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.
11 bakery places in Washington DC we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Washington DC · Bakery across every city.
Order Country sourdough loaf
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.
Order Whole-grain country miche
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.
Order Brioche donut
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.
Order Chocolate chip walnut cookie
Levain Bakery in Washington DC is the Upper West Side cookie shop's Georgetown M Street outpost, with palm-sized chocolate-chip walnut cookies.
Order Black sesame pull-apart bread
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.
Order Sun City bagel sandwich
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.
Order Tradition baguette
Fresh Baguette in Washington DC is the Georgetown Wisconsin Avenue French bakery from a Parisian-trained baker, with hand-shaped Tradition baguettes baked.
Order Pain au chocolat
Le Caprice DC in Washington DC is the Columbia Heights 14th Street French bakery from chef Ferney Pena, with French viennoiserie, Tradition baguettes.
Order Pain au chocolat
Boulangerie Saint Georges in Washington DC is the Eastern Market 7th Street SE French bakery from Paris restaurateurs Lounes Khenane and Bouzid Aissaoui.
Order Matcha kouign-amann
SakuSaku Flakerie in Washington DC is Yuri Oberbillig's Tenleytown Wisconsin Avenue Japanese-French pastry shop, with matcha kouign-amann, white miso.
Order Plain bagel with scallion cream cheese
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.
