Standard Baking Co
- ★ 4.8
- $
- Old Port
Order Morning bun with walnut and cinnamon sugar
Standard Baking on Commercial Street, since 1995 from Alison Pray and Matt James, is Portland's artisan bakery for levain breads and laminated pastries.
Bakery counters in Portland worth queuing for: levain breads, laminated pastry, regional bakes and the morning ritual.
Where to queue for bread and pastry
8 places
Two Fat Cats Bakery
- ★ 4.7
- $
- East Bayside
Order Wild Maine blueberry pie
Two Fat Cats on Lancaster Street, founded 2005 by the Fore Street team and bought 2012 by Stacy Begin, runs whoopie pies, fruit pies and cakes.
Forage Market
- ★ 4.2
- $
- East Bayside
Order Montreal-style wood-fired bagel
Forage Market on Washington Avenue, the Portland branch of Allen Smith's 2013 Lewiston bakery, runs hearth-baked Montreal-style bagels in East Bayside.
Eat your way around Old Port
2 of the bakeries on this list are in Old Port. So are these tours and tastings.
Scratch Baking Co
- ★ 4.6
- $
- West End
Order Scratch sea salt bagel
Scratch Baking Co in South Portland's Willard Square, five minutes from downtown, runs sourdough bagels that draw a Sunday morning queue around the corner.
Tandem Coffee + Bakery
- ★ 4.5
- $
- West End
Order Buttermilk biscuit sandwich
Tandem Coffee + Bakery on Congress Street, since 2014 from Will and Kathleen Pratt, runs buttermilk biscuits, scones and laminated pastries with house coffee.
The Holy Donut
- ★ 4.1
- $
- Old Port
Order Wild Maine blueberry potato donut
The Holy Donut on Commercial Street is the waterfront branch of Leigh Kellis's Maine potato donut program (Park Avenue original 2012), in rotating flavours.
The Purple House
- ★ 4.3
- $
- Woodfords and Deering
Order Everything bagel with house lox
The Purple House in North Yarmouth, 20 minutes from Portland, runs Krista Desjarlais's Montreal-style wood-fired bagels from a converted Cape Cod house.
Rose Foods
- ★ 4.0
- $
- Woodfords and Deering
Order Hand-rolled lox bagel
Rose Foods on Forest Avenue, since 2017 from Chad Conley, runs hand-rolled, hand-shaped bagels, rugelach, babka and challah from a small storefront.
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