Top Bakeries in United States

Patisserie 46 ★ 4.8 · Minneapolis

linden-hills · 4552 Grand Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55419

John Kraus's Patisserie 46 on Grand Avenue South has run Minneapolis's defining French bakery since 2010. James Beard semifinalist for Outstanding Baker.

Dong Phuong Oriental Bakery ★ 4.8 · New Orleans

14207 Chef Menteur Hwy, New Orleans, LA 70129

Dong Phuong in New Orleans is the James Beard America's Classics Vietnamese bakery on Chef Menteur Highway in New Orleans East, with the city's most-demanded Mardi Gras king cake.

Tip: King cake sales run January 6 to Ash Wednesday only; lines form before opening on weekends.

Lost Larson ★ 4.7 · Chicago

5318 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640

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

Tip: Cardamom buns sell out by 11:00 on weekends. Arrive at 08:30 or call ahead to set one aside.

Kasama (bakery) ★ 4.7 · Chicago

1001 N Winchester Ave, Chicago, IL 60622

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

Tip: Doors at 07:00 weekends; ube cruffins gone by 10:30. Get there at 07:15 and order three.

Rebel Bread ★ 4.7 · Denver

675 S Broadway, Denver, CO 80209

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

Moxie Bread Co ★ 4.7 · Denver

641 Main St, Louisville, CO 80027

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

Republique Bakery ★ 4.7 · Los Angeles

624 South La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90036

Margarita Manzke's pastry counter inside Republique, Los Angeles bakes the city's reference kouign-amann, plus laminated croissants from a 1928 commissary.

Bub and Grandma's ★ 4.7 · Los Angeles

3507 Eagle Rock Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90065

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 Wednesday-Sunday counter.

Zak the Baker ★ 4.7 · Miami

295 NW 26th St, Miami, FL 33127

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 natural-leavened sourdough room.

Tip: Closed Saturday for Shabbat. The babka and the rugelach sell out by mid-morning on Fridays.

Rose Street Patisserie ★ 4.7 · Minneapolis

linden-hills · 2811 W 43rd St, Minneapolis, MN 55410

John Kraus's Rose Street Patisserie on 43rd Street West has run a sister French bakery in Linden Hills Minneapolis since 2014. Almond croissants and macarons.

Salty Tart Bakery ★ 4.7 · Minneapolis

northeast · 920 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55407

Michelle Gayer's Salty Tart on East Lake Street has run a Minneapolis pastry counter inside Midtown Global Market since 2008. James Beard Best Pastry Chef finalist.

Bellecour Bakery at Cooks ★ 4.7 · Minneapolis

north-loop · 850 Grand Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55105

Diane Yang's Bellecour Bakery at Cooks of Crocus Hill has run French viennoiserie in the Twin Cities since 2020. James Beard nominee; kouign amann and croissants.

Dozen Bakery ★ 4.7 · Nashville

south-nashville · 2522 Grandview Ave, Nashville, TN 37211

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

Tip: Sourdough loaves go fastest; arrive by 09:00. The morning bun and country biscuit are the bakery's signatures.

Levee Baking Co ★ 4.7 · New Orleans

3138 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115

Levee Baking Co in New Orleans is Christina Balzebre's Uptown levain bakery just off Magazine Street at 9th, with sourdough loaves, kouign-amann and a Cuban pastelito programme.

Tip: Bread sells out by 11:00 on Saturday; pastries hold longer. Cash discount at the register.

S&S Cheesecake ★ 4.7 · New York City

the-bronx · 222 W 238th St, Bronx, NY 10463

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 to delis citywide.

Tip: Cash only, weekdays only. Drive or take the 1 train to 238th; the bakery is two blocks west of the subway.

Sarcone's Bakery ★ 4.7 · Philadelphia

758 S 9th St, Philadelphia, PA 19147

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

Lost Bread Co. ★ 4.7 · Philadelphia

1313 N Howard St, Philadelphia, PA 19122

Lost Bread Co. in Philadelphia is the Kensington bakery on Howard Street that stone-mills its own flour from regional grains, a weekend-only counter for sourdough and viennoiserie.

Ken's Artisan Bakery ★ 4.7 · Portland

northwest-nob-hill · 338 NW 21st Ave, Portland, OR 97209

Ken Forkish's NW 21st bakery in Portland, the bakery that taught the city naturally leavened bread. The country brown loaf is the canonical Portland sourdough.

Tip: The 320 NW 21st annex opened in 2025 and sells the same breads with more pastry. Both close by 16:00.

Pip's Original Doughnuts & Chai ★ 4.7 · Portland

alberta-arts · 4759 NE Fremont St, Ste C, Portland, OR 97213

Nate and Jamie Snell's mini-doughnut counter on NE Fremont in Portland, with house-made chai flights paired to small batches of cake doughnuts since 2012.

Tip: The chai flight (cardamom, dirty, vanilla, lavender) is the order. Doughnuts come hot, six to a basket.

Tartine Bakery ★ 4.7 · San Francisco

600 Guerrero Street, San Francisco, CA 94110

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

Tip: Country loaves come out at 16:30; queue from 16:00 to be sure of one.

b. Patisserie ★ 4.7 · San Francisco

2821 California St. @ Divisadero St. San Francisco, CA 94115

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

Tip: The kouign-amann is best within 90 minutes of the bake; ask the counter for the timing on the next tray.

Arsicault Bakery ★ 4.7 · San Francisco

397 Arguello Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94118

Arsicault Bakery in San Francisco is Armando Lacayo's Inner Richmond counter, named America's best croissant by Bon Appetit and still drawing a 09:30 queue.

Tip: Plain butter croissant, not the almond; the lamination tells the whole story.

Neighbor Bakehouse ★ 4.7 · San Francisco

2343 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94107

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

Tip: Everything croissant sells out by 11:30 on weekends; place a hold order via Square the night before.

Sea Wolf Bakers ★ 4.7 · Seattle

3617 Stone Way N, Seattle, WA 98103

Sea Wolf Bakers in Seattle's Fremont is the brothers Wybenga sourdough room: levain breads, the city's signature cinnamon roll, and a pastry case that sells out by 11:30.

Bread Furst ★ 4.7 · Washington DC

4434 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008

Bread Furst in Washington DC is Mark Furstenberg's Van Ness bakery on Connecticut Avenue since 2014, a James Beard Outstanding Baker winner with sourdough levain and a daily croissant pull.

Tip: Country loaves come out at 11:00 and 15:00; ask for the timing at the counter to catch them warm.

Modern Pastry ★ 4.6 · Boston

north-end · 257 Hanover St, Boston, MA 02113

Modern Pastry on Hanover Street has filled cannoli to order in Boston's North End since 1930. Chocolate-dipped shells, lighter ricotta cream, the local pick over Mike's.

Tip: Locals line up at Modern; tourists at Mike's. The chocolate-dipped shell is the headline item; Italian rum cake is the under-ordered cake.

Flour Bakery ★ 4.6 · Boston

south-end · 1595 Washington St, Boston, MA 02118

Joanne Chang opened Flour on Washington Street in Boston's South End in 2000; the city's pastry empire grew to 10 locations across Boston and Cambridge. Sticky buns the headline bake.

Tip: Sticky buns sell out by 14:00 weekends. Order ahead online; the South End original is the calmest of the 10 locations on weekdays.

Sofra Bakery & Cafe ★ 4.6 · Boston

cambridge · 1 Belmont St, Cambridge, MA 02138

Ana Sortun and Maura Kilpatrick's Sofra on Belmont Street in Huron Village Cambridge has run an Eastern Mediterranean bakery and cafe in Boston since 2008. Pita, meze and Turkish coffee.

Tip: Park on a side street; the bakery's car park fills by 09:00. Ginger morning bun and za'atar manaeesh are the two breakfast orders.

Trompeau Bakery ★ 4.6 · Denver

1701 S Pearl St, Denver, CO 80210

Trompeau Bakery in Denver is Bertrand Faucheux's South Pearl French bakery, a 2018 viennoiserie counter with croissants and tarts in the classical Parisian style.

Koffeteria ★ 4.6 · Houston

1110 Hutchins St, Houston, TX 77003

Koffeteria in Houston is Vanarin Kuch's EaDo pastry shop on Hutchins Street, with the beef pho kolache, the Hot Cheeto croissant and a 2024 Houston Pastry Chef of the Year nod.

Tip: Get there by 9am for the full case. The beef pho kolache and the pistachio baklava croissant are the signature orders.