Bakery$Wednesday to Sunday 09:00-15:00, to-go window from 08:00Mexican panaderia, pan dulce, and house-made ice cream
Tzintzuntzan is the daytime panaderia and bruncheria from the Fonda San Miguel team, opened next door on North Loop with Mexican baked goods.
Tip: Order at the to-go window from 8am for the morning pan dulce; the sit-down room opens at 9 and books on Resy.
Worth the queue: Conchas and Mexican baked goods from the in-house panaderia
Bakery$Tue to Thu 10:00-18:00; Fri to Sun 10:00-22:00; closed MonWalk-in onlyAsian American gluten-free pastries, taiyaki and mochi donuts
OMG Squee in Austin is Cynthia Wong's east-side bakery on Bolm Road, a fully gluten-free counter for Asian American mochi donuts, taiyaki sundaes.
Tip: The flavor rotation changes weekly; the cereal-milk taiyaki and the ube doughnut are the room's regular signatures.
Worth the queue: Cereal-milk taiyaki sundae with custard fill
Bakery$Daily 07:00-21:00Walk-in onlyScratch pies, cakes and decorated cookies
Quack's 43rd Street Bakery in Austin is the Hyde Park coffeehouse and bakery since 1983, a from-scratch counter of pies, cakes, croissants, muffins.
Tip: Whole-cake orders need 48-hours notice; the cookie counter has the highest turnover and freshest output.
Worth the queue: Coconut macaroon
Bakery$Daily 07:00-15:00Levain bread, pastries and farm-to-table bistro plates
Texas French Bread in Austin is the West Campus farm-to-table bakery since 1981, back on Rio Grande Street with breakfast, lunch sandwiches.
Tip: Order ahead online for the morning bakery run; the garden seating opens daily at 7am.
Worth the queue: Country loaf and pain au chocolat
Bakery$Tue to Sun 08:00-19:00Walk-in onlyFrench pastries and macarons
Bakery Lorraine in Austin is the Domain Northside outpost of the San Antonio-born French patisserie, a sit-down cafe with macarons, croissants and bistro.
Tip: Croissants come out at 8am; macaron flavours rotate seasonally and sell out by 2pm on weekends.
Worth the queue: Pistachio-rose macaron
Bakery$Daily 07:00-19:00European-style pastries, sandwiches and cafe plates
Swedish Hill in Austin is the MML Hospitality reboot of the 1975 Sweetish Hill bakery on West 6th Street, a Clarksville cafe-deli with cardamom buns.
Tip: The cardamom buns come out at 8am; the sandwich counter runs through 4pm before the pastry-only afternoon.
Worth the queue: Cardamom bun