11 bakery places in San Diego we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in San Diego | Bakery across every city.

San Diego's bakery scene runs from European-style bread programs to a notable strain of destination doughnut shops. Bread and Cie on University Avenue in Hillcrest is a longtime artisan bread anchor, while Prager Brothers Artisan Breads works the North County coast in Encinitas. On the sweet side, Donut Bar downtown and Sidecar Doughnuts and Coffee in Del Mar Heights draw their own crowds, and Extraordinary Desserts holds down Little Italy.

Bread and Cie ★ 4.8

Bakery · $

350 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92103

Bread and Cie in San Diego is the Hillcrest European stone-hearth bakery on University Avenue since 1995, the rustic-bread room that anchors the Hillcrest.

Prager Brothers Artisan Breads (Encinitas) ★ 4.7

Bakery · $

543 S Coast Hwy 101, Encinitas, CA 92024

Prager Brothers Artisan Breads in Encinitas is the North County sourdough bakery on Coast Highway 101, a wholesale-bakery storefront with daily-baked.

Sidecar Doughnuts and Coffee ★ 4.5

Bakery · $

3435 Del Mar Heights Rd, Suite D7, San Diego, CA 92130

Sidecar Doughnuts in Del Mar is the Costa Mesa import in Del Mar Highlands Town Center, a small-batch doughnut counter rotating six monthly flavours plus six.

Donut Bar ★ 4.2

Bakery · $

401 W A St, San Diego, CA 92101

Donut Bar in San Diego is the downtown A Street doughnut shop, the West Coast viral-doughnut shop with oversized creme brulee, croissant doughnuts.

VG Donut and Bakery ★ 4.4

Bakery · $

106 Aberdeen Dr, Cardiff, CA 92007

VG Donut and Bakery in Cardiff-by-the-Sea is the Mettee family's third-generation Aberdeen Drive doughnut counter since 1969, a North County landmark.

Tartine Coronado ★ 4.1

Bakery · $

1106 1st St, Coronado, CA 92118

Tartine in Coronado is the long-running First Street European cafe and bistro on the Ferry Landing side, with patio seating, French pastries.

Sadie Rose Baking Company ★ 4.4

Bakery · $

8926 Ware Ct, San Diego, CA 92121

Sadie Rose Baking Company in San Diego is the Sorrento Valley wholesale artisan bakery since 2004, supplying hearth-baked breads to restaurants and grocers.

Extraordinary Desserts (Little Italy) ★ 4.6

Bakery · $

1430 Union St, San Diego, CA 92101

Extraordinary Desserts in San Diego is Karen Krasne's Little Italy dessert salon on Union Street, a long-running pastry-and-cake shop with a James Beard.

Panchita's Bakery ★ 4.3

Bakery · $

1737 National Ave, San Diego, CA 92113

Panchita's Bakery in San Diego is the Barrio Logan Mexican panaderia on National Avenue, a long-running pan dulce counter for conchas, marranitos.

The Cravory ★ 4.0

Bakery · $

3960 W Point Loma Blvd, San Diego, CA 92110

The Cravory in San Diego is the Loma Square Center cookie bakery, a soft-baked filled counter with rotating flavours and the famous birthday cake cookie.

Bread and Cie Cafe ★ 4.2

Bakery · $

hillcrest · 350 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92103

Bread and Cie's cafe counter on University Avenue in Hillcrest, San Diego, the in-house bakery serving sandwiches on its own stone-hearth loaves.