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Bakeries outside the bay area
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1. Missouri Baking Company
I was a little disappointed with what I expected to be the best bakery around, although maybe I just didn't get the right things... the best thing I had was definitely the ricotta cannoli. I generally don't really like cannoli, especially since…More »
2. Baguette & Co
Vancouver, BC V6K 2H5
Canada
(604) 737-8050
Category:
Bakeries
Neighbourhood: Kitsilano
The only thing I love more than baked goods are MINI baked goods! Easier to sample a greater variety! So you can imagine my joy when I walked in and saw that MANY items were available in adorable mini-versions! The croissant dough was excellent and…More »
3. Sweet Life Patisserie
We go here every single day that we're in Eugene. Sometimes more than once per day.
Wonderful vegan options - the cakes are particularly spectacular.
I adore the day old options - all pastries (and sometimes cookies) for a dollar. The only things I've…More »
4. Coco et Olive Fine Foods & Cafe
Vancouver, BC V5V 3N8
Canada
(604) 568-7447
Category:
Sandwiches
Neighbourhood: Riley Park
The atmosphere here was pretty nice - the employees were charming and cute, and all the patrons seemed to be having a good time - it looked like there was a book club or other group toward the back of the place. As I was waiting for my coffee,…More »
5. Eugene City Bakery
This is a nice bakery, but I'd like it a lot more if Sweetlife weren't in town. Basically I find everything at Sweetlife to be better with the possible exception of some bread (esp. the chocolate cherry?).
6. Big Sur Bakery & Restaurant
As expected, outstanding. I would put this with the top bakeries in the Bay Area - I personally like it more than Tartine. Luckily I got to try an awful lot of the baked goods, as I went with groups.
Highlights:
-Danish with jam and ricotta - wow. I…More »
7. Green Blade Bakery
I'm giving this place the benefit of the doubt with 3 stars. I have a hard time passing up locally-run independent bakeries, so I made sure to stop in as we were passing through Klamath Falls. In the early afternoon, the selection was pretty limited.…More »
8. Voodoo Doughnut
I like how critical all these reviews are. I can appreciate that the donuts are on the sweet side, but I think they are very good. Of course, the assortment is quite impressive, both in terms of the flavors of donuts, and the vegan offerings (which…More »
9. Bonjour Cafe Bakery
My favorite traits in a bakery:
1) mini-versions of baked goods (Bonjour has many, including varieties of croissants, morning rolls, and some cookies - makes it easier to try more things)
2) free samples (oddly plentiful here)
3) day old goods (ok…More »
10. Cupcakes
Vancouver, BC V6E 3V5
Canada
(604) 694-2052
A smaller shop with less variety generally available. While there was a decent selection during the day, by evening a lot of flavors are consistently gone. Friendly employees - I saw them exhibit great patience with tourists coming in to take…More »
11. Cupcakes
Vancouver, BC V6K 2G6
Canada
(604) 974-1300
Friendly service, and fine, not great, cupcakes. I always like baked good places that have day-olds, which they do, although I don't like that you have to buy a dozen minis, I believe, or 6 regular sized cupcakes. I understand they want to get rid of…More »
12. European Breads Bakery
Vancouver, BC V5V 4G3
Canada
(604) 879-5177
I was really impressed with all the varieties of European breads. Also, I loved that they offered them in different sizes, as I often find a big loaf of bread will go stale by the time I finish it. But, I was in the mood for something sweet and…More »
13. Terra Breads
Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9
Canada
(604) 685-3102
Category:
Bakeries
Neighbourhood: Granville Island/False Creek
Judging only by the savory side of things, I found the bread to satisfactory but nothing to get too excited about. There were nice chunks of walnut throughout the walnut bread, although it was a bit more sour than I would have liked. I wouldn't be…More »
14. Stuart's Bakery
Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9
Canada
(604) 685-8816
Category:
Bakeries
Neighbourhood: Granville Island/False Creek
I had a poppy seed square from here and it was amazing. I love poppy seed-centric pastries but normally only really see them in Russian bakeries. I have to add that few of their other offerings seemed appealing to me - they looked like they'd be more…More »
15. Swiss Bakery
Vancouver, BC V5T 1C7
Canada
(604) 736-8785
Categories:
Bakeries,
Sandwiches
Neighbourhood: Mount Pleasant
I had a soft pretzel - it was absolutely delicious, although even while eating it I was realizing that soft pretzels are kind of an epitome of white bread... with extra salt. And the pretzel rolls are really quite big. I felt like this would kind of…More »
16. Medici On 57th
I was pretty satisfied with the offerings here. I had a chocolate croissant which actually had pretty good chocolate and croissant dough, certainly better than I expected. Some of the other baked goods seemed pretty expensive, such as a mini-pie for…More »
17. D'amato's Bakery
Chicago, IL 60622
(312) 733-5456
Category:
Bakeries
Neighbourhoods: Near West Side, West Loop, Noble Square
The savory items looked amazing, diverse, and delicious. Sadly, I'd already had lunch so I stuck with the sweets. The butter cookies are pretty plain and kind of what you'd expect - not at all bad, but not so exciting. Next time I'd definitely try…More »
18. Madison Sourdough
The blueberry danish is amazing. I never pick the blueberry option as a first choice, but it'd been recommended, and I'm awfully glad I tried it. The blueberries were small and popped with flavor, and were layered on top of a nice smear of sweet…More »
19. Lazy Jane's Cafe and Bakery
We stopped in for baked goods on a weekday morning and the cafe was pleasantly occupied but not too full. There were a number of scone flavors available, and three scones out to try - raspberry, almond buttermilk, and something with coconut. We were…More »
20. Lane's Bakery & Gift Shop
I like this old-fashioned bakery. We tried a frosted pumpkin cookie, a vanilla donut, and a pecan kringle. The kringle was excellent and nicely nutty. It was one of the more expensive kringles ($9.50, although this fed 5 people, some of whom had…More »
21. New Glarus Bakery & Tea Room Inc
I liked this bakery. I was impressed at the wide variety of baked goods and the prices were lower than I expected. The pumpkiny items were not AS pumpkiny as we would have liked, but they were tasty. We had a pumpkin frycake (which, as far as I could…More »
22. Wild Oat Bakery Cafe and Catering
You know the bakeries that seem wholesome but you wouldn't want to eat anything there? Wild Oat was not that kind of bakery. It's gorgeous and smelled delicious. There was a lot of bread and baked goods available, along with soups and other meals.…More »
23. Pastry & Bakery La Brioche
There was an amazing variety of sweets here - huge platters filled with all different kinds of pastries. To my non-discerning eye, the main variants were the types of nuts contained and the shape of the dough. Some seemed to have cream. The…More »
24. Bloom Bake Shop
I was disappointed by the cupcakes. We got a decadent chocolate, a peanut butter frosting/chocolate cupcake, and a cayenne. The biggest surprise was that the decadent chocolate was not very chocolatey at all. Normally I'm used to things being TOO…More »
25. Two Tarts Bakery
Portland, OR 97210
(503) 312-9522
Excellent. The cookies are a great size, as emphasized on the website. We literally cut the cookies up into quarters and eighths to sample them all, and even those tiny amounts are satisfying. The only negative aspect for me, actually, is that the…More »
26. The French Baker / Le Boulanger Français
So we went in right before closing and asked for a chocolate almond croissant, and then asked for it to be cut in half. The employee said it was easier for him to just give us two for the price of one, rather than cut it in half, which seemed good to…More »
27. Aux Délices Boulangerie Et Patisserie / Bakery & Pastry Shop
Very, very sad bakery but their gingerbread was cute.
28. Boulangerie Kouign-Amann
I loved the look of this bakery - cozy and homey and quite distinctive. We went in the afternoon and I only saw a fraction of the items mentioned in others' reviews, so I don't know if they sell out early or what. We tried the namesake pastry and the…More »
29. Leonard's Bakery
Just as good as everyone says. I tried the cinnamon sugar, the li hing sugar, and the filled flavor of the month, guava. I didn't really like the guava one as it tasted a bit coconutty to me, but the malasadas themselves were wonderful. I liked how…More »
30. Clear Flour Bread
Brookline, MA 02446
(617) 739-0060
Category:
Bakeries
Neighbourhood: Allston/Brighton
Very good. The financiers are nicely dense and well-flavored, and I really liked how the rustic tarts had a little zing (tartness, maybe some lemon) to them - not too sweet! (at least the strawberry rhubarb.) The chocolate chip cookie was gargantuan…More »
31. Flour Bakery + Café Central Square
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 225-2525
Categories:
Coffee & Tea,
Bakeries,
Sandwiches
Neighbourhood: Kendall Square/MIT
I was happy that when we showed up smack dab at noon on a Tuesday, they still had sticky buns and pop tarts. Perfect - I got one of each. I was surprised to find each to be too sweet. While the sticky bun caramel coating was intense and didn't skimp…More »
32. Mike's Pastry
Boston, MA 02113
(617) 742-3050
Categories:
Bakeries,
Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
Neighbourhood: North End
After visiting the bakery, I was kind of ready to hate on it. It seems like a total American, "super-size everything and put neon food coloring everywhere, preferably with fruit-like chemical substances on it" kind of bakery. If it sells, I'm not…More »
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