Bakery counters in San Antonio worth queuing for: levain breads, laminated pastry, regional bakes and the morning ritual.

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Bakery Lorraine

Order Macarons and the kouign-amann

Bakery Lorraine at the Pearl is the French patisserie locals queue for, with macarons as the calling card and a kouign-amann among the laminated pastries.

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Bird Bakery

Order Layer cakes and cupcakes

Bird Bakery on Broadway, founded by Elizabeth Chambers in 2012, turns out from-scratch layer cakes, cupcakes, and pastries from a cheerful room near Alamo.

Panifico Bake Shop

Order Marranitos and piedras

Panifico Bake Shop on the West Side makes scratch Mexican pan dulce, with pig-shaped marranitos and raisin-topped piedras the picks; go early for the bake.

El Folklor Bakery

  • ★ 3.9
  • $
  • South Side

Order Conchas and tres leches cake

El Folklor Bakery on the South Side is a good-value panaderia for a shared tray of pan dulce, with conchas and a tres leches cake among the orders to make.

Nadler's Bakery & Deli

  • ★ 3.9
  • $
  • North Side

Order Strudel and rugelach

Nadler's Bakery & Deli on Babcock Road is a long-running European-style bakery and deli, with strudel, rugelach, and Central European pastries plus a deli.

Kolache Stop

  • ★ 3.9
  • $
  • North Side

Order Sausage-and-cheese klobasniky

Kolache Stop on Huebner Road bakes Czech-Texan kolaches and klobasniky, the sausage-stuffed pastries that immigrant communities brought to Texas.

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The Guenther House

Order Sweet-cream biscuits and cinnamon rolls

The Guenther House in King William bakes Southern goods with Pioneer Flour from the historic mill next door, with sweet-cream biscuits and cinnamon rolls.

Nicosi

Order Plated dessert courses

Nicosi at Pullman Market is a 20-seat dessert-only dining room from Esquire's 2024 Pastry Chef of the Year, Tavel Bristol-Joseph, with a plated tasting menu.

Kolache Factory

Order Fruit kolaches and sausage rolls

Kolache Factory on the West Side is the drive-through for a quick Texas-Czech breakfast, mixing sweet fruit kolaches with savoury sausage-and-cheese rolls.

Bakery Lorraine La Cantera

  • ★ 4.0
  • $
  • North Side

Order Macarons and tarts

Bakery Lorraine's La Cantera branch brings its macarons, tarts, and viennoiserie to the far-northwest shopping district, a handy north-side patisserie stop.

Tlahco Mexican Kitchen

  • ★ 3.9
  • $
  • North Side

Order Conchas with the breakfast menu

Tlahco Mexican Kitchen on San Pedro folds house-baked conchas into its all-day Mexican breakfast, a kitchen-and-bakery hybrid where the pan dulce is made.

El Folklor Bakery Randolph

  • ★ 3.7
  • $
  • North Side

Order Conchas and quinceanera cakes

El Folklor Bakery's Randolph branch on the north side is the stop for a big tray of pan dulce or a quinceanera cake; grab tongs and load up on conchas.

Vida Mia

Order Conchas and cafe de olla

Vida Mia in Stone Oak is a rare scratch panaderia this far north, where Monterrey-style conchas and a cafe de olla make the breakfast pairing to order.