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La Panaderia is a bakery in Downtown, San Antonio.
Editorially verified May 28, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The conchas are famous; the croissant-concha hybrid is the showpiece. The downtown flagship is steps from the River Walk.
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Address: 301 E Houston St, San Antonio, TX 78205
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.
Tip: The macarons are the calling card; the kouign-amann is the laminated-pastry pick. Expect a queue on market mornings.
Worth the queue: Macarons and the kouign-amann
Mi Tierra's 24-hour panaderia at Market Square turns out traditional pan dulce around the clock, from everyday conchas to Day of the Dead pan de muerto.
Tip: Open 24 hours, so pan dulce is available any time. The conchas and seasonal pan de muerto are the classics.
Worth the queue: Conchas and Day of the Dead pan de muerto
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.
Tip: The layer cakes and cupcakes are the draw; grab a box to go. A good Alamo Heights coffee-and-cake stop.
Worth the queue: Layer cakes and cupcakes
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.
Tip: The marranitos (pig-shaped cookies) and raisin-topped piedras are the picks. Go early for the freshest bake.
Worth the queue: Marranitos and piedras
Bedoy's Bakery is a long-running Tobin Hill family panaderia where conchas and empanadas are the staples, cash-friendly and busy through the morning rush.
Tip: A long-running family panaderia; the conchas and empanadas are the staples. Cash-friendly and busy in the morning.
Worth the queue: Conchas and empanadas
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.
Tip: The tres leches cake and conchas are the orders. A good-value panaderia for a tray of pan dulce to share.
Worth the queue: Conchas and tres leches cake