Ninth Street Bakery ★ 4.2
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.
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Durham's bakery bench is unusually deep. Ninth Street Bakery has supplied downtown with sourdough since the 1990s, Loaf runs its naturally leavened Wednesday-to-Saturday operation on W Parrish Street, and Guglhupf bakes rye, pretzels and strudel beside its biergarten. The French wing runs from Miel Bon Bons' macarons on W Main Street to La Recette, the weekend-only South Durham patisserie that sells out each Saturday, and Beyond the French Corner's kouign-amann. Monuts covers Ninth Street with seasonal-glaze donuts and bagel sandwiches, and Parker & Otis at American Tobacco Campus is where locals send visitors for pimento cheese on grilled bread.
Monuts ★ 4.3
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.
Loaf ★ 4.4
Loaf on W Parrish Street is a Wednesday to Saturday bakery of naturally leavened breads and laminated pastries with genuine long-fermentation discipline.
Guglhupf Bakery, Cafe & Biergarten ★ 4.3
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.
The Mad Hatter's Cafe & Bakeshop ★ 4.1
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.
Parker & Otis ★ 4.3
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.
Miel Bon Bons ★ 4.1
A French-influenced patisserie on W Main Street specialising in bon bons, macarons and seasonal pastries. The Brightleaf location draws a neighbourhood crowd.
La Recette Patisserie ★ 4.2
A weekend-only French patisserie in South Durham baking to sell-out each Saturday and Sunday. Croissants, tarts, eclairs and seasonal specialities made fresh.
Bull City Bake Shop ★ 4.0
A bake shop in southwestern Durham focused on celebration cakes and seasonal pastry rotation. Walk-in pastries and cookies are available during retail hours.
Beyond the French Corner Bakery ★ 4.2
A French-trained bakery in North Durham making croissants, kouign-amann and brioche with classic lamination. Draws customers from across the Triangle.
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