La Segunda Central Bakery ★ 4.8
La Segunda in Ybor City has baked Cuban bread daily since 1915, with 18,000-plus loaves a day and the palmetto frond baked into the top loaf for steam.
Worth the queue: Long Cuban bread with palmetto frond
Bakery counters in Tampa worth queuing for: levain breads, laminated pastry, regional bakes and the morning ritual.
Where to queue for bread and pastry
Alessi Bakery ★ 4.6
Alessi Bakery on West Cypress has run an Italian and Cuban bakery in Tampa since 1912, with famous hand-carved Cuban sandwiches, deviled crabs and cannolis.
Worth the queue: Hand-carved Cuban sandwich
Mauricio Faedo's Bakery ★ 4.5
Mauricio Faedo's Bakery on North Florida Avenue bakes Cuban bread, breakfast Cuban toast and deviled crabs daily, with the family running it since 1955.
Worth the queue: Daily-baked Cuban bread
La Segunda Bakery and Cafe Kennedy ★ 4.5
La Segunda's Kennedy Boulevard cafe brings the 1915 Cuban bread tradition to South Tampa with table service, Cuban sandwiches and pastelitos.
Worth the queue: Pressed Cuban sandwich
The Salty Donut Hyde Park ★ 4.5
The Salty Donut on Swann Avenue in Hyde Park serves artisan donuts and specialty coffee in an enclosed indoor-outdoor living room with custom Tampa motifs.
Worth the queue: Maple bacon donut
The Salty Donut Seminole Heights ★ 4.4
The Salty Donut's Seminole Heights store anchors the North Florida Avenue food strip, with the same artisan donuts and Counter Culture Coffee program.
Worth the queue: Brown butter salted dulce de leche donut
Hole In One Donut Shop ★ 4.5
Hole In One on North Florida Avenue has run a classic donut shop in Tampa since 1980, named one of Yelp's 50 Best Donut Shops in America in 2026.
Worth the queue: Oversized apple fritter
La Caridad Bakery ★ 4.4
La Caridad Bakery on West Columbus Drive has run Cuban bread, pastelitos and Cuban breakfast toast for West Tampa for over four decades. The kitchen leans.
Worth the queue: Guava pastelito
Boulon Bakery ★ 4.5
Boulon Bakery at Water Street is the grab-and-go counter of Boulon Brasserie, with Pastry Chef Summer Bailey baking French viennoiserie and croissants.
Worth the queue: Almond croissant
The Grove Bakery ★ 4.4
The Grove Bakery in Old Seminole Heights runs naturally leavened sourdough loaves, country breads and weekend pastry boxes from a Florida Avenue garage.
Worth the queue: Country sourdough loaf
Casino Bakery ★ 4.3
Casino Bakery on Howard Avenue runs a working-class Cuban bakery and counter with empanadas, pastelitos, guava pasteles and a daily Cuban toast breakfast.
Worth the queue: Cheese empanada
Michelle Faedo's On the Go ★ 4.5
Michelle Faedo's On the Go is the Faedo daughter's deviled crab food truck plus a small Ybor City counter, with three branches running the spicy recipe.
Worth the queue: Spicy deviled crab
Olympia Pastry Shop ★ 4.4
Olympia Pastry Shop in Tampa has run Greek and American pastries for over 40 years, with baklava, kataifi and house-made cakes. A quiet neighborhood pick.
Worth the queue: Baklava
Pane Rustica ★ 4.4
Pane Rustica in South Tampa is a bakery, cafe and Italian dinner spot from the Rosen-Coxe family, with rustic Italian breads, ciabattas and seasonal pastries.
Worth the queue: Olive sourdough boule
Wright's Gourmet Bakery ★ 4.4
Wright's Gourmet House has run a Tampa bakery and deli since 1963, with hundreds of thousands of rum cakes sold, plus seasonal pies and cakes.
Worth the queue: Rum cake
Craving Donuts ★ 4.3
Craving Donuts in Carrollwood runs hot-glazed donuts and seasonal flavors with a daily morning crowd through North Tampa. The room fills early on weekends.
Worth the queue: Maple bacon donut
Nicola's Donut Shop ★ 4.3
Nicola's Donut Shop on North Florida Avenue runs an old-school donut counter, with fresh-out cake donuts, glazed yeast rings and a steady Tampa Bay following.
Worth the queue: Bavarian cream
True Loaf Bakery and Cafe ★ 4.4
True Loaf at Ybor runs artisan sourdough, croissants and weekend pastry boxes, with a small cafe counter serving Tampa Heights breakfast bowls.
Worth the queue: Country sourdough
Roast Deli and Bakery ★ 4.3
Roast Deli and Bakery in Ybor runs morning pastries, sandwiches and coffee in the same building that houses Madame Fortune in the back room.
Worth the queue: Roasted vegetable sandwich