11 bakery places in Washington DC we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Washington DC | Bakery across every city.
Washington has grown a serious bakery culture over the last decade, from naturally leavened bread to laminated pastry and the city's own bagel and biscuit traditions. Bread Furst on Connecticut Avenue and Seylou Bakery and Mill near Mount Vernon Square set the standard for whole-grain and stone-milled loaves. Pearl's Bagels downtown, Call Your Mother Deli in Park View and Levain Bakery in Georgetown cover the morning end with bagels, cookies and biscuit sandwiches.
Bread Furst ★ 4.7
4434 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008
Bread Furst in Washington DC is Mark Furstenberg's Van Ness bakery on Connecticut Avenue since 2014, a James Beard Outstanding Baker winner with sourdough.
Seylou Bakery and Mill ★ 4.6
926 N St NW, Washington, DC 20001
Seylou Bakery and Mill in Washington DC is Jonathan and Jessica Bethony's Shaw Blagden Alley bakery, a single-source mill-to-loaf operation grinding regional.
la Betty AM ★ 4.3
420 K St NW, Washington, DC 20001
la Betty AM in Washington DC is the Mount Vernon Triangle K Street daytime bakery from the A Baked Joint team, with biscuits, brioche donuts.
Levain Bakery Georgetown ★ 4.5
3131 M St NW, Washington, DC 20007
Levain Bakery in Washington DC is the Upper West Side cookie shop's Georgetown M Street outpost, with palm-sized chocolate-chip walnut cookies.
Rose Ave Bakery ★ 4.4
3201 Cady's Aly NW, Washington, DC 20007
Rose Ave Bakery in Washington DC is Cheryl Wakerhauser's Georgetown Cady's Alley bakery, an Asian-American pastry counter with black sesame pull-apart bread.
Call Your Mother Deli Park View ★ 4.5
3301 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20010
Call Your Mother Deli Park View in Washington DC is the Georgia Avenue wood-fired bagel deli from chef Andrew Dana, with Montreal-Brooklyn hybrid bagels.
Fresh Baguette ★ 4.1
1737 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20007
Fresh Baguette in Washington DC is the Georgetown Wisconsin Avenue French bakery from a Parisian-trained baker, with hand-shaped Tradition baguettes baked.
Le Caprice DC ★ 4.4
3460 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20010
Le Caprice DC in Washington DC is the Columbia Heights 14th Street French bakery from chef Ferney Pena, with French viennoiserie, Tradition baguettes.
Boulangerie Saint Georges ★ 4.4
303 7th St SE, Washington, DC 20003
Boulangerie Saint Georges in Washington DC is the Eastern Market 7th Street SE French bakery from Paris restaurateurs Lounes Khenane and Bouzid Aissaoui.
SakuSaku Flakerie ★ 4.5
4200 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016
SakuSaku Flakerie in Washington DC is Yuri Oberbillig's Tenleytown Wisconsin Avenue Japanese-French pastry shop, with matcha kouign-amann, white miso.
Pearl's Bagels ★ 4.5
1017 7th St NW, Washington, DC 20001
Pearl's Bagels in Washington DC is the Shaw 7th Street bagel shop from two former media-careerists, with sourdough-starter bagels boiled in honey water.