5 editor picks in Phoenix.
5 bakeries in Phoenix, editor-picked for bakeries open sunday. Bakeries baking on sundays. All bakeries in Phoenix.
Noble Bread on North 24th Street is the Valley's reference sourdough bakery, ferments organic loaves over 36 hours and supplies the city's better restaurants.
TipThe attached Noble Eatery serves wood-fired sandwiches on the same bread; loaves sell out by midday.
Proof Bread on Main Street in Mesa bakes naturally leavened sourdough and croissants with locally grown and milled flours, the East Valley's destination loaf.
OrderA croissant and a sourdough loaf milled from local grain.
TipThe Mesa flagship is the bake-on-site room; weekends draw a line for croissants.
La Sonorense Tortilla Factory on South Central stretches the giant tortillas de agua that define Sonoran cooking, sold warm by the dozen in South Phoenix.
TipBuy a stack of the big flour tortillas warm; they are the base for a proper Sonoran burro.
Tammie Coe Cakes & MJ Bread on Roosevelt Street pairs hand-decorated cakes with award-winning MJ Bread loaves, a downtown bakery and coffee bar since 2005.
TipThe Roosevelt Row room has a full coffee bar; pre-order whole cakes for weekends.
La Purisima Bakery on Indian School Road is a family-run panaderia, racking conchas, marranitos and pan dulce that Phoenix families buy by the tray.
TipGrab a tray and tongs at the door; closed Mondays, and the morning batch is the freshest.
