Bakery counters in Honolulu worth queuing for: levain breads, laminated pastry, regional bakes and the morning ritual.

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Where to queue for bread and pastry

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Leonard's Bakery

  • ★ 4.8
  • $

Order Original sugar malasada

Leonard's Bakery in Kapahulu Honolulu has fried Portuguese malasadas since Leonard Rego opened the family shop in 1952, the canonical version.

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Liliha Bakery

  • ★ 4.6
  • $

Order Chocolate coco puff with macadamia chantilly

Liliha Bakery on North Kuakini in Honolulu is the original 1950 Liliha shop famous for chocolate coco puffs with macadamia nut chantilly, grilled butter.

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Liliha Bakery Nimitz

  • ★ 4.1
  • $

Order Chocolate coco puff

Liliha Bakery Nimitz in Honolulu is the larger, sit-down branch of the local institution with full plate lunches, dim sum trolleys and the canonical coco.

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Breadshop

  • ★ 4.7
  • $

Order Country sourdough

Breadshop in Kaimuki Honolulu is the craft bakery on Waialae that bakes small batches of naturally leavened breads daily, donating unsold loaves to a local.

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Cake Works

  • ★ 4.5
  • $

Order Lilikoi cream tart

Cake Works in Honolulu is pastry chef Abigail Langlas's South King Street bakery for custom cakes, French macarons and tropical-fruit tarts in lilikoi.

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Ted's Bakery

  • ★ 4.4
  • $

Order Chocolate haupia cream pie

Ted's Bakery at Sunset Beach on Oahu's North Shore, an hour from Honolulu, is the original home of the chocolate haupia cream pie and a plate lunch counter.

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Matsumoto Shave Ice

  • ★ 4.4
  • $

Order Rainbow shave ice

Matsumoto Shave Ice in Haleiwa on Oahu's North Shore, an hour from Honolulu, has scraped fine-grain shave ice since the Matsumoto family opened.

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Waiola Shave Ice

  • ★ 4.3
  • $

Order Strawberry condensed milk shave ice

Waiola Shave Ice in Kapahulu Honolulu has scraped the finest shave ice in the city since 1940, now on Mokihana Street after the original Kapahulu Avenue.

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Honu Bakery

  • ★ 4.2
  • $

Order Croissant

Honu Bakery on North School Street in Honolulu is the laminated-pastry bakery and cafe at Kam Shopping Center with croissants, kouign-amann and rotating.

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