Memphis baking spans candy counters, doughnut shops and small-batch pastry rooms scattered across the city. Muddy's Bake Shop on Broad Avenue and Frost Bake Shop and La Baguette in East Memphis cover cakes and pastries, while Dinstuhl's Fine Candy Company keeps a long-running confectionery trade. Gibson's Donuts in East Memphis and Howard's Donuts in South Memphis hold up the late-night and early-morning doughnut habit, and Lucy J's Bakery in Crosstown rounds out the neighborhood spread.
Bakeries in Memphis
10 bakery places in Memphis we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Memphis · Bakery across every city.
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Muddy's Bake Shop
Order Plain Jane vanilla cupcake
Muddy's Bake Shop in Memphis has run scratch-baked cupcakes, layer cakes and cookies since 2008, now anchoring the Broad Avenue Arts District storefront.
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La Baguette
- ★ 4.6
- $
- East Memphis
Order Almond croissant
La Baguette on Poplar Avenue in East Memphis has run French baguettes, croissants and pastries from a Laurelwood storefront since 1976.
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Lucy J's Bakery
- ★ 4.1
- $
- Crosstown Concourse
Order Sweet potato cake
Lucy J's Bakery in Crosstown Concourse in Memphis bakes scratch breads, croissants and event cakes from a small second-floor shop in the converted Sears.
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Dinstuhl's Fine Candy Company
- ★ 4.7
- $
- East Memphis
Order Cashew Crunch brittle
Dinstuhl's at Laurelwood is the East Memphis storefront for a fifth-generation candy company that has been hand-dipping creams, brittles, turtlettes.
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Makeda's Homemade Butter Cookies
- ★ 4.5
- $
- Downtown
Order Butter cookies
Makeda's Homemade Butter Cookies on Jefferson Avenue downtown Memphis is the family bakery famous for the cookies Young Dolph was buying when he was killed.
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Frost Bake Shop
- ★ 4.2
- $
- East Memphis
Order Strawberry cake
Frost Bake Shop at Laurelwood in East Memphis is a family-owned scratch bakery running since 2004 with layer cakes, cupcakes and the signature strawberry.
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Gibson's Donuts
- ★ 4.3
- $
- East Memphis
Order Apple fritter
Gibson's Donuts on Mount Moriah in East Memphis has run hot doughnuts 24 hours a day since 1967, with apple fritters and the city's late-night sugar fix.
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Howard's Donuts
- ★ 4.0
- $
- South Memphis
Order Glazed buttermilk bar
Howard's Donuts on South 3rd Street in Memphis has run hot doughnuts around the clock since 1958 from a no-frills counter, the city's other 24-hour fix.
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Gibson's Donuts
- ★ 4.4
- $$
- East Memphis
Order Apple fritter or glazed buttermilk bar, hot from the rack.
Gibson's Donuts on Mount Moriah in East Memphis runs hot doughnuts 24 hours a day since 1967, the city's late-night sugar fix with drive-thru open around.
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Howard's Donuts
- ★ 4.2
- $$
- South Memphis
Order Glazed buttermilk bar or apple fritter, fresh batch from the rack.
Howard's Donuts on South 3rd Street in Memphis has run hot doughnuts around the clock since 1958 from a no-frills counter, the city's 24-hour fix.