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
Bakery$Daily 04:30-18:30Walk-in onlyOld-fashioned yeast doughnuts
Round Rock Donuts in Round Rock is the Lone Star doughnut counter since 1926, a 4:30am opening Liberty Avenue shop famous for its egg-yolk-yellow yeast.
Tip: The original yellow doughnut beats the colossal Texas-size one; arrive by 8am for the morning batch.
Worth the queue: Yellow doughnut and the giant Texas-size doughnut
Bakery$Daily 07:00-15:00Walk-in onlyMexican breakfast pastries and pan dulce
Cisco's Bakery in Austin is Rudy Cisneros's East 6th counter since 1948, paired with the Tex-Mex breakfast room and running pan dulce, Mexican coffee cake.
Tip: The bakery counter runs alongside the breakfast room; ask for the pan dulce trays at the back to take home.
Worth the queue: Mexican coffee cake