Austin's bakeries span European patisserie, Texas doughnut counters and Mexican panaderias, many of them long-running neighborhood fixtures. Quack's 43rd Street Bakery is the Hyde Park coffeehouse-and-bakery on East 43rd, while Texas French Bread runs a farm-to-table counter on Rio Grande in West Campus. Swedish Hill on West 6th carries the cardamom-bun tradition in Clarksville, and Tzintzuntzan on North Loop bakes Mexican pastries from the Fonda San Miguel team.
10 bakery places in Austin we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Austin · Bakery across every city.
Order Cereal-milk taiyaki sundae with custard fill
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.
Order Coconut macaroon
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.
Order Country loaf and pain au chocolat
Texas French Bread in Austin is the West Campus farm-to-table bakery since 1981, back on Rio Grande Street with breakfast, lunch sandwiches.
Order Pistachio-rose macaron
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.
Order Cardamom bun
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.
Order Yellow doughnut and the giant Texas-size doughnut
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.
Order Mexican coffee cake
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.
Order Country sourdough loaf
Easy Tiger in Austin is the South Lamar bake shop and beer garden under MML Hospitality, the second location of the East 6th original with a larger.
Order Conchas and Mexican baked goods from the in-house panaderia
Tzintzuntzan is the daytime panaderia and bruncheria from the Fonda San Miguel team, opened next door on North Loop with Mexican baked goods.
Try Yellow yeast doughnut
Round Rock Donuts in Round Rock is the Lone Star doughnut counter since 1926, a 4:30am opening with egg-yolk-yellow yeast doughnuts at a buck or two.
