Friends and Family ★ 4.6
Roxana Jullapat and Daniel Mattern's Friends and Family in East Hollywood, Los Angeles bakes ancient-grain pastry from California-milled flours.
Worth the queue: Pecan sticky bun
Chad Robertson's Tartine on Sycamore Avenue in Hollywood, Los Angeles is the LA outpost of the San Francisco country-bread reference. Bake fresh out at 11:00.
Address: 911 N Sycamore Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038
Roxana Jullapat and Daniel Mattern's Friends and Family in East Hollywood, Los Angeles bakes ancient-grain pastry from California-milled flours.
Worth the queue: Pecan sticky bun
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