There is nothing better than freshly baked bread or croissants with your morning coffee. We love the smell of freshly baked bread mixing with the aroma of freshly brewed coffee. These are our Best Shops for Coffee & Bakeries, where the bread and bakery treats are often made while you watch. The best way to start any day.
The French are serious about their bakeries, often passed down through generations. A sign of a good bakery is the long line outside the door. We start our Best Shops for Coffee & Bakeries with two of our Parisian favorites, that always have lines out the door.
CIRCUS
63 rue Galande, Paris
Circus is a small but perfectly formed bakery with a beautiful wooden-paned shopfront with a natural brick interior. This artisinal bakery serves a variety of breads, wood-fired sandwiches and sourdough pizza.
Photos: @a_ontheroad @brendybabe @plus_une_miette
DU PAIN ET DES IDEES
34 rue Yves Toudic, Paris
Housed in a bakery dating from 1875 with many of its original features. Du Pain et Des Idees’ specialities include their trademark Pain des Amis and their renowned viennoiseries, chocolate-pistachio rolls and orange blossom brioche.
Photos: @flynnclancy
FLINT OWL BAKERY
209 High Street, Lewes, East Sussex
A cafe with a lovely garden serving the full range of Flint Owl Bakery’s sourdough breads and sweet treats.
Photos: @josephowen
PAVILION
18 Broadway Market, 130 Columbia Road & Victoria Park, London and Newquay, Cornwall
A wood framed window stacked with bread invites one in to Pavilion bakery. Inside the walls and counters are also lined and filled with bread which can be accompanied by a delicious coffee. This successful bakery continues to expand and recently opened an outpost in the seaside town of Newquay.
Photos: @angrybaker @sammy_wallace @jamesmidwinter
SUB ROSA
620 N 25th Street, Richmond
A wood fired bakery and stone-milling operation located in the historic neighborhood of Church Hill, Richmond.
Photos: @ataraberstein @bobech @subrosabakery
BAKERI
150 Wythe Avenue, Williamsburg & 105 Freeman Street, Greenpoint
Fresh bread, homemade pastries and great coffee in two beautifully designed Brooklyn cafes.
Photos: @flynnclancy
BONFIGLIO & BREAD
44 2nd Street, Athens, New York
With views of the Hudson river at the bottom of the street, this small town bakery is amongst the best. Bonfiglio & Bread bakes the most delicious bread, pastries, and cakes to take out or enjoy in their coffee shop.
BOURKE STREET BAKERY
15 East 28th Street, NYC
Iconic Sydney bakery now available in New York. Enjoy a coffee and treat whilst you watch a bevy of bakers rolling, kneading and filling wicker banneton proofing baskets.
Photos: @bourkestreetbakerynyc @kerissalmon@cup_buddy
GJUSTA
320 Sunset Avenue, Venice, CA
Venice Beach institution, renowned Gjusta bakery has the perfect garden to enjoy delicious coffee and baked goods alfresco. And visit next-door Gjusta Goods to buy handmade pottery, linens and goodies that are used in the cafe.
Photos: @flynnclancy @gjustabakery
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