Nicosi is a bakery in Pearl, San Antonio.
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.
Tip: This is desserts as fine dining, not a counter; book the dessert tasting ahead. The savoury-leaning plates surprise.
Address: 221 Newell Ave, San Antonio, TX 78215
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.
Tip: Mix sweet fruit kolaches with savoury sausage-and-cheese for the full spread. Drive-through for a quick breakfast.
Worth the queue: Fruit kolaches and sausage rolls
La Panaderia's Broadway location near the airport carries the Caceres brothers' Mexican-French bread programme north of downtown, with sourdough, conchas.
Tip: A handy uptown branch of the downtown flagship. The sourdough and the conchas are both worth the stop.
Worth the queue: Sourdough and conchas
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.
Worth the queue: Macarons and tarts
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
