The Top 36 Bakeries Near Underground Creamery
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- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Susan Bae
- Houston Chronicle Houston’s Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 2. Casaema
Mexican/Tex-Mex
A daytime Mexican cafe in Houston Heights with a Bib Gourmand and the kind of menu that makes you wish you had two stomachs. The team elevated a bakery pop-up into something genuinely special, with heirloom corn taking center stage and coffee that holds its own. The horchata cream doughnut sells out early, so either arrive hungry or make dessert your opening move. The crowd skews weekend-brunch-regulars who knew about this place before you did.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Texas Monthly 2025 · #6 · Texas’s Best New Restaurants
- Houston Chronicle #3 · Houston’s Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 3. Ema
Indigenous
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Best New Restaurant
- The New York Times 2024 · Horchata Berlinesa · The Best Restaurant Dishes We Ate Across the U.S.
- Eater The 38 Essential Houston Restaurants
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Rank 4. Fluff Bake Bar
Bakeries
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Rank 5. Kolache Shoppe
Eastern European, Bakeries, American/New American
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Rank 6. Koffeteria
Bakeries
Koffeteria is the kind of bakery-cafe that makes you wonder why everyone else is doing it so plain. Chef Vanarin Kuch won a James Beard Award for Outstanding Bakery by mashing together Cambodian, French, Mexican, and whatever else earns a spot on the menu that day. The pastry case pulls in creative locals who very much have opinions about croissants. Order the Salty Cambodian latte and figure out why sourdough butter belongs in coffee.
- 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
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
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Rank 7. Xochi
Oaxacan Mexican
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Nominee · Outstanding Pastry Chef · Ruben Ortega
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Outstanding Restaurateur · Hugo Ortega and Tracy Vaught - H-Town Restaurant Group
- Eater 2017 · The Best New Restaurants in America
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Rank 8. Pondicheri
Indian
- Houstonia The Best Brunch Restaurants in Houston
- Houstonia Houston’s Best Restaurants
- Houston Chronicle Houston’s Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 10. Cucharita
Mexican/Tex-Mex
- Houston Chronicle Houston’s Top 100 Restaurants
- Houstonia Best Bakeries in Houston for Pastries, Cakes, and Bread
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Rank 11. Badolina Bakery & Cafe
Bakeries
- 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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Rank 12. Jane and the Lion Bakehouse
Bakeries
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Rank 13. El Bolillo Bakery
Mexican/Tex-Mex, Bakeries
- Houstonia The Best Mexican Restaurants in Houston
- Houstonia Best Bakeries in Houston for Pastries, Cakes, and Bread
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Rank 14. Magnol French Baking
Bakeries
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Rank 15. La Sicilia italian Bakery & Cafe
Italian, Bakeries
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Rank 16. Dessert Gallery
Dessert
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Rank 17. Love Croissants
Bakeries
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Rank 18. Sinfull Bakery
Vegan, Bakeries
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Rank 20. Ms. Myrtle's Bakery
Bakeries
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Rank 22. EaDough
Bakeries
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- Houstonia The Best Mexican Restaurants in Houston
- Houstonia Best Bakeries in Houston for Pastries, Cakes, and Bread
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Rank 24. We’re Dough
Bakeries
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Rank 25. Azucar
Cuban, Bakeries
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Rank 26. Three Brothers Bakery
Dessert, Café, Bakeries
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Rank 27. Bombay Sweets
Indian
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- Houstonia Best Bakeries in Houston for Pastries, Cakes, and Bread
- Houstonia The Best Mexican Restaurants in Houston
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Rank 32. The Original Kolache Shoppe
Bakeries
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- Houstonia The Best Mexican Restaurants in Houston
- Houstonia Best Bakeries in Houston for Pastries, Cakes, and Bread
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- Houstonia Best Bakeries in Houston for Pastries, Cakes, and Bread
- Houstonia The Best Mexican Restaurants in Houston
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