21 editor picks in San Antonio.
San Antonio's bakeries span two traditions: the Mexican panaderia and the modern European patisserie. On the panaderia side, La Panaderia downtown and Mi Tierra Panaderia at Market Square keep conchas and pan dulce central, while The Guenther House in King William bakes from a historic mill site. Bakery Lorraine at the Pearl and Bird Bakery in Alamo Heights carry the French-leaning end, croissants and layer cakes included.
21 bakery places in San Antonio we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in San Antonio · Bakery across every city.
Order Conchas and the croissant-concha hybrid
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.
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.
Order Conchas and Day of the Dead pan de muerto
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.
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.
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.
Order Conchas and empanadas
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.
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.
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.
Order Kouign-amann and croissants
CommonWealth Coffeehouse & Bakery on the South Side bakes French viennoiserie, with the kouign-amann the standout pastry to pair with an in-house espresso.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Order Sourdough and conchas
La Panaderia's Broadway location near the airport carries the Caceres brothers' Mexican-French bread programme north of downtown, with sourdough, conchas.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Order Conchas and glazed donuts
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.
Order Bigote and conchas
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.
Order Eclairs and seasonal tarts
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.
