Vida Mia is a bakery in Stone Oak, San Antonio.
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.
Address: 19141 Stone Oak Pkwy #803, San Antonio, TX 78258
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
La Panaderia's downtown flagship near the River Walk is famous for conchas and its croissant-concha hybrid, a Mexican-French bakery worth the queue.
Tip: The conchas are famous; the croissant-concha hybrid is the showpiece. The downtown flagship is steps from the River Walk.
Worth the queue: Conchas and the croissant-concha hybrid
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
