Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates ★ 4.8
Ginger Elizabeth Hahn's chocolate and macaron counter on J Street, midtown Sacramento, was named one of the 24 Best Chocolate Shops in America by Eater.
Worth the queue: Salty caramel macaron
Freeport Bakery is a bakery in Land Park, Sacramento.
Freeport Bakery on Freeport Boulevard in Land Park, Sacramento, runs a long-standing California cake counter with Lemon Zinger cakes that travel by post.
Address: 2966 Freeport Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95818
Ginger Elizabeth Hahn's chocolate and macaron counter on J Street, midtown Sacramento, was named one of the 24 Best Chocolate Shops in America by Eater.
Worth the queue: Salty caramel macaron
Ettore's on Fair Oaks Boulevard in Sacramento runs a European cake counter with afternoon tea service and the city's most-booked wedding-cake operation.
Worth the queue: Wedding and specialty cakes
Danny and Olga Turner's Pushkin's Bakery on 29th Street, midtown Sacramento, opened 2013 as the city's defining gluten-free and dairy-free bakery counter.
Worth the queue: Salted Pecan Cupcakes
Esther Son's Estelle Bakery & Patisserie on Arden Way, Sacramento, runs a French pastry counter with croissants, kouign-amann and tarts in a warm Arden cafe.
Worth the queue: Croissants and tarts
Rick on J Street in midtown Sacramento is the 1950s-themed dessert diner since 1986, 285 desserts in the case, open late into the night daily.
Worth the queue: Chocolate raspberry mousse torte
Faria on Broadway in Oak Park, Sacramento, is the naturally leavened sourdough counter in the flatiron Broadway Triangle building, country loaves.
Worth the queue: Country sourdough loaf