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.
11 bakery places in San Diego we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in San Diego · Bakery across every city.
Order Kalamata olive bread
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.
Order Country sourdough miche
Prager Brothers Artisan Breads in Encinitas is the North County sourdough bakery on Coast Highway 101, a wholesale-bakery storefront with daily-baked.
Order Huckleberry doughnut
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.
Order Big Poppa Tart
Donut Bar in San Diego is the downtown A Street doughnut shop, the West Coast viral-doughnut shop with oversized creme brulee, croissant doughnuts.
Order Glazed yeast doughnut
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.
Order Almond croissant
Tartine in Coronado is the long-running First Street European cafe and bistro on the Ferry Landing side, with patio seating, French pastries.
Order Hearth-baked sourdough
Sadie Rose Baking Company in San Diego is the Sorrento Valley wholesale artisan bakery since 2004, supplying hearth-baked breads to restaurants and grocers.
Order Viking chocolate cake
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.
Order Concha (sweet bread)
Panchita's Bakery in San Diego is the Barrio Logan Mexican panaderia on National Avenue, a long-running pan dulce counter for conchas, marranitos.
Order Birthday cake cookie
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.
Try Sandwiches on house bread, soups, scones
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.
