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Vampire Penguin in Old Sacramento at 2nd Street was born in the city October 2013, the original shop of the now-national shaved-snow dessert chain.
Worth the queue: Vampire Penguin shaved snow bowl
La Bou Bakery and Cafe 11th Street is a bakery in Downtown, Sacramento.
La Bou on 11th Street, downtown Sacramento, is the local bakery-cafe chain Capitol-side counter, croissants for the state government lunch crowd.
Address: 1122 11th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Vampire Penguin in Old Sacramento at 2nd Street was born in the city October 2013, the original shop of the now-national shaved-snow dessert chain.
Worth the queue: Vampire Penguin shaved snow bowl
Freeport Bakery on Freeport Boulevard in Land Park, Sacramento, runs a long-standing California cake counter with Lemon Zinger cakes that travel by post.
Worth the queue: Lemon Zinger Cake
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