Turtle Bread Company ★ 4.3
Turtle Bread Company on West 44th Street has run a Linden Hills bakery in Minneapolis since 1994. Country loaves, scratch pastries and the soup-and-bread lunch menu.
Worth the queue: Cherry chip bread
Wuollet Bakery on West 50th Street has run a Minneapolis Scandinavian bakery in Linden Hills since 1944. Princess cake and the city's classic kringle counter.
Address: 3608 W 50th St, Minneapolis, MN 55410
Turtle Bread Company on West 44th Street has run a Linden Hills bakery in Minneapolis since 1994. Country loaves, scratch pastries and the soup-and-bread lunch menu.
Worth the queue: Cherry chip bread
John Kraus's Patisserie 46 on Grand Avenue South has run Minneapolis's defining French bakery since 2010. James Beard semifinalist for Outstanding Baker.
Worth the queue: Norwegian kringle
John Kraus's Rose Street Patisserie on 43rd Street West has run a sister French bakery in Linden Hills Minneapolis since 2014. Almond croissants and macarons.
Worth the queue: Almond croissant
Lucia Watson's Lucia's Bakery on 31st Street West has run a Minneapolis European-style bakery since 1985. The Beard winner's takeaway breads and pies.
Worth the queue: Almond cake
Turtle Bread Company on West 44th Street has run a Linden Hills bakery in Minneapolis since 1994. Country loaves, scratch pastries and the soup-and-bread lunch menu.
Worth the queue: Cherry chip bread
John Kraus's Patisserie 46 on Grand Avenue South has run Minneapolis's defining French bakery since 2010. James Beard semifinalist for Outstanding Baker.
Worth the queue: Norwegian kringle
John Kraus's Rose Street Patisserie on 43rd Street West has run a sister French bakery in Linden Hills Minneapolis since 2014. Almond croissants and macarons.
Worth the queue: Almond croissant
Solveig Tofte's Sun Street Breads on Nicollet has baked sourdough loaves in South Minneapolis since 2010. James Beard Outstanding Baker nominee.
Worth the queue: Country levain loaf
Isles Bun and Coffee on 28th Street West has run Uptown Minneapolis's classic cinnamon-roll counter since 1994. The puppy dog tail, a small caramel-pecan roll.
Worth the queue: Puppy dog tail cinnamon roll