Standard Baking on Commercial Street, since 1995 from Alison Pray and Matt James, is Portland's artisan bakery for levain breads and laminated pastries.
TipOpen 07:30 daily; the cinnamon-walnut morning bun lot sells out by 11:00, the country sourdough boules around 14:00.
$$$$BakeryWest EndWed-Sat 07:00-13:00; Sun 07:00-12:00; Mon-Tue closed
Scratch Baking Co in South Portland's Willard Square, five minutes from downtown, runs sourdough bagels that draw a Sunday morning queue around the corner.
TipClosed Monday and Tuesday. Sunday queues form before 08:00; pre-order via the website is the fast lane.
Tandem Coffee + Bakery on Congress Street, since 2014 from Will and Kathleen Pratt, runs buttermilk biscuits, scones and laminated pastries with house coffee.
TipDaily 08:00-13:00. The Anderson Street roastery cafe handles weekday workdays.
$$$$BakeryWoodfords DeeringFri-Sun 08:00-13:00 (sells out earlier)
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.
TipFriday to Sunday only. Open 08:00, closes when bagels run out (often by early afternoon).
Forage Market on Washington Avenue, the Portland branch of Allen Smith's 2013 Lewiston bakery, runs hearth-baked Montreal-style bagels in East Bayside.
TipCloses 13:00 daily; bagels often sell out by noon on weekends.
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.
TipSells out by mid afternoon. The Park Avenue location and Scarborough have the same product, longer queues here.