Sarcone's Bakery ★ 4.7
Sarcone's Bakery in Philadelphia is the 1918 brick-oven Italian Market bakery on South 9th, fifth-generation Sicilian-American with tomato pie and seeded rolls the city loves.
Worth the queue: Tomato pie by the square
Isgro Pastries in Philadelphia is the 1904 Italian Market pastry counter on Christian Street, with cannoli filled to order and rainbow cookies the size of a fist.
Address: 1009 Christian St, Philadelphia, PA 19147
Sarcone's Bakery in Philadelphia is the 1918 brick-oven Italian Market bakery on South 9th, fifth-generation Sicilian-American with tomato pie and seeded rolls the city loves.
Worth the queue: Tomato pie by the square
Termini Brothers Bakery in Philadelphia is the 1921 South Philly Sicilian-American bakery at 8th and Tasker, with cannoli filled to order and a sugar-dust on the way out.
Worth the queue: Hand-filled cannoli
Beiler's Doughnuts in Philadelphia is the Pennsylvania Dutch family-run Reading Terminal Market bakery since 1984, with hand-cut yeasted doughnuts and a queue that runs midmorning.
Worth the queue: Glazed cream-filled doughnut
Lost Bread Co. in Philadelphia is the Kensington bakery on Howard Street that stone-mills its own flour from regional grains, a weekend-only counter for sourdough and viennoiserie.
Worth the queue: Country sourdough
Machine Shop in Philadelphia is the South Philly boulangerie on 9th and Dudley from Emily Riddell, sourcing fruit, grain and dairy from a tight Mid-Atlantic farm list.
Worth the queue: Everything croissant with pistachio cream
K'Far in Philadelphia is Michael Solomonov's Israeli bakery cafe on 19th near Rittenhouse, with borekas, rugelach and pistachio babka pulled straight from the morning oven.
Worth the queue: Pistachio babka