BreadHive Bakery and Cafe ★ 4.6
BreadHive on Connecticut Street is Buffalo's worker-owned cooperative bakery, with sourdough breads, hand-rolled bagels and a counter cafe in the West Side.
Worth the queue: Sourdough bagel
Location
Address: 3200 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14217
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Five Points Bakery and Toast Cafe ★ 4.8
Five Points Bakery on Brayton Street mills its own wheat from Western New York farms and bakes whole-grain sourdoughs at a West Side toast-cafe counter.
Worth the queue: Whole-grain sourdough
Butter Block ★ 4.7
Butter Block on Rhode Island Street in the Five Points neighborhood moved from market pop-up to brick-and-mortar in 2019, with French laminated pastries.
Worth the queue: Almond croissant
Paula's Donuts (Williamsville) ★ 4.5
Paula's Donuts at the Williamsville Main Street shop fries oversized sour-cream and yeast donuts daily, a Western New York obsession with morning lines.
Worth the queue: Sour-cream glazed donut
Paula's Donuts (Sheridan Drive) ★ 4.4
Paula's Donuts on Sheridan Drive in Tonawanda is the original location of the Buffalo-area oversized donut chain, with Texas-sized sour-cream glazed.
Worth the queue: Sour-cream glazed
Parkside Candy ★ 4.2
Parkside Candy on Main Street at Winspear is a 1927 candy temple, with a walnut soda fountain, oval Adam-period interior and Buffalo's signature sponge candy.
Worth the queue: Sponge candy