Isgro Pastries ★ 4.4
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
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.
Address: 262 S 19th St, Philadelphia, PA 19103
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
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