K'Far ★ 4.5
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
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.
Address: 1901 S 9th St, Philadelphia, PA 19148
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
Iannelli's Bakery in Philadelphia is the East Passyunk Italian Market bakery, a brick-oven holdout next to the cheesesteak corner with the city's second-best tomato pie.
Worth the queue: Tomato pie
Metropolitan Bakery in Philadelphia is the Rittenhouse 19th Street bakery from Wendy Smith Born and James Barrett, a long-running sourdough programme with a coffee counter.
Worth the queue: Olive bread
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.
Worth the queue: Cannoli
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