The World's Top 100 Bakeries
The bread and pastry rooms the professionals rate alongside restaurants: laminated doughs, wood-fired loaves, counters worth a morning detour. Ranked by the record, best first.
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A traditional Hmong cross-stitch pattern meaning "home" runs through the whole room, which tells you exactly what Diane Moua is going for. The neighborhood restaurant inside Minneapolis' Food Building blends Hmong-American cooking with a serious pastry program, and the two halves genuinely need each other. Food & Wine named it Restaurant of the Year, and it landed on the New York Times Restaurant List. The sesame balls have their own fan club.
- Food & Wine Restaurant of the Year
- 50 Best #50 · North America's 50 Best Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Best Chef: Midwest · Diane Moua
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Rank 2. République
French
The brick-and-skylight nave of a former bakery on La Brea sets the stage for one of those all-day operations that actually pulls off both halves. Mornings belong to the pastry counter, where the team's James Beard Award-winning work draws lines before the doors open. By evening the open kitchen is running a Southern European Mediterranean menu for a full dining room that never quite empties.
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Winner · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Margarita Manzke
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · North America's Best Brunch Venue
- Time Out The best bakeries in America
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Rank 3. Berlu
Vietnamese Bakery
- Eater Best Bakeries
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Winner · Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific · Vince Nguyen
- Portland Monthly Bánh bò nướng · Portland’s Most Iconic Dishes
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Rank 3. Comadre Panaderia
Bakery
A pink cake frosted with prickly pear buttercream and scattered with sprinkles sets the tone at this bakery from Mariela Camacho, a Food & Wine Best New Chef and James Beard semifinalist. The conchas are airy under a crackly shell, and the coffee drinks lean into the same playful register as everything else. Nothing here is as sweet as it looks, which is the whole trick.
- Food & Wine Mariela Camacho · Best New Chefs
- The Infatuation Our Favorite Bakeries In The Country Right Now
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Austin Right Now
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Rank 5. Koffeteria
Cambodian Bakery
The beef pho kolache alone explains why this Cambodian-influenced bakery and coffee shop landed on the New York Times' list of best bakeries in the country. Chef Vanarin Kuch, a Top Chef alum and James Beard Outstanding Bakery semifinalist, builds a menu where Southeast Asian flavors drift easily into French, Mexican, and Brazilian territory. The Salty Cambodian latte, finished with condensed milk and sourdough butter, has regulars skipping the cortado for good.
- The Infatuation Our Favorite Bakeries In The Country Right Now
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
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Rank 5. Starship Bagel
NY-Style Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Outstanding Bakery
- Bon Appétit The Very Best Bagels in the US (Yes, Outside New York)
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
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Rank 5. Zak The Baker
Bakery
The color-splashed facade in Wynwood is hard to miss, and the line of regulars out front means you won't either. This all-day kosher bakery and cafe runs on naturally leavened breads and pastries, with sandwiches, soups, and salads filling out the menu. The seasonal concha tends to disappear fast. A James Beard nominee for Outstanding Baker, Zak Stern trained on organic farms across Europe before bringing the whole project back home to Miami.
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Nominee · Outstanding Bakery
- Time Out The best bakeries in America
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Nominee · Outstanding Baker · Zak Stern
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- Food & Wine Kelly Jacques · Best New Chefs
- Food & Wine Boudin Boy · Best Dishes Our Editors Ate This Year
- The Infatuation Our Favorite Bakeries In The Country Right Now
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Rank 8. Casaema
Mexican/Tex-Mex
The horchata cream doughnut sells out early, which tells you everything about the pace of a morning here. Casaema is a daytime cafe in Houston Heights rooted in Mexican foodways, with a pastry case full of conchas and guava-queso empanadas alongside a coffee menu running café de olla lattes and piloncillo chai. The chilaquiles are built on housemade chips with brisket. A James Beard nominee for Best New Restaurant, and a Michelin Bib Gourmand.
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Best New Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Texas Monthly #6 · Texas’s Best New Restaurants
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- James Beard Awards 2025 · Winner · Outstanding Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Outstanding Bakery
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Rank 8. Lysée
Dessert Korean
The corn cake is not corn: it's sponge coated in piped kernels of corn mousse, and it stops people in their tracks. Lysée is a dessert gallery in the Flatiron where Eunji Lee, a Food & Wine Best New Chef, applies French technique to Korean flavors like yuja and brown rice, then displays the results on lit tables as though daring you to eat them. North America's Best Pastry Chef at the 50 Best, 2026. Go prepared to feel slightly intimidated by a cake.
- Food & Wine Best New Chefs · Eunji Lee
- 50 Best North America's Best Pastry Chef Award 2026, sponsored by Valrhona · North America's 50 Best Restaurants · Eunji Lee
- The New York Times 22 of the Best Bakeries Across the U.S. Right Now
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Rank 8. Panadería Rosetta
Bakery
Elena Reygadas runs this snug European-style bakery in Roma Norte, and the guava and ricotta Danish alone explains the line out the door. In a city where the standard pan dulce leans dry and margarine-heavy, the pastries here pull from an Italian-inflected pantry: airy conchas, chocolate-glazed donuts, focaccia, rustic loaves. Come early, order a coffee, then pick up a box to take to a park.
- MexBest Mejor Panadería: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- The Infatuation 21 Classic Restaurants in Mexico City
- The Infatuation The Best Bakeries in Mexico City
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- MexBest Mejor Panadería: Ganador · Premios MexBest
- MexBest Mejor Panadería: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- The Infatuation The Best Bakeries in Mexico City
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Rank 8. Zu Bakery
Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Winner · Outstanding Bakery
- Portland Press Herald Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland
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A Long Beach panadería where the pastries draw on Mexican and Indigenous baking traditions, Gusto Bread makes a kouign-amann with nixtamalized corn folded into sourdough dough, which tells you everything about how the team approaches the classics. Conchas, multigrain loaves, and seasonal pastries round out the case. A James Beard nominee for Outstanding Bakery, it draws visitors from well outside the neighborhood who planned their morning around it.
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Outstanding Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Outstanding Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
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Rank 15. Machine Shop
French Bakery
The car lift and air pump are still there, which gives this French bakery in a former auto body shop a particular kind of credibility. The laminated pastries are serious, the canelés are delicate, and the seasonal produce finds its way into croissants and Danish that justify the line. A James Beard semifinalist for Outstanding Bakery, it has also landed on The New York Times' list of the best bakeries in the country.
- The Infatuation Our Favorite Bakeries In The Country Right Now
- Eater The Best New Restaurants in America
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
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The line down the block on weekends is a reliable feature, and so is the sign that says they've sold out early. Radio Bakery is a small Greenpoint spot where croissants get shaped like Danishes and filled with whatever's good that month, focaccia sandwiches come stuffed with smoked salmon and cream cheese, and the brown butter corn cake is the thing to grab for later. Frustrating in all the right ways.
- The Infatuation Our Favorite Bakeries In The Country Right Now
- The Infatuation The Best Bakeries in NYC
- The New York Times 22 of the Best Bakeries Across the U.S. Right Now
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Rank 15. Starship Bagel
NY-Style Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Outstanding Bakery
- Bon Appétit The Very Best Bagels in the US (Yes, Outside New York)
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
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- James Beard Awards 2026 · Winner · Outstanding Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Nominee · Outstanding Baker · Caroline Schweitzer and Lauren Heemstra
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A bakery run by a former artist who, finding no local mills in Oklahoma's wheat belt, simply found a farmer and milled her own grain. The sourdough-heavy menu leans into specials like French onion soup Danishes and ube-blue corn coffee cake, which is either wildly creative or deeply unhinged, depending on your mood. Cat Cox won a James Beard Award for Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker in 2025. Open Saturdays, with a line down the block before the doors even open.
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Winner · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Cat Cox
- The New York Times 22 of the Best Bakeries Across the U.S. Right Now
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Rank 20. Kora
Filipino Bakery
- The Infatuation 11 Of The Best Donuts In America
- Eater Best Bakery · The 2025 Eater NY Award Winners
- The Infatuation The Best Bakeries in NYC
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Rank 20. Mercado Sin Nombre
Mexican Coffee
A flower-strung alley leads to an order window in East Austin, which is a whole vibe before the coffee even arrives. Mercado Sin Nombre is a Mexican coffee shop built around heirloom corn and specialty coffee, with pastries that take the idea seriously, including a biscuit that takes 100 hours to make. A Michelin Bib Gourmand and a James Beard Outstanding Bakery semifinalist, it keeps the name deliberately small so the farmers doing the work stay front and center.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Eater Best New Café
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
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- Time Out The best bakeries in America
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Outstanding Restaurateur · Dana Street
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Winner · Outstanding Restaurateur · Dana Street
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- The Infatuation Our Favorite Bakeries In The Country Right Now
- Eater Where to Drink the Best Coffee in Miami
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Rank 24. Breadbelly
Asian, Bakery
Kaya toast on pillowy bread striped with coconut-pandan jam is the thing people cite first, but the menu at this Asian American bakery on Clement Street rotates enough to keep regulars guessing. Pan de sal buns cradle egg salad with panko-fried veg, and the Basque cheesecake is cut thick enough to feel like a statement. Outdoor seating only, but the line moves. The New York Times and the LA Times both put it on their San Francisco lists.
- Los Angeles Times The 101 Best Restaurants in California
- San Francisco Chronicle #7 · Top 100 Restaurants in the Bay Area
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in San Francisco Right Now
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Rank 24. Butter & Crumble
Bakery
The line stretching down the block in North Beach is not a fluke. Butter & Crumble is a pastry and cake shop that built its name on laminated dough, and the croissants are the draw, from a plain version so flaky it barely holds together to cruffins stuffed with seasonal cream. Options rotate often enough that regulars have a reason to come back, which they do, loyally, before the case sells out. A few bar seats exist, but this is a takeout operation at heart.
- The Infatuation Our Favorite Bakeries In The Country Right Now
- San Francisco Chronicle Best bakeries in San Francisco Bay Area
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- Time Out The best bakeries in America
- Nashville Scene 2025 · Best Beautiful Pastries · Best of Nashville
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
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Rank 24. Evergreen Butcher + Baker
Artisanal Bakery
The baguettes go fast, so regulars grab two. Evergreen is a bakery and butcher shop in Inman Park where naturally leavened bread shares the counter with whole-animal cuts, and the combination makes more sense than it sounds. The vollkornbrot is dense and serious, the croissants are not, and the fermented hamburger buns exist specifically to cradle the beef ground in back. Atlanta was not a bread town; Evergreen is doing something about that.
- The Infatuation Our Favorite Bakeries In The Country Right Now
- The New York Times 22 of the Best Bakeries Across the U.S. Right Now
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Rank 24. Petitgrain Boulangerie
French Bakery
- The Infatuation Our Favorite Bakeries In The Country Right Now
- Eater Best New Bakery
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Los Angeles
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Rank 24. Tartine Bakery
Bakery
The line out the door at 5 p.m. is not a fluke; it's people waiting on the country loaf that Chad Robertson and Elisabeth Prueitt pull from the oven each afternoon. This Mission District bakery and cafe has been rewriting the rules on sourdough since forever, and the morning buns and cream tarts move fast enough that showing up early is less a suggestion than a strategy.
- Time Out The best bakeries in America
- San Francisco Chronicle Best bakeries in San Francisco Bay Area
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- Time Out The best bakeries in America
- The Infatuation The 20 Best Brunch Spots In SF
- The Infatuation The 19 Best Pizza Places In San Francisco
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- The Infatuation Our Favorite Bakeries In The Country Right Now
- Eater 38 Essential Restaurants in Nashville
- Nashville Scene 2025 · Best Beignets · Best of Nashville
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- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Outstanding Bakery
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Charleston
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Rank 24. Win Son Bakery
Taiwanese-American Bakery
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Rank 36. Barrio Bread
Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Winner · Outstanding Baker · Don Guerra
- Arizona Daily Star Icons · Where should I eat in Tucson
- Tucson Foodie Where I Eat in Tucson
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Rank 36. Ellē
American
The former Heller's Bakery space now runs all day as a cafe, from morning lattes and egg sandwiches on potato rolls through a pastrami Reuben at lunch and on to dinner plates that get genuinely ambitious: fried halloumi with farro, chicken Milanese with romesco, ravioli with mushrooms and hazelnuts. The kitchen leans into fermentation and seasonal quirks in a way that keeps things interesting without making you feel like you're being lectured. Michelin Bib Gourmand.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Bon Appétit America's Best New Restaurants
- Eater The Best Bakeries Around D.C.
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Rank 36. Lagniappe Bakehouse
Southern Bakery
The Vaucroissant, a lattice croissant stuffed with sausage from Vaucresson's, a venerable Black-owned Seventh Ward institution, is a good place to start understanding what this neighborhood bakery is doing. The chef, a former dancer, bakes with a historian's eye: benne seeds on toffee cookies, cornbread muffins wrapped in their own husks. A 2025 James Beard Emerging Chef nominee, she's built something that tastes like New Orleans and remembers where it came from.
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Emerging Chef · Kaitlin Guerin
- Eater Best New Bakery
- The New York Times 22 of the Best Bakeries Across the U.S. Right Now
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Rank 36. Saint Bread
Japanese-Influenced Bakery
A former boat repair shop on the canal, now doing the Lord's work with cardamom croissants and Japanese melonpan. Saint Bread is a bakery with a full menu organized, with some nerve, by how many slices of bread your order contains. The "No Bread" section includes okonomiyaki, which tells you the kitchen has opinions. A James Beard Semifinalist for Outstanding Bakery, and the New York Times put it on their short list of top U.S. bakeries.
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
- The New York Times 22 of the Best Bakeries Across the U.S. Right Now
- Seattle Met Seattle’s 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 36. Santa Canela
Mexican Bakery
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Rank 36. Yoli Tortilleria
Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Winner · Outstanding Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Baker · Marissa and Mark Gencarelli
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Rank 43. Librae Bakery
Middle Eastern Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
- The Infatuation The Best Bakeries in NYC
- The Infatuation The Best Croissants In NYC
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Rank 43. MÅURICE
French, Lunch
The quiche arrives as though it's never heard of the stodgy version you've had before, light and trembling where quiche has no business being either. MÅURICE is a French-leaning pastry luncheonette from chef Kristen Murray, drawing from French and Norwegian traditions for a small menu of smørbrød, soups, and sweets. The black pepper cheesecake has its own local mythology. A cold bottle of white at midday in downtown Portland, and nowhere else quite like it.
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Portland, Ore., Right Now
- Portland Monthly The 50 Best Restaurants in Portland Right Now
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants and Food Carts in Portland
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Rank 43. Not a Bakery
Bakery
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Rank 43. Poulette Bakeshop
French Bakery
A French bakery tucked into a Parker strip mall, Poulette turns out croissants, kouign-amann, éclairs, brioche, and macarons from a pastry case that gets restocked daily and emptied fast. The team behind it spent years in serious kitchens, and the technique shows without the attitude. The New York Times named it among the country's top bakeries, and it's landed James Beard nominations for Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker.
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Carolyn Nugent and Alen Ramos
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
- The New York Times 22 of the Best Bakeries Across the U.S. Right Now
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- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Outstanding Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Outstanding Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Kristina Zontini
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Rank 43. Yellow
Levantine Middle Eastern
- The Rammys Finalist · Fast Casual Restaurant of the Year
- The Rammys Finalist · Pastry Chef or Baker of the Year · Alicia Wang
- Eater The Best Bakeries Around D.C.
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Rank 51. Atelier Ortega
Italian Dessert
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Outstanding Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Oscar Ortega
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Rank 51. Caracas Bakery
Venezuelan Bakery
The cachito, a soft Venezuelan ham-and-cheese roll, is as good a reason as any to find your way to this Venezuelan bakery tucked into Doral. The team blends a Latin sensibility with French-style bread baking, so golfeados and pastelitos sit alongside proper croissants without anyone making a fuss about it. A 2024 James Beard nominee for Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker. Bring cash and a little patience; the line tends to have opinions.
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Jesus Brazon and Manuel Brazon
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Bakery · Best of Miami New Times
- The New York Times 22 of the Best Bakeries Across the U.S. Right Now
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Rank 51. Dry Storage
Artisan Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Winner · Outstanding Restaurateur · Erika Whitaker and Kelly Whitaker - ID EST
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Matt Husted, Erika Whitaker, and Kelly Whitaker - ID EST Hospitality Group
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Rank 51. La Cabra
Danish Coffee
A U-shaped bar anchors this Danish coffee shop, where streamlined taps for cold drinks share space with a proper V60 setup and a counter lined with pastries worth stopping for. La Cabra built a following in Copenhagen before planting roots on the Lower East Side, and the East Village original still draws a crowd that treats croissants and a carefully pulled espresso as a reasonable reason to leave the house.
- The Infatuation The Best Bakeries in NYC
- Eater The Best Coffee Shops in New York City
- The Infatuation The Best Coffee Shops In NYC
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The croissants here are laminated so precisely that the layers curl back on themselves like something from a geometry class, and then a breakfast sandwich gets stacked on top. Loaf Lounge is an all-day cafe where a pastry-and-savory team splits duties, one side producing sourdough and oatmeal cream pies, the other composing serious sandwiches. The chocolate cake the team made for "The Bear" has taken on a life of its own, which tracks.
- The Banchets Nominee · Pastry Chef of the Year · Sarah Mispagel-Lustbader & Ben Lustbader
- The New York Times 22 of the Best Bakeries Across the U.S. Right Now
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Great Lakes · Ben Lustbader and Sarah Mispagel
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- Minnesota Monthly Top 75 Restaurants
- Eater 38 Best Restaurants in Minneapolis and St. Paul
- Midwest Living Best Restaurants in Minneapolis
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- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Outstanding Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Nora Faye Allen
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Rank 51. Starship Bagel
NY-Style Bakery
- Bon Appétit The Very Best Bagels in the US (Yes, Outside New York)
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
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Rank 51. The Burque Bakehouse
Artisan Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Outstanding Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
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Rank 51. The Local General Store
Hawaiian
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
- Eater The 38 Essential Honolulu Restaurants
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Rank 61. Badolina Bakery & Cafe
Israeli Bakery
The bread lineup at this Israeli bakery in Rice Village runs from sourdough to shakshuka pastries to burekitas, the small savory hand pies the team grew up eating in Israel. It's a bright, picturesque café with outdoor seating, connected to the same group behind Doris Metropolitan and Hamsa. A 2025 James Beard Outstanding Restaurateur semifinalist, it draws the kind of Saturday morning crowd that treats a bakery run like a serious errand.
- Houston Chronicle Houston’s Top 100 Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Itai Ben Eli and Itamar Levy - Sof Hospitality Group
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Itai Ben Eli and Itamar Levy - Sof Hospitality Group
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- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
- Eater Baltimore’s 38 Essential Restaurants
- Baltimore Beat 2025 · Best Anti-Atlas · Best of Baltimore
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Rank 61. Crumb Queen
Italian Bakery
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Rank 61. JL Patisserie
French Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
- Phoenix New Times The 10 best breakfast spots in Phoenix
- AZ Central The 100 Best Metro Phoenix Restaurants
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- James Beard Awards 2023 · Nominee · Outstanding Bakery
- Dallas Observer 2024 · Best Bakery · Best of Dallas
- D Magazine 2024 · Best Breakfast · Best of Big D
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Rank 61. Rose Ave Bakery
Bakery
- The Rammys Finalist · Pastry Chef or Baker of the Year · Rose Nguyen
- Eater The Best Bakeries Around D.C.
- Washingtonian 9 Delicious Doughnut Shops Around DC
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- The Infatuation Our Favorite Bakeries In The Country Right Now
- Seattle Met Kuih Goyang @ ILMU · The Best Things I Ate This Year
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Rank 61. Warda Pâtisserie
Modern Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Winner · Outstanding Pastry Chef · Warda Bouguettaya
- Bon Appétit America's Best New Restaurants
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Detroit
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Rank 72. Bánh by Lauren
Vietnamese-French Bakery
Pandan honeycomb cake in a shade of green that has no business being that vivid sets the tone at this Vietnamese-French bakery in Chinatown. Lauren Tran, formerly of Gramercy Tavern, started as a pop-up during the pandemic and landed in a brick-and-mortar that draws a line before most people have had coffee. Chiffon cakes, macarons, and savory scones packed with Chinese sausage and cheddar fill the case. A James Beard Outstanding Bakery semifinalist in 2026.
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
- The New York Times 22 of the Best Bakeries Across the U.S. Right Now
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- Eater The Best Bakeries Around D.C.
- The Washington Post The 40 Best Restaurants In and Around D.C.
- Washingtonian 9 Delicious Doughnut Shops Around DC
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The sweet corn bibingka is topped with what looks like white chocolate but turns out to be Cheddar, which tells you everything about how this all-day cafe operates. Mornings run on Asian-American pastries and a line out the door; evenings pivot to Japanese-inflected yōshoku cooking. The team earned a James Beard nomination for Outstanding Pastry Chef and a nod from Bon Appétit's best new restaurants list, and the Cincinnati chili ramen has developed its own local mythology.
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Nominee · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Elaine Uykimpang Bentz
- Bon Appétit America's Best New Restaurants
- The New York Times 22 of the Best Bakeries Across the U.S. Right Now
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Rank 72. Cinderella Bakery
Russian Bakery
The sour cream cake near the door has been pulling people off Balboa Street for longer than most San Francisco restaurants have existed. Cinderella is an old-school Russian bakery and cafe in the Richmond, the kind of place where the piroshki are stuffed with cabbage or beef, the borscht is non-negotiable, and the honey cake has its own following. Order something, find a seat, and stop worrying about whatever you were worrying about.
- San Francisco Chronicle Best classic San Francisco restaurants
- San Francisco Chronicle The Best Classic Restaurants in San Francisco
- The Infatuation Honey Cake · The San Francisco Dessert Bucket List
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Rank 72. JL Patisserie
French Bakery
The laminated dough at this French patisserie takes the kind of patience most kitchens quietly skip. Croissants, kouign-amann, pain au chocolat, and thick slices of quiche fill the cases, alongside macarons and fresh-baked loaves worth tucking under your arm on the way out. Seasonally flavored coffees keep the morning crowd happy while they deliberate. A James Beard Outstanding Bakery semifinalist, this uptown Phoenix spot makes a convincing case for the detour.
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Pastries · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Pastries · Best of Phoenix
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- Midwest Living Best Restaurants in Minneapolis
- Eater 38 Best Restaurants in Minneapolis and St. Paul
- Mpls St Paul Northern & Eastern European Gems · Best Bakeries of the Twin Cities
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Rank 72. La Table des Pains
Bakery
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Rank 72. Le Pain Levé
Bakery
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Rank 72. Maison Arlot Cheng
Bakery
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Rank 72. Pétrin Couchette
Bakery
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Rank 72. Pondicheri
Modern Indian
A fermented chickpea crepe with green pea masala sits next to French toast on the same menu, which tells you most of what you need to know about Pondicheri. It's a modern Indian restaurant and all-day breakfast spot with a bakery upstairs called the Bake Lab, where the chili chocolate chip cookie has its own devoted following. The patio was made for lingering over masala chai, and the thali format rewards anyone who can't commit to one thing.
- Houstonia The Best Brunch Restaurants in Houston
- Houstonia Houston’s Best Restaurants
- Houston Chronicle Houston’s Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 72. Quail & Condor
Bakery
The bread program at this neighborhood bakery runs from sourdough with serious tang to laminated pastry so thin it reads as architecture. The team behind it trained at Gjusta and Bien Cuit, which explains a lot. Seasonal baked goods shift the menu toward the sweeter side, and the cafe itself gives Healdsburg a proper morning anchor. A 2025 James Beard Outstanding Bakery semifinalist and a New York Times pick for top American bakeries.
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
- The New York Times 22 of the Best Bakeries Across the U.S. Right Now
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Rank 72. Terre et Blé
Bakery
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- Eater Best New Bakery
- Boston Magazine 2025 · Best Gluten-Free Shop · Best of Boston
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Monica Glass
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Rank 97. Eli Zabar
Bakery
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Rank 97. GMP Patisserie
Parisienne Bakery
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Rank 99. 180°
Bakery
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Rank 99. Angelo Brocato Ice Cream & Confectionery
Italian Dessert
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Rank 99. Atelier P1 Pantin
Bakery
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Rank 99. Atelier P1 Paris
Bakery
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Rank 99. Baasroodse Zuurdesembakker
Sourdough Bakery
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Rank 99. Bakker Aldo
Bakery
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Rank 99. Bakker Klaas
Bakery
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Rank 99. Bloemberen
Bakery
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Rank 99. Boni
Bakery
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Rank 99. Bontemps
Bakery
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Rank 99. Borekas Sephardic Pastries
Israeli Bakery
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Rank 99. Borekas Sephardic Pastries
Israeli Bakery
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Rank 99. Borekas Sephardic Pastries
Israeli Bakery
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Rank 99. Boulangerie Chambelland
Gluten-free Bakery
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Rank 99. Boulangerie Maurice
Bakery
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Rank 99. Boulangerie Veziano
Bakery
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Bakery
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Rank 99. Boulot
Bakery
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Rank 99. Brood
Bakery
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Rank 99. Brood
Bakery
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Rank 99. Broodbroeders
Bakery
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Rank 99. Bulle
Bakery
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Rank 99. Carré Pain De Mie
Japanese Bakery
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Rank 99. Champs libres
Bakery
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Rank 99. Debout les pains
Bakery
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Rank 99. Détour
Bakery
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Rank 99. Domestic
French Bakery
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Rank 99. ED’S
Bakery
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Rank 99. Eight
Bakery
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Rank 99. Elements Pain Bio
Bakery
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Rank 99. Etikoa
Bakery
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Rank 99. Fadoli
Bakery
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Rank 99. Farine
Bakery
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Rank 99. Farinoman Fou
Bakery
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Rank 99. Fiston
Bakery
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Rank 99. Foodetoi
Bakery
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Rank 99. Fournil Grain
Bakery
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Rank 99. Frédélian
Bakery
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Rank 99. Funk
Vegan Bakery
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Rank 99. Gamine Bakeshop
Bakery
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Rank 99. Goods
Bakery
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Rank 99. Grain
Bakery
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Rank 99. Grain
Bakery
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Rank 99. Grain de Vanille
Bakery
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Rank 99. Hermine Pâtisserie
Breton Bakery
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Rank 99. Holy Nata
Portuguese Bakery
A side-street specialist selling exactly one thing: warm pasteis de nata, four to a box. The shells shatter like good pastry should, and the custard filling runs thick enough that the Chronicle grouped it with the best bakeries in the Bay Area. Plain or dusted with cinnamon are the standing options, with a Nutella variation showing up on Thursdays for anyone who needs a reason to plan their week around a bakery.
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Rank 99. Hopla Geiss
Alsatian Bakery
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Rank 99. Jack Henry
Bakery
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Rank 99. Julien Othomene Pâtisserie
French Bakery
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Rank 99. Khobz
Bakery
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Rank 99. Korst
Bakery
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Rank 99. Kultur
Artisan Bakery
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Rank 99. Kuluntu Bakery
Bakery
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Rank 99. La Boule
Bakery
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Rank 99. La Gambette à Pain
Bakery
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Rank 99. La Tête Enfarinée
Bakery
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Rank 99. Le Bricheton
Bakery
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Rank 99. Le Four de Babel
Sourdough Bakery
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Rank 99. Le Pain Culminant
Bakery
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Rank 99. Le Sauvage
Bakery
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Rank 99. Legrand
Bakery
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Rank 99. Leo Antwerpen
Artisanal Bakery
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Rank 99. Les Gourmandises de Jeannine
Chocolate Bakery
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Rank 99. Lina's
Bakery
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Rank 99. Louis Lamour
Bakery
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Rank 99. Madame Boulange
Bakery
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Rank 99. Madeleine
Bakery
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Rank 99. Mado
Italian-French Bakery
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Rank 99. Mains
Bakery
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Rank 99. Maison Dandoy
Bakery
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Rank 99. Maison Malécot
Bakery
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Rank 99. Mamiche
Bakery
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Rank 99. Manobaké
Bakery
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Rank 99. Matouroux
Bakery
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Rank 99. MieMie
Bakery
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Rank 99. Mitron Bakery
Bakery
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Rank 99. Montréal-sur-Mer
Bakery
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Rank 99. Morgen
Bakery
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Rank 99. Nikolas Koulepis
Greek-French Bakery
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Rank 99. Nives
Bakery
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Rank 99. Octopus
Vegan Bakery
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Rank 99. Olivier Nasti
Bakery
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Rank 99. Ornina Syrian Sweets
Syrian Bakery
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Rank 99. Paille i Verde
Bakery
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Rank 99. Pain Paulin
Bakery
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Rank 99. Pain Vivant
Bakery
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Rank 99. Pains Paris
Bakery
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Rank 99. Parpains
Natural fermentation Bakery
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Rank 99. Pépite
Bakery
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Rank 99. Pin Pin
Bakery
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Rank 99. Polka
Bakery
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Rank 99. Pompon
Bakery
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Rank 99. Renard Bakery
Bakery
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Rank 99. Robin Girard
Bakery
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Rank 99. Ronnie Bakery
Bakery
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Rank 99. Sain
Bakery
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Rank 99. Sam
Artisanal Bakery
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Rank 99. Seize Heures Trente
Bakery
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Rank 99. Silax
Bakery
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Rank 99. Simple
Artisanal Bakery
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Rank 99. Soleil Bakery
Bakery
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Rank 99. Ten Belles 6
Bakery
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Rank 99. Ten Belles Bread
Bakery
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Rank 99. Terre de Beaulieu
Bakery
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Rank 99. Wild Child
Bakery