Dong Phuong in New Orleans is the James Beard America's Classics Vietnamese bakery on Chef Menteur Highway in New Orleans East, with the city's most-demanded.
TipKing cake sales run January 6 to Ash Wednesday only; lines form before opening on weekends.
$$$$BakeryWed to Sun 08:00-14:00, closed Mon and Tue
Levee Baking Co in New Orleans is Christina Balzebre's Uptown levain bakery just off Magazine Street at 9th, with sourdough loaves, kouign-amann and a Cuban.
TipBread sells out by 11:00 on Saturday; pastries hold longer. Cash discount at the register.
$$$$BakeryDaily 07:00-15:00 bakery; brunch and lunch run later
Willa Jean in New Orleans is Kelly Fields's James Beard winning bakery cafe on O'Keefe Avenue in the CBD, with biscuits, sourdough loaves. At 611 O'Keefe Ave.
TipThe chocolate-chip cookie with milk is the cult dessert; order it at the bar even outside lunch.
La Boulangerie in New Orleans is the Donald Link bakery on Magazine Street near Cadiz, with French country breads, pain au chocolat and an Uptown morning.
TipThe pain au chocolat sells out by 10:30 on weekends; pre-order loaves on Friday for Saturday pickup.
District Donuts on Magazine in New Orleans is the Lower Garden District doughnut shop on Magazine Street, with scratch-made doughnuts, breakfast sandwiches.
TipDaily doughnut flavours rotate; the Instagram feed announces the morning's drop.
$$$$BakeryWed to Sun 06:30-14:30, closed Mon and Tue
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.
TipThe almond croissant and the apple turnover are the cult orders; the back courtyard is the prize seat.
Haydel's Bakery just outside New Orleans on Jefferson Highway is the family-run king cake institution since 1959, with traditional cinnamon-braided king.
TipOrder online for nationwide shipping in Carnival season; the original Jefferson store also stocks daily.
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