Pena's Bakery ★ 3.8
East San Jose panaderia popular for pan dulce, rosca de reyes at Three Kings, quinceañera cakes, and fresh conchas rotating out of the oven all day.
Worth the queue: Three Kings rosca bread
CA Bakehouse is a bakery in East San Jose, San Jose.
Weekend-only East San Jose pop-up bakery renowned for pandan Portuguese egg tarts with handmade puff dough and ube croissants with kaya coconut filling.
Editorially verified June 26, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Address: 979 Story Rd, Unit 7066, San Jose, CA 95122
East San Jose panaderia popular for pan dulce, rosca de reyes at Three Kings, quinceañera cakes, and fresh conchas rotating out of the oven all day.
Worth the queue: Three Kings rosca bread
Willow Glen French market bakery by Ed and Mimi Brown, using organic Napa farmhouse produce to supply seasonal cakes, salads, and house-made tarts.
Worth the queue: Parisian Strawberry Cake
Taiwanese chain baking daily sourdough, brioche, and taro pastries alongside its famous sea salt coffee and Japanese soufflé cheesecakes at low prices.
Worth the queue: Sea salt coffee
East San Jose bakery open until midnight serving conchas, orejas, puerquitos, empanadas, and tres leches cakes baked fresh throughout the day.
Worth the queue: Vanilla and chocolate conchas
East San Jose panaderia popular for pan dulce, rosca de reyes at Three Kings, quinceañera cakes, and fresh conchas rotating out of the oven all day.
Worth the queue: Three Kings rosca bread
Shuei-Do Manju Shop is the Bay Area's oldest Japanese confectionery in San Jose's Japantown, handcrafting mochi and manju fresh daily since 1953.
Worth the queue: Manju bean-paste cakes
San Jose legend baking since 1936 and famed for its Burnt Almond Cake: white custard encrusted in toasted almonds that regulars have ordered for decades.
Worth the queue: Burnt Almond Cake