8 editor picks in Cleveland.
Food tour in Little Italy
Little Italy Neighborhood Food Tour of Cleveland
2 of these places are in Little Italy
Cleveland's bakery map runs along its immigrant streets, with Little Italy as the historic anchor. Presti's Bakery and Corbo's Bakery, both on Mayfield Road, have long defined the Italian end of the city's baking, while Ohio City's Larder Delicatessen and Bakery on West 29th Street and Cleveland Heights's On The Rise Artisan Breads carry the modern, bread-forward wave. Lakewood's Blackbird Baking Company on Sloane Avenue rounds out the city's west-side rise.
8 bakery places in Cleveland we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Cleveland · Bakery across every city.
Order Cassata cake
Presti's Bakery on Mayfield Road in Little Italy since 1903, one of Cleveland's oldest bakeries, anchors the Cleveland-style cassata cake tradition.
Order Cassata cake
Corbo's Bakery on Mayfield Road in Little Italy since 1958, the family-owned bakery known for cassata cake and cannoli, has expanded to a full Italian menu.
Order Black-and-white cookies
Larder Delicatessen and Bakery in Hingetown's Ohio City Firehouse, Jeremy Umansky's koji-and-curing project, a 2025 James Beard Pastry semifinalist.
Order Sourdough country loaf
On The Rise Artisan Breads on Fairmount Boulevard in Cleveland Heights, a European-style bakery anchoring the east-side artisan bread scene.
Order Stone-oven bread
Stone Oven Bakery Cafe on Lee Road in Cleveland Heights, a Cedar-Lee artisan bread cafe for over 25 years, runs daily breads, pastries, soups and sandwiches.
Order Country loaf
Blackbird Baking Company on Sloane Avenue in Lakewood, a naturally leavened sourdough bakery, runs the west-side artisan bread scene with daily country.
Order Country French
Breadsmith on Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, the Ginius Macys and Sabine Kretzschmar artisan bakery with 45 from-scratch breads weekly, anchors the West Side.
Order Cassata cake
Michael Angelo's Bakery on Broadview Road in Broadview Heights, an Italian-American bakery since 2000, runs cassata cake, cannoli and a 2026 spring food menu.
