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Loaf on W Parrish Street is a Wednesday to Saturday bakery of naturally leavened breads and laminated pastries with genuine long-fermentation discipline.
Worth the queue: Naturally leavened country loaf
Ninth Street Bakery is a bakery in Downtown, Durham.
Downtown Durham's original artisan bakery on E Chapel Hill Street since the 1990s. Sourdough loaves supply local restaurants; walk-in only, seven days a week.
Editorially verified June 24, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Address: 136 East Chapel Hill Street, Durham, NC 27701
Loaf on W Parrish Street is a Wednesday to Saturday bakery of naturally leavened breads and laminated pastries with genuine long-fermentation discipline.
Worth the queue: Naturally leavened country loaf
Monuts built a following on Ninth Street with seasonal-glaze donuts and quality dairy. Bagel sandwiches and coffee round out a morning menu that sells early.
Worth the queue: Seasonal glazed donut
Loaf on W Parrish Street is a Wednesday to Saturday bakery of naturally leavened breads and laminated pastries with genuine long-fermentation discipline.
Worth the queue: Naturally leavened country loaf
A German bakery and biergarten on Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd baking rye breads, pretzels and strudels alongside the ring cake that gives the place its name.
Worth the queue: Guglhupf ring cake
An Old West Durham bakeshop on W Main Street with a front porch and all-day scratch-baking. Scones, muffins, quiches and layer cakes fill the morning case.
Worth the queue: Seasonal layer cake
Parker & Otis at American Tobacco Campus is where locals send visitors. Pimento cheese on grilled bread with bacon and tomato is the signature of the shop.
Worth the queue: Pimento cheese and bacon grilled sandwich
A French-influenced patisserie on W Main Street specialising in bon bons, macarons and seasonal pastries. The Brightleaf location draws a neighbourhood crowd.
Worth the queue: Flavoured bon bons