46 ★ 4.8

French viennoiserie, Norwegian kringle

linden-hills, Minneapolis, United States

John Kraus's Patisserie 46 on Grand Avenue South has run Minneapolis's defining French bakery since 2010.

Dong Phuong Oriental Bakery ★ 4.8

Vietnamese pastry and king cake

New Orleans, United States

Dong Phuong in New Orleans is the James Beard America's Classics Vietnamese bakery on Chef Menteur Highway in New Orleans East, with the...

Bake Sum ★ 4.8

Asian American viennoiserie

lake-merritt, Oakland, United States

Bake Sum on Grand Avenue near Lake Merritt runs an Asian American pastry program. Passionfruit tarts, ube cookies and Spam musubi...

Buttermilk Bakery ★ 4.8

Laminated pastries and from-scratch sandwiches

winter-park, Orlando, United States

Buttermilk Bakery on Orange Avenue in Winter Park is the family-run morning bakery and lunch counter, with cruffins, croissants and biscuit...

Sarcone's Bakery ★ 4.8

Brick-oven Italian bread and tomato pie

Philadelphia, United States

Sarcone's Bakery in Philadelphia is the 1918 brick-oven Italian Market bakery on South 9th, fifth-generation Sicilian-American with tomato...

Standard Baking Co ★ 4.8

Levain breads, French laminated pastries

old-port, Portland, United States

Standard Baking on Commercial Street, since 1995 from Alison Pray and Matt James, is Portland's artisan bakery for levain breads and...

Sub Rosa Bakery ★ 4.8

Naturally-leavened breads, stone-ground flour

church-hill, Richmond, United States

Evrim and Evin Dogu's Sub Rosa Bakery in Church Hill is the Richmond bakery to know. Multi-year James Beard semifinalist; reopened December...

Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates ★ 4.8

Handcrafted chocolates and macarons

midtown, Sacramento, United States

Ginger Elizabeth Hahn's chocolate and macaron counter on J Street, midtown Sacramento, was named one of the 24 Best Chocolate Shops in...

Eva's Bakery ★ 4.8

French breads and pastries

downtown, Salt Lake City, United States

Eva's Bakery on South Main, chef Charlie Perry's French bakery named for his great-grandmother Eva Coombs, runs French pastries and...

Bread and Cie ★ 4.8

European stone-hearth artisan breads

San Diego, United States

Bread and Cie in San Diego is the Hillcrest European stone-hearth bakery on University Avenue since 1995, the rustic-bread room that...

Clafoutis French Bakery ★ 4.8

Laminated French pastries and viennoiseries

southside, Santa Fe, United States

Philippe and Anne Laure Ligier bake 800 to 1,000 hand-rolled pastries daily at Clafoutis on Cordova Road, a hard-French operation in a...

Leopold's Ice Cream ★ 4.8

Ice cream parlour and soda fountain

historic-district, Savannah, United States

Founded 1919 by Greek-immigrant brothers George and Peter Leopold, the city's reference ice-cream parlour.

Sea Wolf Bakers ★ 4.8

Naturally leavened breads and morning pastries

Seattle, United States

Sea Wolf Bakers in Seattle's Fremont is the brothers Wybenga sourdough room: levain breads, the city's signature cinnamon roll.

La Segunda Central Bakery ★ 4.8

Cuban bread

ybor-city, Tampa, United States

La Segunda in Ybor City has baked Cuban bread daily since 1915, with 18,000-plus loaves a day and the palmetto frond baked into the top...

Alessi Bakery ★ 4.8

Italian and Cuban

west-tampa, Tampa, United States

Alessi Bakery on West Cypress has run an Italian and Cuban bakery in Tampa since 1912, with famous hand-carved Cuban sandwiches, deviled...

Atelier Fuerza ★ 4.7

Sourdough breads and Argentine medialunas

palermo-soho, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Palermo flagship of Buenos Aires' sourdough revolution, with branches in Recoleta, Almagro, Nunez and beyond.

Flour & Chocolate Patisserie ★ 4.7

French laminated pastry and chocolate work

morningside, Brisbane, Australia

Flour & Chocolate on Wynnum Road in Morningside is the cult Brisbane pastry destination. Queues form early and twice-baked almond...

Lune Croissanterie ★ 4.7

Laminated viennoiserie

barangaroo, Sydney, Australia

Kate and Cam Reid's croissant counter on Barangaroo Avenue, Sydney. Open daily 7:30am-2pm; the twice-baked almond croissant is the menu...

Flour and Stone ★ 4.7

Pastry and cakes

woolloomooloo, Sydney, Australia

Nadine Ingram's pastry bench on Riley Street, Woolloomooloo, Sydney. The morning load of panforte slices, lamingtons and brown-butter cakes...

Joseph Brot Naglergasse ★ 4.7

Heritage-grain sourdough

innere-stadt, Vienna, Austria

Joseph Brot on Naglergasse in Vienna's first district bakes Josef Weghaupt's Waldviertel heritage-grain sourdough by hand without machines.

The Chocolate Line ★ 4.7

Experimental Belgian pralines

markt, Bruges, Belgium

The Chocolate Line on Simon Stevinplein in Bruges is Dominique Persoone's lab, where pralines run from caramelised shrimp-head to...

Joost Arijs Patisserie and Chocolaterie ★ 4.7

Award-winning pastry and pralines

zuidstationstraat, Ghent, Belgium

Joost Arijs won best patisserie in Belgium from Gault and Millau: the showcase holds intricate tarts, entremets and seasonal pralines...

Buregdzinica Sac ★ 4.7

Burek under sac, the 200-year Bosnian phyllo

bascarsija, Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina

Buregdzinica Sac on Mali Bravadziluk in Sarajevo is the canonical Bosnian buregdzinica, pulling burek under a coal-heated metal sac lid for...

Beaucoup Bakery ★ 4.7

French laminated pastries and bread

south-granville, Vancouver, Canada

Beaucoup Bakery on Fir Street is Vancouver's reference French laminated pastry shop since 2012, the gold-standard almond croissant plus...

Batard Boulangerie ★ 4.7

Naturally leavened bread, baguette

kitsilano, Vancouver, Canada

Batard on West Broadway is Vancouver's reference natural-leavened bread bakery since 2017, the daily baguette pulled hot at 11:00 the city...

Kruscic Artisan Bakery ★ 4.7

Levain bread, French and German loaves

diocletians-palace, Split, Croatia

Kruscic Artisan Bakery just behind Split's Ribarnica fish market makes additive-free baguettes, boules and pastries from French and German...

La Cabra Bakery ★ 4.7

Sourdough and Scandinavian pastry

Aarhus, Denmark

The cafe counter and bakery operation of La Cabra in the Latin Quarter. Open mon-fri 07:30-17:00, sat-sun 08:00-15:00. Reservations advised.

Andersen & Maillard (Nørrebro) ★ 4.7

Pastries and direct-trade coffee

Copenhagen, Denmark

Andersen & Maillard on Nørrebrogade in Nørrebro is the original bakery-roastery from former noma pastry chef Milton Abel, with viennoiserie...

Sankt Peders Bageri ★ 4.7

Classic Danish pastries and kanelsnegle

Copenhagen, Denmark

Sankt Peders Bageri in the Latin Quarter is Copenhagen's oldest working bakery; the giant Wednesday cinnamon roll, the onsdagssnegl, sells...

Baillardran ★ 4.7

Cannele de Bordeaux

golden-triangle, Bordeaux, France

Baillardran in Bordeaux's Golden Triangle is the canele specialist on Cours de l'Intendance since 1988, with the city's most-quoted version.

Pralus Presqu'ile ★ 4.7

Praluline brioche flagship

Lyon, France

Pralus Presqu'ile on Rue de Brest in the 2e is the praluline-brioche counter for the Lyon peninsula, with whole loaves of pink-praline...

Boulangerie du Palais ★ 4.7

Praline rose tarts and Vieux Lyon classics

5e, Lyon, France

Boulangerie du Palais in Vieux Lyon is the praline-rose specialist run by pastry chef Sebastien Bouillet on Rue du Palais de Justice, with...

Maison Auer ★ 4.7

Candied fruits and chocolates

Nice, France

Maison Auer on Rue Saint Francois de Paule has sold candied fruits and chocolates in Nice since 1820, two centuries under the Auer family...

Poilâne ★ 4.7

Sourdough miche

Paris, France

Poilâne in Paris has baked a signature sourdough miche from a wood-fired oven on Rue du Cherche-Midi since 1932. Booking recommended.

Le Bon ★ 4.7

French viennoiserie

kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany

Le Bon on Berlin's Boppstrasse in Kreuzberg bakes French-style viennoiserie at the level of any Paris boulangerie; the croissant aux...

epi Boulangerie Patisserie ★ 4.7

French bread and pastry

altstadt, Cologne, Germany

epi Boulangerie Patisserie on Breite Strasse near Cologne's Cathedral bakes Viennoiserie and croissants using French technique, with butter...

Julius Brantner Brothandwerk ★ 4.7

Organic sourdough breads, regional grains

schwabing, Munich, Germany

Julius Brantner Brothandwerk in Munich's Schwabing-Maxvorstadt has run a transparent organic bakery since April 2019, small regional...

Bakehouse Quarry Bay ★ 4.7

Sourdough viennoiserie and Hong Kong egg tarts

quarry-bay, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Bakehouse on King's Road in Quarry Bay is Grégoire Michaud's bakery flagship, plating the sourdough fermented egg tart that made the brand...

Bread 41 ★ 4.7

Organic sourdough and laminated pastries

docklands, Dublin, Ireland

Bread 41 on Pearse Street in Dublin 2, Eoin Cluskey's organic sourdough bakery and cafe since 2018, the city's most polished cardamom bun...

Scéal Cafe ★ 4.7

Naturally leavened breads and pastries

portobello, Dublin, Ireland

Scéal Cafe on South Circular Road in Dublin 8, Shane Palmer and Charlotte Leonard-Kane's Dublin counter near Leonard's Corner, the bakery's...

Magpie Bakery ★ 4.7

Sourdough loaves and laminated pastries

latin-quarter, Galway, Ireland

Magpie Bakery in the Cornstore on St Augustine Street Galway bakes sourdough in tiny batches; wild-yeast croissants and rye sell out before...

Arán Artisan Bakery and Bistro ★ 4.7

Stone-baked sourdough and seasonal pastries

barrack-street, Kilkenny, Ireland

Arán on Barrack Street is Kilkenny's most acclaimed bakery-bistro, winner of Ireland's Best Brunch at the Georgina Campbell Irish Breakfast...

Atti ★ 4.7

Bolognese pasticceria, salumeria, mortadella

Bologna, Italy

Atti in Bologna's Quadrilatero is the 1880-founded salumeria-and-pasticceria with two adjoining shops on Via Caprarie, slicing mortadella...

Paolo Atti & Figli ★ 4.7

Sfoglia pasta, pasticceria

Bologna, Italy

Paolo Atti & Figli in Bologna's Quadrilatero is the 1880-founded sfoglina-and-pasticceria with hand-rolled tortellini sold by weight, plus...

Caffe Gilli ★ 4.7

Florentine pastries, panforte, cantucci

centro-storico, Florence, Italy

Caffe Gilli in Florence's Piazza della Repubblica is the city's oldest cafe-pasticceria, opened in 1733, with the original baked-on-site...

Pasticceria Cova ★ 4.7

Milanese confectionery, panettone, petits fours

centro-storico, Milan, Italy

Pasticceria Cova on Via Montenapoleone has made Milanese confectionery since 1817, the tea room of the fashion-week circuit.

Davide Longoni Pane ★ 4.7

Long-fermentation sourdough bread, panettone, michetta

porta-romana, Milan, Italy

Davide Longoni Pane in Milan's Porta Romana is the city's most respected bread baker, running nine Milan locations from the Via Tiraboschi...

Pasticceria Attanasio ★ 4.7

Sfogliatella riccia and frolla

centro-storico, Naples, Italy

Attanasio near Naples Central Station has fried sfogliatelle since 1930, with riccia and frolla baked all day.

Pasticceria Poppella ★ 4.7

Fiocco di neve (snow-flake brioche)

sanita, Naples, Italy

Poppella in Naples' Sanita has run the family pastry counter since 1920, with the fiocco di neve (snow-flake brioche with cream filling)...

I Segreti del Chiostro ★ 4.7

Convent Sicilian pasticceria

loggia, Palermo, Italy

I Segreti del Chiostro inside the Santa Caterina d'Alessandria monastery off Piazza Bellini in Palermo bakes from the 21 historic...

Pasticceria Regoli ★ 4.7

Maritozzo con la panna, classic Roman pastries

esquilino, Rome, Italy

Pasticceria Regoli in Rome's Esquilino has baked the city's defining maritozzo con la panna since 1916, with the fluffy bun split and...

Perino Vesco ★ 4.7

Sourdough breads and panettone

centro-storico, Turin, Italy

Perino Vesco on Via Cavour in Turin is Andrea Perino's sourdough bakery and panettone laboratory.

Guido Gobino ★ 4.7

Contemporary chocolate, gianduja

vanchiglia, Turin, Italy

Guido Gobino's flagship workshop in Vanchiglia is the contemporary gianduiotto reference. The small Tourinot, salted cremino, cafe view on...

Pasticceria Tonolo ★ 4.7

Venetian patisserie, focaccia veneziana

Venice, Italy

Pasticceria Tonolo on Calle San Pantalon in Venice's Dorsoduro has run since 1886, the city's benchmark patisserie for focaccia veneziana...

Amam Dacotan Ropponmatsu ★ 4.7

Artisan breads and 140 bakes daily

ropponmatsu, Fukuoka, Japan

Ryota Hirako opened Amam Dacotan in Ropponmatsu in 2018 and started Japan's maritozzo boom.

West Wood Bakers ★ 4.7

Artisan sourdough and brunch

Horie and Nishi-ku, Osaka, Japan

A Minamihorie bakery-cafe combining long-fermented sourdough with a full brunch menu; the open kitchen bakes through the morning until...

Centre The Bakery ★ 4.7

Shokupan and Western breads

Tokyo, Japan

Centre The Bakery in Tokyo's Ginza is the shokupan-only counter where queues form for the milk bread tasting flight by 11:00 most days.

Pierre Herme Paris Aoyama ★ 4.7

French patisserie and viennoiserie

Tokyo, Japan

Pierre Herme Paris Aoyama in Tokyo is the French patissier's Asia flagship on Aoyama-dori. Macarons, the Ispahan, and a viennoiserie...

Panaderia Rosetta Puebla ★ 4.7

Mexican pan dulce

roma-norte, Mexico City, Mexico

Panaderia Rosetta Puebla in Mexico City is the second Roma Norte Reygadas bakery on Puebla, a larger room with the same conchas and...

Boulenc ★ 4.7

Masa madre sourdough and laminated pastries

centro-historico, Oaxaca, Mexico

Boulenc on Porfirio Diaz is Oaxaca's masa-madre flagship, with a stone-mill country loaf, cardamom spirals and a vegan-marked menu in a...

Boutique Pierre Herme Paris ★ 4.7

Pierre Herme macarons and signature pastries

hivernage, Marrakech, Morocco

The Boutique Pierre Herme Paris at Marrakech's La Mamounia is the chef-pastrymaker's only African outpost; macarons, Ispahan, and the...

Amano Bakery ★ 4.7

Sourdough and viennoiserie

britomart, Auckland, New Zealand

Amano Bakery is the all-day pastry sibling of the Amano restaurant on Tyler Street in Britomart, Auckland.

Ille Brød ★ 4.7

Sourdough breads from heirloom Norwegian grains

gronland, Oslo, Norway

Ille Brød on Lakkegata in Grønland mills heirloom Norwegian grains for long-fermented sourdough loaves and cinnamon rolls baked to order.

El Pan de la Chola ★ 4.7

Levain artisan bread and pastry

miraflores, Lima, Peru

El Pan de la Chola at Av Mariscal La Mar 918 in Miraflores is Lima's pioneer artisan bakery, baker Jonathan Day's natural-fermentation...

Nowy Chleb ★ 4.7

Natural sourdough breads

Gdańsk, Poland

Nowy Chleb in Gdańsk Przymorze is Łukasz Stafieja's artisan micro-bakery: own-milled flours, natural starter, wheat and rye sourdoughs to...

Cukiernia Pawlova ★ 4.7

Traditional butter rogale by a World Master Confectioner

Poznań, Poland

Cukiernia Pawlova in Luboń outside Poznań is run by World Master Confectioner Paweł Mieszała, with traditional butter rogale baked to the...

Lukullus (Mokotowska) ★ 4.7

Warsaw doughnuts and laminated pastry

Warsaw, Poland

Lukullus on Mokotowska in Warsaw is the third-generation Warsaw patisserie family business since 1946.

Manteigaria Chiado ★ 4.7

Modern pastel de nata, baked every twenty minutes

chiado, Lisbon, Portugal

Manteigaria's Chiado flagship in Lisbon: an Art Nouveau corner on Rua do Loreto where pastel de nata trays land hot every twenty minutes...

Gleba Padaria ★ 4.7

Stone-milled Portuguese sourdough

Alcantara, Lisbon, Portugal

Gleba in Lisbon's Alcantara: Diogo Amorim mills Portuguese heritage grains on site and bakes the city's most-cited sourdough loaves, by the...

Pekara Trpkovic Slavija ★ 4.7

Traditional Serbian and Bosnian burek

vracar, Belgrade, Serbia

Pekara Trpkovic has baked Belgrade burek for over a century. The Slavija counter on Nemanjina draws queues into the rain, ranked top burek...

Tartine Bakery Seoul (Hannam) ★ 4.7

San Francisco-style sourdough and laminated pastries

Itaewon and Hannam, Seoul, South Korea

The Seoul outpost of Chad Robertson's San Francisco bakery, in Hannam-dong since 2018, quickly setting the standard for open-crumb...

Oriol Balaguer Pastisseria ★ 4.7

Catalan modernist pastry

sarria, Barcelona, Spain

Oriol Balaguer in Barcelona's Sant Gervasi is the uphill pastry showroom of the four-time World Pastry Champion: the cruffin and his...

La Pastisseria Barcelona ★ 4.7

Modernist French-Catalan pastry

eixample, Barcelona, Spain

La Pastisseria Barcelona in Barcelona's Eixample is Josep Maria Rodriguez's modernist pastry counter: laminated croissants, Saint Honoré.

Casa Mira ★ 4.7

Turron and confitery

centro, Madrid, Spain

Casa Mira on Carrera de San Jeronimo in Madrid has made the turron de Jijona by hand since 1842, opened by Luis Mira after he moved from...

La Vina (tarta de queso counter) ★ 4.7

Burnt Basque cheesecake since 1990

San Sebastián, Spain

La Vina on Calle 31 de Agosto in San Sebastian is the birthplace of the burnt Basque cheesecake (tarta de queso La Vina), invented by...

Confiteria La Campana ★ 4.7

Modernist patisserie since 1885

Seville, Spain

Confiteria La Campana on Calle Sierpes in Seville is the 1885 Modernist patisserie with marble counters, plasterwork ceilings and the...

Cafe Husaren ★ 4.7

Haga, Gothenburg, Sweden

Cafe Husaren in Haga has served the largest cinnamon bun in Goteborg since 1890, a plate-filling hagabulle that has become the city's most...

Steinbrenner och Nyberg ★ 4.7

Vasastaden, Gothenburg, Sweden

Steinbrenner och Nyberg is a long-running Vasastaden favourite baking European-style loaves, tarts and croissants in a bright corner shop...

Lillebrors Bageri ★ 4.7

Sourdough and viennoiserie

vasastan, Stockholm, Sweden

Lillebrors Bageri on Rörstrandsgatan in Stockholm's Vasastan bakes the Vasastan cardamom bun the city's food press argues about; the...

Confiserie Spruengli ★ 4.7

Chocolates and Luxemburgerli macarons

Zurich, Switzerland

Founded 1836 on Bahnhofstrasse, 190 years in 2026. Luxemburgerli macarons, handcrafted chocolates, pralines, the canonical Zurich...

Chia Te Bakery ★ 4.7

Pineapple cakes and Taiwanese pastries

songshan, Taipei, Taiwan

Chia Te Bakery has been baking pineapple cakes since 1975, winning the 2006 Taipei Pineapple Cake Festival's top prize and shipping global...

Bostock Bakery ★ 4.7

Sourdough and laminated pastries

stockbridge, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Bostock Bakery on St Stephen Street in Stockbridge Edinburgh, opened 2020 by Hamish Saxton, a sourdough-and-pastry kitchen with...

Twelve Triangles Portobello ★ 4.7

Naturally leavened sourdough and pastries

portobello, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Twelve Triangles Portobello on the high street near the beach in Edinburgh, the seaside branch of the Leith bakery that bakes naturally...

E5 Bakehouse ★ 4.7

Stoneground sourdough and laminated pastries

hackney, London, United Kingdom

Ben Mackinnon's railway-arch bakery beside London Fields station in Hackney London, opened 2010, mills its own organic flour and ships...

Pollen Bakery ★ 4.7

Sourdough loaves and laminated pastries

ancoats, Manchester, United Kingdom

Sunday Times-listed Manchester bakery by Ancoats Marina, baking sourdough loaves and laminated pastries.

Golden Crown Panaderia ★ 4.7

New Mexican biscochitos and green chile bread

downtown, Albuquerque, United States

Golden Crown Panaderia on Mountain Road in Albuquerque is the heritage panaderia since 1972, baking green chile bread

Fire Island Rustic Bakeshop ★ 4.7

Levain breads and croissants

downtown, Anchorage, United States

Fire Island Rustic Bakeshop opened in 2009 in South Addition and is a 2026 James Beard Award finalist for Outstanding Bakery, with crusty...

Mother ★ 4.7

Pandemic-born sourdough program, sandwiches

south-slope, Asheville, United States

Heidi Bass's Mother on Short Coxe earned a 2025 Michelin Bib Gourmand, one of the few US bakeries to receive the distinction in the...

Little Tart Bakeshop ★ 4.7

Sourdough and French pastries

grant-park, Atlanta, United States

Sarah Dodge's Little Tart Bakeshop in Atlanta opened 2010 and runs a French-leaning pastry programme with bostocks, kouign-amann and...

Patisserie Poupon ★ 4.7

Classic French patisserie

downtown, Baltimore, United States

Patisserie Poupon near the Shot Tower is Joseph Poupon's French bakery, turning out laminated croissants, macarons and glossy fruit tarts...

Acme Bread ★ 4.7

Sourdough, levain, baguettes

downtown, Berkeley, United States

Steve Sullivan opened Acme Bread in 1983 after years at Chez Panisse. His levain and walnut loaves defined Bay Area artisan baking.

Butter Block ★ 4.7

French laminated pastry, croissants, kouign-amann

Buffalo, United States

Butter Block on Rhode Island Street in the Five Points neighborhood moved from market pop-up to brick-and-mortar in 2019, with French...

Lost Larson ★ 4.7

Scandinavian breads, kardemummabullar

Chicago, United States

Lost Larson in Chicago is Bobby Schaffer's Andersonville Scandinavian bakery on Clark, with stone-milled rye and the cardamom bun that...

Kasama (bakery) ★ 4.7

Filipino pastries, ube cruffin

Chicago, United States

Kasama in Chicago is Tim Flores and Genie Kwon's Ukrainian Village daytime bakery, with the ube cruffin, longanisa breakfast plate and pan...

Allez Bakery ★ 4.7

Natural-leavened French breads, viennoiserie

over-the-rhine, Cincinnati, United States

Allez Bakery on Main Street in OTR is the natural-leavened French bread program from Thomas McKenna, with country loaves and viennoiserie...

Graeter's Hyde Park ★ 4.7

French-pot ice cream and bakery, since 1870

hyde-park, Cincinnati, United States

Graeter's on Erie Avenue in Cincinnati's Hyde Park Square is the Hyde Park scoop counter and bakery since 1870, with French-pot ice cream...

Presti's Bakery ★ 4.7

Italian-American pastries and breads

little-italy, Cleveland, United States

Presti's Bakery on Mayfield Road in Little Italy since 1903, one of Cleveland's oldest bakeries, anchors the Cleveland-style cassata cake...

Larder Delicatessen and Bakery ★ 4.7

Eastern European pastry and rye

ohio-city, Cleveland, United States

Larder Delicatessen and Bakery in Hingetown's Ohio City Firehouse, Jeremy Umansky's koji-and-curing project, a 2025 James Beard Pastry...

Pistacia Vera ★ 4.7

French patisserie and macarons

german-village, Columbus, United States

Pistacia Vera on South Third Street is the Columbus German Village French patisserie since 2004, with macarons, kouign-amann and laminated...

Fox in the Snow German Village ★ 4.7

Buttermilk biscuits and laminated pastry

german-village, Columbus, United States

Fox in the Snow on Thurman Avenue in Columbus is the reference bakery cafe for the giant cinnamon roll and the buttermilk biscuit sandwich...

Rebel Bread ★ 4.7

Naturally-leavened sourdough and laminated pastries

Denver, United States

Rebel Bread in Denver is Zach Martinucci's South Broadway sourdough bakery, milling Colorado wheat and selling at farmers markets across...

Moxie Bread Co ★ 4.7

Whole-grain sourdough and pastries

Denver, United States

Moxie Bread Co in Louisville is Andy Clark's whole-grain sourdough bakery, the Front Range wheat-mill program that wholesales to Rebel...

New Palace Bakery ★ 4.7

Polish paczki and pastries

hamtramck, Detroit, United States

New Palace Bakery on Joseph Campau in Hamtramck has baked Polish paczki and pastries in metro Detroit since 1908. At 9833 Joseph Campau Ave.

Breadshop ★ 4.7

Naturally leavened breads, laminated pastries

Honolulu, United States

Breadshop in Kaimuki Honolulu is the craft bakery on Waialae that bakes small batches of naturally leavened breads daily, donating unsold...

Long's Bakery ★ 4.7

Hot glazed yeast donuts

haughville, Indianapolis, United States

Long's Bakery in Haughville, Indianapolis is the West Side donut counter since 1955. Hot glazed yeast donuts are the breakfast locals queue...

The Cake Bake Shop ★ 4.7

Layer cakes and pastries

broad-ripple, Indianapolis, United States

The Cake Bake Shop on Carrollton in Broad Ripple, Indianapolis is Gwendolyn Rogers's storybook pastry room.

Ibis Bakery ★ 4.7

Sourdough loaves, laminated pastries

crossroads, Kansas City, United States

Ibis Bakery shares the Messenger Coffee flagship on Grand Boulevard in Kansas City's Crossroads, baking sourdough miche and laminated...

Bouchon Bakery ★ 4.7

French viennoiserie and patisserie

Las Vegas, United States

Bouchon Bakery at the Venetian in Las Vegas is Thomas Keller's pastry counter, a French-American patisserie with viennoiserie and...

Bub and Grandma's ★ 4.7

Levain breads

Los Angeles, United States

Andrew Bernstein's Bub and Grandma's in Glassell Park, Los Angeles bakes the bread for half the city's chef restaurants and runs a...

Friends and Family ★ 4.7

Hot cross buns, savoury pastry

Los Angeles, United States

Roxana Jullapat and Daniel Mattern's Friends and Family in East Hollywood, Los Angeles bakes ancient-grain pastry from California-milled...

Plehn's Bakery ★ 4.7

Old-school American cakes and donuts

Louisville, United States

Plehn's Bakery on Shelbyville Road in Louisville has baked Truffle Torte, Lemon Torte and birthday cakes for the city since 1922, the Saint...

Madison Sourdough ★ 4.7

Naturally-leavened sourdough breads

Madison, United States

Madison Sourdough on Williamson Street, the from-scratch bakery and patisserie since 2005, hand-shapes naturally leavened breads with...

Dinstuhl's Fine Candy Company ★ 4.7

Hand-dipped chocolates and brittles

east-memphis, Memphis, United States

Dinstuhl's at Laurelwood is the East Memphis storefront for a fifth-generation candy company that has been hand-dipping creams, brittles...

Zak the Baker ★ 4.7

Kosher sourdough and Eastern-European Jewish bakes

Miami, United States

Zak the Baker in Wynwood is the kosher artisan bakery at 295 NW 26th Street, opened by Zak Stern in 2012 and the city's reference...

Peter Sciortino's Bakery ★ 4.7

Italian-American baking and cookies

Milwaukee, United States

Peter Sciortino's Bakery on East Brady Street is the city's Italian-American bakery since 1948, with cannoli, biscotti, Italian wedding...

Rocket Baby Bakery ★ 4.7

European laminated pastry and bread

Milwaukee, United States

Rocket Baby Bakery on West North Avenue in Wauwatosa is the city's leading laminated pastry shop with croissants, kouign amann and...

Black Walnut Bakery ★ 4.7

French viennoiserie, laminated pastries

uptown, Minneapolis, United States

Sarah Botcher's Black Walnut Bakery on Hennepin Avenue has baked Tartine-trained French viennoiserie in Uptown Minneapolis since 2019.

Dozen Bakery ★ 4.7

Sourdough breads, scones, savoury pastries

south-nashville, Nashville, United States

Claire Menelly's Dozen Bakery in Nashville moved to Grandview Avenue in February 2025, a five-times larger space with full cafe service and...

Levee Baking Co ★ 4.7

Levain breads and laminated pastries

New Orleans, United States

Levee Baking Co in New Orleans is Christina Balzebre's Uptown levain bakery just off Magazine Street at 9th, with sourdough loaves...

S&S Cheesecake ★ 4.7

Plain New York cheesecake

the-bronx, New York City, United States

S&S Cheesecake in the Bronx has baked one cake only since 1959 in New York City. Plain, dense, the canonical New York cheesecake, supplied...

Mariposa Baking Company ★ 4.7

Gluten-free baked goods

temescal, Oakland, United States

Mariposa on Telegraph in Temescal is a dedicated gluten-free bakery. Croissants, almond cakes, bagels and bread from a dedicated kitchen...

Olde Hearth Bread Company ★ 4.7

European-style breads and pastries

winter-park, Orlando, United States

Olde Hearth Bread on North Wymore Road in Winter Park is the European-style bakery since 1996, with sourdough loaves, pastries and a...

Lost Bread Co. ★ 4.7

Stone-milled whole-grain breads

Philadelphia, United States

Lost Bread Co. in Philadelphia is the Kensington bakery on Howard Street that stone-mills its own flour from regional grains, a...

Ken's Artisan Bakery ★ 4.7

Naturally leavened breads and laminated pastries

northwest-nob-hill, Portland, United States

Ken Forkish's NW 21st bakery in Portland, the bakery that taught the city naturally leavened bread. Located in Northwest Nob Hill.

Pip's Original Doughnuts & Chai ★ 4.7

Mini cake doughnuts and chai flights

beaumont-wilshire, Portland, United States

Nate and Jamie Snell's mini-doughnut counter on NE Fremont in Portland, with house-made chai flights paired to small batches of cake...

Two Fat Cats Bakery ★ 4.7

American pies, whoopie pies, cakes

east-bayside, Portland, United States

Two Fat Cats on Lancaster Street, founded 2005 by the Fore Street team and bought 2012 by Stacy Begin, runs whoopie pies, fruit pies and...

Seven Stars Bakery Hope Street ★ 4.7

Country breads and laminated pastries

east-side, Providence, United States

Seven Stars opened its Hope Street flagship in January 2001 at Hope and Fourth. Country bread, croissant, the morning bun every East Sider...

Aleppo Sweets ★ 4.7

Syrian baklava and pastry

fox-point, Providence, United States

Youssef Akhtarini's Aleppo Sweets is the Ives Street Syrian counter that opened in 2019. Eight baklava styles from walnut to chocolate...

Freeport Bakery ★ 4.7

California cakes and pastries

land-park, Sacramento, United States

Freeport Bakery on Freeport Boulevard in Land Park, Sacramento, runs a long-standing California cake counter with Lemon Zinger cakes that...

Tulie Bakery ★ 4.7

French-leaning pastry

downtown, Salt Lake City, United States

Tulie Bakery on East 700 South, the central-city French-leaning bakery cafe, runs croissants, viennoiserie and espresso alongside daytime...

Prager Brothers Artisan Breads (Encinitas) ★ 4.7

Naturally leavened sourdough breads

San Diego, United States

Prager Brothers Artisan Breads in Encinitas is the North County sourdough bakery on Coast Highway 101, a wholesale-bakery storefront with...

Tartine Bakery ★ 4.7

Country loaves and laminated pastry

San Francisco, United States

Tartine Bakery in San Francisco is Chad Robertson and Elisabeth Prueitt's Guerrero Street original, redrawing what a country loaf and a...

b. Patisserie ★ 4.7

Modern French pastry

San Francisco, United States

b. Patisserie in San Francisco is Belinda Leong and Michel Suas's Pacific Heights cafe with the city's best kouign-amann and a...

Arsicault Bakery ★ 4.7

French viennoiserie

San Francisco, United States

Arsicault Bakery in San Francisco is Armando Lacayo's Inner Richmond counter, named America's best croissant by Bon Appetit and still...

Neighbor Bakehouse ★ 4.7

Viennoiserie and savoury pastries

San Francisco, United States

Neighbor Bakehouse in San Francisco is Greg Mindel's Dogpatch counter, with the everything croissant and chocolate babka that started a...

Kakawa Chocolate House ★ 4.7

Handmade truffles and historic drinking chocolates

downtown, Santa Fe, United States

Kakawa pours historically researched drinking chocolates and a small case of truffles in chile, sage and goat cheese; the storefront sits...

Auspicious Baking Co. (Sandfly) ★ 4.7

Croissants, breads, scratch pastries

sandfly, Savannah, United States

Auspicious Baking on Skidaway in Sandfly turns out laminated croissants and breads locals queue for at opening.

Bakery Nouveau Capitol Hill ★ 4.7

French viennoiserie and macarons

Seattle, United States

Bakery Nouveau Capitol Hill in Seattle is William Leaman's lamination operation, 15th Ave E branch: the twice-baked almond croissant the...

Mauricio Faedo's Bakery ★ 4.7

Cuban bread and deviled crab

west-tampa, Tampa, United States

Mauricio Faedo's Bakery on North Florida Avenue bakes Cuban bread, breakfast Cuban toast and deviled crabs daily, with the family running...

La Segunda Bakery and Cafe Kennedy ★ 4.7

Cuban bread cafe

hyde-park, Tampa, United States

La Segunda's Kennedy Boulevard cafe brings the 1915 Cuban bread tradition to South Tampa with table service, Cuban sandwiches and...

Bread Furst ★ 4.7

Naturally-leavened breads and laminated viennoiserie

Washington DC, United States

Bread Furst in Washington DC is Mark Furstenberg's Van Ness bakery on Connecticut Avenue since 2014, a James Beard Outstanding Baker winner...

Salvaje Bakery ★ 4.6

Naturally fermented sourdough and integral pastries

palermo-soho, Buenos Aires, Argentina

German Torres's Palermo-Colegiales border bakery, standard-bearer for Argentine sourdough since 2016.

Bourke Street Bakery Surry Hills ★ 4.6

Organic sourdough and lamb-and-harissa sausage rolls

surry-hills, Sydney, Australia

Sydney's most-imitated bakery on Bourke Street, Surry Hills. Open daily from 7am; the bacon-and-egg ciabatta roll is the menu signature...

Joseph Brot Landstrasse ★ 4.6

Heritage-grain sourdough

landstrasse, Vienna, Austria

Joseph Brot Landstrasse on Landstrasser Hauptstrasse in Vienna's 3rd district runs the bakery's full-service cafe, with hot dishes...

Paremi Boulangerie-Patisserie ★ 4.6

French laminated pastries

innere-stadt, Vienna, Austria

Paremi on Baeckerstrasse in Vienna's first district is Patricia and Remi's French boulangerie behind Stephansdom, baking croissants and...

Gragger & Cie Spiegelgasse ★ 4.6

Wood-fired sourdough breads

innere-stadt, Vienna, Austria

Gragger & Cie on Spiegelgasse in the first district bakes in a wood-fired oven on the premises, the loaves all organic-flour sourdough sold...

DelRey ★ 4.6

Chocolatier and patisserie

diamantwijk, Antwerp, Belgium

DelRey in Antwerp on Appelmansstraat is a family-owned chocolatier and patisserie since before World War II.