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San Francisco's signature pastry: a croissant dough rolled in cinnamon-sugar with orange zest, twisted in a muffin tin, dusted with more sugar after baking. Crisp shattered exterior, custard-soft buttery interior.
The morning bun is a San Francisco pastry tradition that grew out of the city's croissant scene in the 1980s. Tartine Bakery in the Mission popularised the modern Bay Area morning bun under Elisabeth Prueitt and Chad Robertson in the early 2000s, with B. Patisserie in Pacific Heights and Arsicault Bakery in the Richmond now serving the city's most-cited versions. The morning bun is uniquely San Franciscan: it does not exist with the same definition outside the Bay Area.
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Tartine Bakery in San Francisco is Chad Robertson and Elisabeth Prueitt's Guerrero Street original, with a queue that has not let up since 2002 and a morning.
TipMorning bun and croissant come out at different times; ask the counter when the next bake is due.
Arsicault Bakery in San Francisco is Armando Lacayo's Inner Richmond counter, named America's best croissant by Bon Appetit and still drawing a 09:30 queue.
TipPlain butter croissant, not the almond; the lamination tells the whole story.
The Ferry Building Marketplace in San Francisco runs daily inside the 1898 Ferry Building, with Hog Island Oyster Co., Cowgirl Creamery, Acme Bread.
TipHog Island's bar opens at 11:00; arrive then for oysters before the lunch line stacks up.
Jane the Bakery in San Francisco is Amanda Michael's Lower Pac Heights flagship, with a stone-mill grain programme and the city's best whole-grain country.
TipThe cardamom morning bun is the dark-horse order; ask if they have any left after 11:00.
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