Portland bakes with a seriousness that tracks its restaurant scene, and the city's bread culture runs deep. Standard Baking Co on Commercial Street in the Old Port is the touchstone, supplying naturally leavened loaves to kitchens across the peninsula, while Tandem Coffee + Bakery on Congress Street in the West End built its reputation on biscuits and morning buns. Across the bridge in South Portland, Scratch Baking Co keeps a devoted weekend line for its bagels.
9 bakery places in Portland we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Portland · Bakery across every city.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
