21 bakery rooms in St. Louis we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in St. Louis | Bakery across every city.
Union Loafers Cafe and Bread Bakery ★ 4.6
botanical-heights · 1629 Tower Grove Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110
Union Loafers bakes naturally leavened bread and runs a lunchtime cafe of sandwiches in Botanical Heights, a James Beard-nominated bakery and pizza spot.
Park Avenue Coffee ★ 4.2
lafayette-square · 1919 Park Ave, St. Louis, MO 63104
Park Avenue Coffee bakes more than 70 varieties of gooey butter cake, the dessert invented here, served with house-roasted coffee in Lafayette Square.
Federhofer's Bakery ★ 4.1
affton · 9005 Gravois Rd, St. Louis, MO 63123
A decades-old Affton bakery, Federhofer's makes a distinctive gooey butter cake without cream cheese or powdered sugar, plus full cases of cakes and cookies.
Missouri Baking Company ★ 4.4
the-hill · 2027 Edwards St, St. Louis, MO 63110
A family-run Italian-American bakery on The Hill, Missouri Baking Company is famous for cookies by the pound and a dense, almond-paste gooey butter cake.
La Patisserie Chouquette ★ 4.4
botanical-heights · 1626 Tower Grove Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110
Chef Simone Faure's French patisserie in Botanical Heights turns out macarons, croissants and cakes with classical technique. The city's French bakery.
Nathaniel Reid Bakery ★ 4.6
kirkwood · 11243 Manchester Rd, Kirkwood, MO 63122
Award-winning pastry chef Nathaniel Reid makes precise modern French entremets, tarts and viennoiserie in Kirkwood, rated the metro's finest pastry case.
Whisk: A Sustainable Bakeshop ★ 4.2
cherokee-street · 2201 Cherokee St, St. Louis, MO 63118
Whisk bakes cakes, cookies and seasonal pastries from scratch on Cherokee Street with a sustainability focus, a community-minded anchor of the Cherokee crawl.
Pint Size Bakery & Coffee ★ 4.3
lindenwood-park · 3133 Watson Rd, St. Louis, MO 63139
A tiny Lindenwood Park bakery, Pint Size turns out muffins, scones and a cult salted caramel-chocolate cookie alongside Kaldi's coffee. A peanut-free kitchen.
Sugaree Baking Company ★ 4.1
dogtown · 1242 Tamm Ave, St. Louis, MO 63139
A small Dogtown bakery, Sugaree specialises in scratch pies and layer cakes, a neighbourhood spot known for seasonal fruit pies. Weekend hours only.
Gioia's Deli ★ 4.5
the-hill · 1934 Macklind Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110
A James Beard America's Classics winner on The Hill, Gioia's slices its house Hot Salami onto fresh-baked bread, a sandwich St. Louis treats as a rite.
McArthur's Bakery ★ 4.0
south-county · 3055 Lemay Ferry Rd, St. Louis, MO 63125
A South County mainstay since 1956, McArthur's is a classic full-service bakery known for celebration cakes and a deep case of St. Louis bakery staples.
World's Fair Donuts ★ 4.3
shaw · 1904 S Vandeventer Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110
World's Fair Donuts has fried hand-made yeast and cake doughnuts from a small Vandeventer shop for almost 90 years, the city's classic doughnut counter.
Strange Donuts ★ 4.0
maplewood · 2709 Sutton Blvd, Maplewood, MO 63143
Strange Donuts makes inventive, often over-the-top doughnuts and rotating collaboration flavours from a Maplewood shop, a playful local doughnut institution.
SweetArt Bakeshop & Cafe ★ 4.2
midtown · 3701 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63108
Reine Bayoc's SweetArt bakes plant-based cakes, cupcakes and savoury plates with strong vegan and gluten-free options, a longtime favourite now in Midtown.
Helfer's Pastries & Deli Cafe ★ 4.0
florissant · 380 Saint Ferdinand St, Florissant, MO 63031
A family German-American bakery in old-town Florissant, Helfer's makes strudel, stollen and bakery-case classics, a long-running north-county favourite.
Marconi Bakery ★ 3.9
the-hill · 1913 Marconi Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110
A small Italian bakery on The Hill, Marconi turns out cannoli, cookies and crusty Italian bread to a neighbourhood crowd, a no-frills Hill morning stop.
Comet Coffee Micro-Bakery ★ 4.3
the-hill · 4474 Shaw Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63110
Comet's serious in-house micro-bakery turns out kouign-amann and seasonal galettes alongside the espresso, a pastry program that rivals the coffee here.
STL Toasted ★ 3.9
the-hill · 2201 Macklind Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110
STL Toasted took over the old Mama Toscano's space on The Hill and built a counter around toasted ravioli, the breaded-and-fried St. Louis dish born here.
Gooey Louie ★ 4.1
richmond-heights · 7719 Clayton Rd, St. Louis, MO 63117
Gooey Louie bakes the city's signature gooey butter cake from scratch in mini and full sizes from a small Clayton Road shop minutes west of Forest Park.
Gus' Pretzels ★ 4.3
benton-park · 1820 Arsenal St, St. Louis, MO 63118
Gus' Pretzels on Arsenal St in Benton Park is the 1920 bakery hand-twisting soft pretzels and salami sticks in the shadow of the Anheuser-Busch brewery.
Federhofer's Bakery ★ 4.1
affton · 9005 Gravois Rd, St. Louis, MO 63123
Federhofer's Bakery (Bakery) in St Louis: Its gooey butter is a denser, old-school style than the cream-cheese versions. Come early for the freshest cases.