The sweet side of town: Our guide to Atlanta’s best pastries (and breads!)
We celebrate the city’s finest, from bejeweled macarons to no-frills doughnuts, flatbreads to cornbreads, gooey Filipino blondies to fancy Rice Krispie treats, Korean cream breads to French fruit tarts—and everything in between.
The essential elements of Atlanta pastry
Creamy, flaky, fancy, red, green, vegan, Brazilian—whatever kind of treat you’re looking for, here’s where to find it.
Think small: Some of the best desserts in Atlanta are being made by independent bakers
Working out of shared kitchens, rental facilities, and sometimes their own homes, these pastry artists are bringing an invigorating array of flavors—and colors!—to the city’s palate
Everything’s better with a little sugar—especially cornbread
On a journey through the city’s cornbread kitchens
Pleasant Hill Road is metro Atlanta’s sweetest strip
Bejeweled macarons, mountainous bingsu, Japanese honey toast, fish-shaped bread, cat-shaped cake—and great coffee: Gwinnett County’s Pleasant Hill Road has got it all.
Pastry chef Claudia Martinez is at the top of her game
Now in the kitchen at Miller Union, Martinez combines the flavors of her Venezuelan and Southern roots with an artist’s visual flair.
A doughnut maker gets ready to hang up his apron
A 67-year-old Vietnamese refugee, Dandy has been making doughnuts by hand, in the middle of the night, for more than 30 years.
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