The 22 Best Bakeries in Los Angeles
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The best bakeries in Los Angeles, according to the experts: James Beard Awards, Time Out, and The Infatuation have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. République comes out on top.
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Gusto Bread and Petitgrain Boulangerie hold the next two places. Eater shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with James Beard Awards next.
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Rank 1. République
Mediterranean
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.
The awards
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2023 · Winner · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Margarita Manzke
- Time Out Time Out: The best bakeries in America
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2022 · Nominee · Outstanding Pastry Chef · Margarita Manzke
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Winner · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Margarita Manzke
- Time Out The best bakeries in America
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Nominee · Outstanding Pastry Chef · Margarita Manzke
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Rank 2. Gusto Bread
Artisanal Mexican
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.
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- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2024 · Nominee · Outstanding Bakery
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2025 · Nominee · Outstanding Bakery
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Outstanding Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Outstanding Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
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Rank 3. Petitgrain Boulangerie
French Bakery
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: Our Favorite Bakeries In The Country Right Now
- Eater Eater: Best New Bakery
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Rank 4. Santa Canela
Mexican Bakery
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- Eater Best Bakeries
- Eater Best Hometown Bakery · The 2025 Eater Los Angeles Award Winners
- Eater The Best Restaurants in Highland Park
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: 11 Of The Best Donuts In America
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Rank 10. Belle's
Bakery
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- Bon Appétit The Very Best Bagels in the US (Yes, Outside New York)
- Eater The Best Restaurants in Highland Park
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Rank 10. Fat + Flour
Bakery
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- Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times: #42 · The 101 best restaurants in Los Angeles
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Nicole Rucker
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Nicole Rucker
- Los Angeles Times #42 · The 101 best restaurants in Los Angeles
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Nicole Rucker
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Nicole Rucker
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Rank 12. Fat + Flour
Bakery
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- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Nicole Rucker
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Nicole Rucker
- LAist Cookies · Best Bites
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Rank 13. Courage Bagels
Montreal-Inspired Bakery
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- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: California · Gaby Maeda
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: California · Gaby Maeda
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Rank 17. Bakers Bench
Vegan Bakery
Vegan croissants that make you forget to ask whether they're vegan: that's the opening argument at this pastry shop in East LA, run by a chef whose work with nondairy butter has quietly shifted what the format can do. The Danishes lean on fruit from the Santa Monica Farmers' Market, and the annual pithivier has developed its own following. The New York Times named it among the top bakeries in the country.
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 22 of the Best Bakeries Across the U.S. Right Now
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Rank 19. 626 Hospitality Group
Chinese Bakery
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Rank 20. Modu Cafe
Korean Bakery
Modu is a Highland Park bakery that started as a pandemic baking hobby and now has a bright, spare room that looks like Copenhagen was asked to keep it down. The Korean-leaning pastries sit in a glass case like museum pieces, which makes ordering feel faintly like an acquisition. Bring a few people and split several, since a cinnamon roll, a mochi bar, and a tart each look too good to commit to alone.
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Rank 20. Pinecone Bakeshop and Cafe
Taiwanese Bakery
Fruit tarts are the whole point at this Taiwanese bakery in Alhambra, where the crusts are milled from Tehachapi Sonora wheat and the fillings lean on local farms, including strawberries from Harry's Berries. The chef trained at Le Cordon Bleu and did time at Milo and Olive, and the drinks menu runs single-origin espresso, hojicha, and seasonal sparkling sodas alongside. A focused, careful little shop doing one thing with very deliberate ingredients.
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Rank 22. Mustard's Bagels
Bakery
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #7 · LA’s Best New Restaurants