Seattle's bakery scene runs from European pastry counters to scratch sourdough, with a strong cluster around Pike Place Market and the eastern neighborhoods. Sea Wolf Bakers in Wallingford and Macrina Bakery in Belltown anchor the artisan bread side, while Bakery Nouveau keeps shops in both Capitol Hill and West Seattle. At the market itself, Piroshky Piroshky and Daily Dozen Doughnut draw the longest lines.
9 bakery places in Seattle we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Seattle · Bakery across every city.
Sea Wolf Bakers in Seattle's Fremont is the brothers Wybenga sourdough room: levain breads, the city's signature cinnamon roll.
Order Olivia bread
Macrina Bakery Belltown in Seattle is Leslie Mackie's 1993 flagship: an institutional Pacific Northwest sourdough, Olivia bread named after her daughter.
Order Twice-baked almond croissant
Bakery Nouveau Capitol Hill in Seattle is William Leaman's lamination operation, 15th Ave E branch: the twice-baked almond croissant the city most often.
Order Chocolate croissant
Bakery Nouveau West Seattle in Seattle is William Leaman's 2006 California Ave flagship: a Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie winning team, full pastry.
Order Salmon piroshky
Piroshky Piroshky in Seattle's Pike Place is the 1992 Russian bakery hand-folding every bun on premises: cabbage and onion, smoked salmon and cream cheese.
Order Mini powdered sugar doughnut, by the bag
Daily Dozen Doughnut in Seattle's Pike Place is the Economy Building mini-doughnut counter: hot from the oil, dusted in sugar, sold by the dozen.
Order Mackles'mores cookie
Hello Robin in Seattle's Capitol Hill is Robin Wehl Martin's 19th Ave cookie shop, with graham-cookie Mackles'mores and ice-cream sandwiches built around.
Order World's Best Mac and Cheese
Beecher's Handmade Cheese in Seattle's Pike Place is the Kurt Beecher Dammeier creamery: curds made behind glass, Flagship cheddar and the World's Best Mac.
Sea Wolf Bakers is the Stone Way locals bakery between Fremont and Wallingford, with cinnamon rolls and laminated pastry, Wednesday to Sunday through 11:30.
