Bloom Bake Shop ★ 4.5
Bloom Bake Shop on Monroe Street, the women-owned bakery and cafe that moved from Middleton, runs scratch breads with strong vegan and gluten-free programs.
Worth the queue: Vegan and gluten-free cake doughnut
Batch Bakehouse is a bakery in Madison.
Batch Bakehouse on Williamson Street, opened in 2009 in a converted Trachte building and at the corner since 2013, runs predawn scratch breads and pastry.
Address: 1402 Williamson St, Madison, WI 53703
Bloom Bake Shop on Monroe Street, the women-owned bakery and cafe that moved from Middleton, runs scratch breads with strong vegan and gluten-free programs.
Worth the queue: Vegan and gluten-free cake doughnut
ORIGIN Breads on East Main, the Marquette-neighborhood bakery using regionally grown stone-milled organic grain, hand-makes long-fermented sourdough breads.
Worth the queue: Country sourdough loaf
Lazy Jane's Cafe and Bakery on Williamson Street, the Marquette neighborhood breakfast and bakery since 1998, runs scratch scones and pastry alongside brunch.
Worth the queue: Signature scone
Bagels Forever on University Avenue, the long-running west-side Madison bagel bakery, hand-rolls and boils New York-style bagels and supplies cafes citywide.
Worth the queue: Sesame bagel with lox
Clasen's European Bakery on Donna Drive in Middleton, the family-run European-style bakery serving Madison, bakes kringle, tortes and laminated pastry.
Worth the queue: Almond kringle
Marigold Kitchen on South Pinckney off Capitol Square, the daytime breakfast-lunch-brunch flagship since 2001, runs a fresh-baked pastry case alongside meals.
Worth the queue: Pastry of the day