11 bakery places in New Orleans we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in New Orleans | Bakery across every city.
New Orleans runs on bread, from the shatter-crust po-boy loaf to the morning pastry. Leidenheimer Baking Company on Simon Bolivar Avenue has supplied the city's po-boy bread for generations, while Croissant D'Or Patisserie on Ursulines Avenue keeps a classic French case in the French Quarter. The newer wave is led by Willa Jean on O'Keefe Avenue and Levee Baking Co on Magazine Street, and Dong Phuong Oriental Bakery out on Chef Menteur Highway is the source many other kitchens rely on for king cake and banh mi loaves.
Dong Phuong Oriental Bakery ★ 4.8
14207 Chef Menteur Hwy, New Orleans, LA 70129
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.
Willa Jean ★ 4.6
611 O'Keefe Ave, New Orleans, LA 70113
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.
Levee Baking Co ★ 4.7
3138 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115
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.
Bywater Bakery ★ 4.5
3624 Dauphine St, New Orleans, LA 70117
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.
District Donuts on Magazine ★ 4.4
2209 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130
District Donuts on Magazine in New Orleans is the Lower Garden District doughnut shop on Magazine Street, with scratch-made doughnuts, breakfast sandwiches.
Croissant D'Or Patisserie ★ 4.4
617 Ursulines Ave, New Orleans, LA 70116
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.
La Boulangerie ★ 4.5
4600 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115
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.
Leidenheimer Baking Company ★ 4.5
1501 Simon Bolivar Ave, New Orleans, LA 70113
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.
Bittersweet Confections ★ 4.4
725 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130
Bittersweet Confections in New Orleans is the Magazine Street chocolate, cake and dessert boutique in the Warehouse District, with hand-rolled truffles.
Haydel's Bakery ★ 4.4
4037 Jefferson Hwy, Jefferson, LA 70121
Haydel's Bakery just outside New Orleans on Jefferson Highway is the family-run king cake institution since 1959, with traditional cinnamon-braided king.
Levee Baking Co ★ 4.8
3138 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115
Magazine Street bakery from Christina Balzebre (2017): sourdough from locally milled grain plus pastries with local eggs and dairy, Thursday to Sunday morn.