Buffalo's West Side keeps much of the city's bakery culture, with several long-running rooms clustered on the Lower West Side. BreadHive Bakery and Cafe on Connecticut Street and Butter Block on Rhode Island Street lead the modern artisan bread and pastry wave, while Five Points Bakery and Toast Cafe on Brayton Street mills its own grain. Older sweet-tooth landmarks remain too, from Parkside Candy on Main Street to Caramici's Italian Bakery on Elmwood Avenue.
Bakeries in Buffalo
9 bakery places in Buffalo we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Buffalo · Bakery across every city.
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BreadHive Bakery and Cafe
- ★ 4.6
- $
Order Sourdough bagel
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.
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Five Points Bakery and Toast Cafe
- ★ 4.8
- $
Order Whole-grain sourdough
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.
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Butter Block
- ★ 4.7
- $
Order Almond croissant
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.
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Paula's Donuts (Williamsville)
- ★ 4.5
- $
Order Sour-cream glazed donut
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.
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Paula's Donuts (Sheridan Drive)
- ★ 4.4
- $
Order Sour-cream glazed
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.
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Parkside Candy
- ★ 4.2
- $
Order Sponge candy
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.
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Watson's Chocolates (Elmwood)
- ★ 4.1
- $
Order Sponge candy
Watson's Chocolates on Elmwood Avenue is the Buffalo city shop of the Western New York sponge-candy maker hand-crafting confections since 1946.
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Fowler's Chocolates
- ★ 4.3
- $
Order Original sponge candy
Fowler's Chocolates on Niagara Falls Boulevard is the original maker of Buffalo sponge candy, in business since 1910 and a city signature confection.
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Caramici's Italian Bakery
- ★ 4.0
- $
Order Pignoli cookies
Caramici's Italian Bakery on Elmwood Avenue serves Buffalo's Italian-American cookie tray with pignoli, biscotti and seasonal Sicilian sweets to order.