Clark Street Bread ★ 4.5
Zach Hall's Clark Street Bread on Larchmont Boulevard, Los Angeles bakes a naturally leavened miche and serves morning sandwiches from a fast counter.
Worth the queue: Olive miche
Roxana Jullapat and Daniel Mattern's Friends and Family in East Hollywood, Los Angeles bakes ancient-grain pastry from California-milled flours.
Address: 5150 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027
Zach Hall's Clark Street Bread on Larchmont Boulevard, Los Angeles bakes a naturally leavened miche and serves morning sandwiches from a fast counter.
Worth the queue: Olive miche
Karen Hatfield's Sycamore Kitchen on La Brea, Los Angeles bakes scones and tart squares from California fruit, and serves lunch from a long counter.
Worth the queue: Apricot pistachio scone
Porto's Bakery in Glendale, Los Angeles has baked Cuban pastries (potato balls, cheese rolls, guava strudels) since 1976, family-run across five locations.
Worth the queue: Cheese roll
Proof Bakery in Atwater Village, Los Angeles bakes a clean almond croissant and a daily quiche from a corner cafe that doubles as the neighbourhood living room.
Worth the queue: Almond croissant
Travis Lett's Gjusta in Venice, Los Angeles is a 24-hour deli and bakery in a warehouse, baking bagels and curing lox from a 90-foot counter.
Worth the queue: Everything bagel with house lox
Go Get Em Tiger's pastry counter on Larchmont, Los Angeles bakes a daily rotation of muffins and a sticky banana bread to go with the cafe's almond latte.
Worth the queue: Banana bread