HoursWed to Sun 08:00 to 14:00, closed Mon and Tue

Tip: Bread sells out by 11:00 on Saturday; pastries hold longer. Cash discount at the register.

Location

Address: 3138 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115

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Bywater Bakery ★ 4.5

Tue to Sun 07:00 to 15:00, closed MondayWalk-in onlyKing cakes and Southern pastry

Bywater Bakery in New Orleans is Maggie Scales's Dauphine Street corner bakery, with king cakes through Carnival season and a Chantilly cream cake that runs year-round.

Tip: The chantilly cream slice is the year-round star; king cakes need a one-day pre-order at Carnival peak.

Worth the queue: Chantilly cream cake

3624 Dauphine St, New Orleans, LA 70117

District Donuts on Magazine ★ 4.4

Daily 07:00 to 21:00Walk-in onlyScratch doughnuts and sliders

District Donuts on Magazine in New Orleans is the Lower Garden District doughnut shop on Magazine Street, with scratch-made doughnuts, breakfast sandwiches and post-11am sliders.

Tip: Daily doughnut flavours rotate; the Instagram feed announces the morning's drop.

Worth the queue: Chocolate ganache doughnut

2209 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130

Croissant D'Or Patisserie ★ 4.4

Wed to Sun 06:30 to 14:30, closed Mon and TueWalk-in onlyFrench pastry and quiche

Croissant D'Or in New Orleans is the French Quarter patisserie on Ursulines Avenue, in a 1913 Brocato's ice cream shop space, with classic French pastry and an Old World courtyard.

Tip: The almond croissant and the apple turnover are the cult orders; the back courtyard is the prize seat.

Worth the queue: Almond croissant

617 Ursulines Ave, New Orleans, LA 70116

La Boulangerie ★ 4.5

Tue to Sun 07:00 to 15:00, closed MondayWalk-in onlyFrench breads and viennoiserie

La Boulangerie in New Orleans is the Donald Link bakery on Magazine Street near Cadiz, with French country breads, pain au chocolat and an Uptown morning queue at the counter.

Tip: The pain au chocolat sells out by 10:30 on weekends; pre-order loaves on Friday for Saturday pickup.

Worth the queue: Pain au chocolat

4600 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115

Leidenheimer Baking Company ★ 4.5

Wholesale only; no retail counterPo-boy bread

Leidenheimer in New Orleans is the 1896 Central City wholesale bakery on Simon Bolivar Avenue that bakes the airy French loaf used at almost every po-boy shop in the city.

Tip: No retail; the bread is at Domilise's, Parkway, Mahony's and most po-boy shops in the city.

Worth the queue: Po-boy French loaf

1501 Simon Bolivar Ave, New Orleans, LA 70113

Maple Street Patisserie ★ 4.5

Tue to Sun 07:00 to 17:00, closed MondayWalk-in onlyFrench and Polish pastry

Maple Street Patisserie in New Orleans is the Carrollton Polish-French pastry counter on Maple Street near Adams, with almond croissants, kremowka and a long Tulane queue at lunchtime.

Tip: The kremowka (Polish vanilla custard square) is the cult order; arrive before 11:00 weekends.

Worth the queue: Almond croissant

7638 Maple St, New Orleans, LA 70118

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