7 editor picks in Knoxville.
Knoxville's bakeries spread across the north side and the city center, ranging from artisan bread programs to old-fashioned counter cases. Wild Love Bakehouse in North Knoxville and Magpies Bakery in Happy Holler are among the better-known names, while The Tomato Head Bakery on Market Square and Cruze Farm Ice Cream on Gay Street round out the downtown options. Fountain City adds the long-standing Litton's Market and Restaurant Bakery to the mix.
7 bakery places in Knoxville we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Knoxville · Bakery across every city.
Wild Love Bakehouse on North Central, the scratch laminated-pastry and sourdough bakery, was profiled by Afar magazine as a contender for best bakery.
Order Lemon raspberry cake
Magpies Bakery on North Central, the Happy Holler cupcake counter and custom-cake shop, runs the daily cupcake case and special-order wedding cake program.
Order Italian cream cake
Litton's Market and Restaurant Bakery on Essary Drive in Fountain City, the burger and bakery counter running since 1946, sells award-winning desserts.
Order House-baked focaccia
The Tomato Head on Market Square since 1990, Mahasti Vafaie's pizza counter and bakery, bakes its own bread, focaccia and pastries in-house alongside.
Order Plaid Apron cinnamon roll
The Plaid Apron on Kenesaw Avenue in Sequoyah Hills, the long-running Southern brunch room, runs a morning cinnamon roll and biscuit pastry case alongside.
Order Buttermilk ice cream
Cruze Farm Ice Cream on South Gay Street, the family dairy's downtown counter, churns small-batch ice cream with milk from the Cruze herd outside town.
Wild Love Bakehouse on North Central Street is the bakery Afar called a contender for best in America, still operating Wednesday through Sunday by design.
