Bakeries
Cacao Atlanta Chocolate Co. – Buckhead
2817 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, GA, 30305
404-467-4670
While other local confectioners craft pretty bon bons from couverture (a basic form of wholesale chocolate used to make truffles and pastries), Kristen Hard and her team make their world-class chocolate completely from scratch, starting with superior beans from places like Venezuela and Peru.
Website: http://cacaoatlanta.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: Bakeries, Bakery/Bagel/Donut, Candy Stores, Dessert/Ice Cream/Yogurt, Restaurants, Shopping
Cacao Atlanta Chocolate Co. – Virginia-Highland
1064 North Highland Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30306
404-892-8202
While other local confectioners craft pretty bon bons from couverture (a basic form of wholesale chocolate used to make truffles and pastries), Kristen Hard and her team make their world-class chocolate completely from scratch, starting with superior beans from places like Venezuela and Peru.
Website: http://www.cacaoatlanta.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Virginia-Highland
Category: Bakeries, Bakery/Bagel/Donut, Best of Atlanta 2013, Candy Stores, Dessert/Ice Cream/Yogurt, Restaurants, Shopping
Pie Shop
3210 Roswell Road, Suite E, Atlanta, GA, 30305
404-841-4512
Mims Bledsoe’s pies enchant with classic options (dreamy coconut cream pie) to downright creative ones (pumpkin ginger cheesecake in a pie shell). The open bakery space offers a communal table.
Website: http://www.the-pie-shop.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: Bakeries, Bakery/Bagel/Donut, Dessert/Ice Cream/Yogurt, Restaurants, Shopping
Red Queen Tarts
Red Queen Tart Truck, Roswell, GA, 30075
770-789-5258
Candice Reynolds became a runaway hit at farmers markets in 2011 with her grown-up take on breakfast pastries. We’re holding out for spring, when her tarts filled with blood orange marmalade return.
Website: http://www.redqueentarts.com/
Category: Bakeries, Bakery/Bagel/Donut, Dessert/Ice Cream/Yogurt, Restaurants, Shopping
Sugar-Coated Radical
108 Howell Street, Atlanta, GA, 30312
404-438-5854
Beer caramels, tangerine pâtes de fruits, and truffles that may be scented with lemon oil or Parmesan showcase chocolatier Taria Camerino’s edgy imagination.
Website: http://www.sugarcoatedradical.org/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Old Fourth Ward
Category: Bakeries, Bakery/Bagel/Donut, Candy Stores, Dessert/Ice Cream/Yogurt, Restaurants, Shopping
The Little Tart Bakeshop + Octane
437 Memorial Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30312
404-348-4797
At this always-packed hangout in Grant Park’s Jane building, baking whiz Sarah O’Brien displays the Little Tart’s ethereal pastries next to Octane’s gleaming coffee bar.
Website: http://www.littletartatl.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Grant Park
Category: Bakeries, Bakery/Bagel/Donut, Best of Atlanta 2013, Coffee/Tea, Restaurants, Shopping
The Pie Hole
1025 Canton Street, Roswell, GA, 30075
678-461-3776
Alayne Graham’s adorable bakery in downtown Roswell offers a seasonal selection (peach or raspberry in the summer and caramel-apple or Franken pie in the winter) plus a famous chicken potpie.
Website: http://www.facebook.com/ThePieHole
Category: Bakeries, Bakery/Bagel/Donut, Dessert/Ice Cream/Yogurt, Restaurants, Shopping
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