Bakery Lorraine La Cantera is a bakery in North Side, San Antonio.
Bakery Lorraine's La Cantera branch brings its macarons, tarts, and viennoiserie to the far-northwest shopping district, a handy north-side patisserie stop.
Tip: A convenient north-side branch of the Pearl original. The macarons and seasonal tarts are the picks.
Address: 17503 La Cantera Pkwy Ste 108, San Antonio, TX 78257
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.
Tip: Order a concha alongside the chilaquiles for the full Mexican breakfast. The pan dulce is baked in house.
Worth the queue: Conchas with the breakfast menu
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.
Tip: Good for a big tray of pan dulce or a quinceanera cake. Grab a tray and a pair of tongs and load up.
Worth the queue: Conchas and quinceanera cakes
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.
Tip: Order a concha alongside the chilaquiles for the full Mexican breakfast. The pan dulce is baked in house.
Worth the queue: Conchas with the breakfast menu
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.
Tip: Good for a big tray of pan dulce or a quinceanera cake. Grab a tray and a pair of tongs and load up.
Worth the queue: Conchas and quinceanera cakes
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.
Tip: The Monterrey-style conchas and cafe de olla are the breakfast pairing. A rare scratch panaderia this far north.
Worth the queue: Conchas and cafe de olla
Bedoy's Bakery's Hillcrest Drive shop carries the family's secret-recipe pan dulce and donuts to the West Side, a second branch of the longtime panaderia.
Tip: A second Bedoy's branch with the same secret-recipe pan dulce. The conchas and donuts are the everyday orders.
Worth the queue: Conchas and glazed donuts
Panifico's Bandera shop on the West Side bakes scratch Mexican pan dulce, with the moustache-shaped bigote and the conchas the orders to watch fill the case.
Tip: Watch the case fill in the early morning. The bigote and conchas are the orders; everything is scratch-made.
Worth the queue: Bigote and conchas
CommonWealth's Olmos Park branch near Alamo Heights is the handy second location of the South Flores bakery, carrying its French eclairs, tarts and cakes.
Tip: A handy Alamo Heights branch for the eclairs and seasonal tarts. Pairs a pastry with a careful espresso.
Worth the queue: Eclairs and seasonal tarts
