Good Morning Mama's Cafe is a bakery in Broad Ripple, Indianapolis.
Good Morning Mama's on 54th Street in Indianapolis is a breakfast pastry shop. Cinnamon rolls bigger than a fist, scratch quick breads, day-of-pickup only.
Must order: A pecan cinnamon roll and a coffee for the road.
Tip: Saturday queue from 7:30. Cash-friendly, fast counter.
Address: 1001 E 54th St, Indianapolis, IN 46220
Jack's Donuts on West Market in downtown Indianapolis is the Central Indiana donut institution since 1961. Cake donuts and coffee, no frills.
Order: A coconut cake donut and a regular coffee.
Tip: Sells out by 11 on Sundays. Cash and card.
Worth the queue: Coconut cake donut
Cookie Plug on Mass Ave in Indianapolis serves oversized stuffed cookies that are part cake, part brownie, part cookie. Late hours, hip-hop themed shop.
Order: A stuffed chocolate chip and a milk for dunking.
Tip: Late-night dessert run for after Mass Ave dinners.
Worth the queue: Stuffed cookie
Please & Thank You on Mass Ave in Indianapolis bakes the city's reference chocolate-chip cookie and pours espresso under a vinyl-wall counter.
Order: A chocolate chip cookie warm and a cortado.
Tip: Vinyl wall is the other reason to visit. Pickup peaks at lunch.
Worth the queue: Chocolate chip cookie
Macaron Bar on Mass Ave in Indianapolis runs scratch French macarons in 20-plus flavors. A downtown branch of the Cincinnati pastry shop, fresh daily.
Order: A box of six: salted caramel, pistachio, raspberry, lemon, coffee, chocolate.
Tip: Daily flavor list rotates. Pre-order boxes ahead for parties.
Worth the queue: Salted caramel macaron
Endangered Species Chocolate factory store in Indianapolis runs a bean-to-bar program with 10 percent of profits funding wildlife conservation.
Order: A single-origin tasting flight and a bag of dark sea salt almonds.
Tip: Free factory tours by appointment. The store stocks bars not in retail.
Worth the queue: Single-origin chocolate bar
Long's Bakery in Haughville, Indianapolis is the West Side donut counter since 1955. Hot glazed yeast donuts are the breakfast locals queue early to claim.
Order: A dozen hot glazed donuts straight from the fryer.
Tip: Sunday mornings sell out by 10:00. Cash and card accepted.
Worth the queue: Hot glazed donut
