Bakery/Bagel/Donut
Alon’s – Dunwoody
4505 Ashford Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody, GA, 30345
678-397-1781
This is Atlanta’s quintessential modern market. The Morningside original opened in 1992, and the Dunwoody location is a laudable suburban counterpart with more specialty items and Sunday brunch.
Website: http://alons.com
Category: Bakery/Bagel/Donut, Restaurants, Soup & Sandwich
Alon’s – Morningside
1394 North Highland Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30306
404-872-6000
Atlanta’s quintessential modern market, a mainstay of the Morningside neighborhood since 1992, offers sandwiches, artisan cheeses, and a breadth of takeout foods and bakery items.
Website: http://alons.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Morningside / Lenox Park
Category: Bakery/Bagel/Donut, Restaurants, Soup & Sandwich
Alpine Bakery and Trattoria
12315 Crabapple Road, Alpharetta, GA, 30004
770-410-9883
Originally a pizzeria before it moved to fancier digs, the bakery still displays cases to the right of the dining room that are packed with the larger-than-life Italian and American desserts upon which Alpine built its reputation.
Website: http://alpinebakeryandtrattoria.com/
Category: Bakery/Bagel/Donut, Restaurants
Artisan Foods Bakery & Cafe
1169 Canton Street, Roswell, GA, 30075
770-998-1169
The unusual background story—Japanese baker marries chef from Los Angeles—and cheerful, airy design remain as fresh now as when this indie spot opened for breakfast and lunch two years ago.
Website: http://artisanfoodsbakery.com/
Category: Bakery/Bagel/Donut, Cafe, Restaurants
Bakeshop
903 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA, 30309
404-892-9322
Midtown’s neighborhood bakery offers breakfast pastries, sandwiches, a patisserie and dessert bar, and a slew of fresh-baked bread.
Website: http://www.bakeshopatl.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Midtown
Category: Bakery/Bagel/Donut, Cafe, Restaurants
Bread Garden
549-5 Amsterdam Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30306
404-875-1166
For two decades, artisan baker Catherine Krasnow has raised local bread consciousness to a higher level.
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Morningside / Lenox Park, Virginia-Highland
Category: Bakery/Bagel/Donut, Restaurants
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
Douceur de France
277 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta, GA, 30064
770-425-5050
Everyone who works in this wonderfully odd bakery seems to have been airlifted from France. Enjoy sandwiches on croissants or baguette; homemade soups; or French toast made with brioche dipped into creme brulee batter.
Website: http://douceurdefrance.com
Category: Bakery/Bagel/Donut, French, Restaurants
Dutch Monkey Donuts
3075 Ronald Reagan Boulevard, Cumming, GA, 30041
404-482-3650
Two imaginative chefs, Arpana Satyu and Martin Burge, traded in restaurant gigs to open an adorable cafe where doughnuts are made with a level of dignity usually reserved for fine chocolates.
Website: http://www.dutchmonkeydoughnuts.com/
Category: Bakery/Bagel/Donut, Restaurants
Heirloom Cafe and Fresh Market
815 North Chase Street, Athens, GA, 30601
706-354-7901
Heirloom houses a takeaway market and does a brisk breakfast and lunch trade. Evenings and weekends the pace is slower, with a small but inventive dinner menu and standout brunch focused on local foods.
Website: http://www.heirloomathens.com/
Category: Bakery/Bagel/Donut, Breakfast/Brunch, Cafe, Restaurants, Southern/Soul
Highland Bakery – Buckhead
3343 Peachtree Road, Suite 130, Atlanta, GA, 30326
678-904-2146
The ever-popular neighborhood cafe now has a third location in Buckhead, making it harder to resist breakfast and lunchtime favorites. The homemade cinnamon rolls, assorted muffins, and whimsical specialty cakes keep customers coming back.
Website: http://highlandbakery.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: Bakery/Bagel/Donut, Breakfast/Brunch, Cafe, Restaurants
Highland Bakery – Midtown
1180 Peachtree Street, Suite C, Atlanta, GA, 30309
404-835-3130
The homemade cinnamon rolls, assorted muffins, and whimsical specialty cakes keep customers coming back. Sunday brunchers can’t seem to get enough of the sweet potato pancakes, shrimp and grits, and Crabcakes Benedict.
Website: http://highlandbakery.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Midtown
Category: Bakery/Bagel/Donut, Breakfast/Brunch, Cafe, Restaurants
Highland Bakery – Old Fourth Ward
655 Highland Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30312
404-586-0772
It’s hard to beat breakfast or lunch at this popular neighborhood cafe, converted from a historic redbrick bakeshop. The homemade cinnamon rolls, assorted muffins, and whimsical specialty cakes keep customers coming back.
Website: http://highlandbakery.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Inman Park, Old Fourth Ward
Category: Bakery/Bagel/Donut, Breakfast/Brunch, Cafe, Restaurants
Joli Kobe Bakery
5600 Roswell Road, Sandy Springs, GA, 30342
404-843-3257
This formerly modest operation has reopened as a sensational bakery on one side, a Japanese-owned Continental-themed restaurant on the other.
Website: http://jolikobe.com
Category: Bakery/Bagel/Donut, Continental, Restaurants
La Calavera Bakery
747 College Avenue, Decatur, GA, 30030
404-725-1519
Eric Arillo and his wife, Dale Ralston, have found a new home for their tiny artisanal, mostly organic bakery in this former Cookie Studio space near the Avondale MARTA station.
Website: http://lacalaverabakery.wordpress.com/
Category: Bakery/Bagel/Donut, Restaurants
Mae’s Bakery
2770 Lenox Road, Atlanta, GA, 30324
404-565-0938
Owner Beth Castro named this Buckhead charmer (located in the same strip mall as Roasters Rotisserie) after her six-year-old daughter, and the bakery case features the kind of simple, colorfully decorated treats that will make kids want to press their faces against the glass.
Website: http://maesbakeryatl.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: Bakery/Bagel/Donut, Restaurants
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
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