Bakery

Farmshop Brentwood Los Angeles

Farmshop

Nestled in the Brentwood Country Mart, Farmshop is the ultimate supermarket luxury. A selection of local cheeses, fancy olive oils, all kinds of jams (including Sqirl’s!), and house-made products to take home (you always need more granola in your life). The...
Huckleberry Santa Monica Los Angeles

Huckleberry

Some love the smell of napalm in the morning, we’re much more into croissants. And God knows a good croissant is hard to find in LA. Rustic Canyon pastry chef Zoe Nathan, trained at Tartine Bakery in San Francisco, masters...
Republique West Hollywood Los Angeles

Republique

If you ask us what we miss the most from France, the answer is simple: the rotisserie chicken we’d get from the butcher shop down the street, that has been roasted for so long and which comes with wrinkly new...
Superba Food + Bread Venice Los Angeles

Superba Food + Bread

Superba is a large restaurant open all day, but you’ll want to go there around pastry time. The patio and large wooden tables welcome all the freelancers in Venice, they usually come with their iMacs and their desire to launch...
La Chouquette West Hollywood Los Angeles

La Chouquette

On a corner of Melrose Avenue, you would think you are in France: bistro tables, expressos, crumbs of a freshly-devoured croissant, and even a customer with a cigarette… Inside, a multicolored display catches your eye: perfectly glazed eclairs with flavors...
The Pie Hole Downtown Los Angeles

The Pie Hole

Pie is the magic number. A warm cup of coffee and a slice of bluebarb (blueberries and rhubarb tart), and suddenly the Arts District turns into a little corner of paradise. Cereal killer cheesecake pie, Earl Gray pie, pecan and...
Mr Holmes Bakehouse Highland Park Los Angeles

Mr Holmes Bakehouse

Cruffin: a hybrid of a croissant and muffin, created and trademarked by Mr. Holmes Bakehouse in San Francisco, and which requires an hour wait before being devoured in three mouthfuls. Flavors change every day: pistachio-raspberry, mango-coco, fig-honey, pick your poison....
Sidecar Doughnuts Santa Monica Los Angeles

Sidecar Doughnuts

If you like to call yourself a doughnut aficionado, Sidecar doughnuts is going to be your Holy Grail. Prepared on-site with a borderline-OCD precaution and Farmers Market produce, the doughnuts are fried every hour for each one to be perfectly...
Fonuts West Hollywood Los Angeles

Fonuts

Disclaimer: The diehard doughnut aficionados should not proceed reading this post. However, any gluten and/or lactose intolerants will be happy to find donuts that are wheat-free, sometimes vegan, and never fried. Instead, these fonuts are baked or steamed, and (against all...
Blue Star Donut Venice Los Angeles

Blue Star Donuts

In the ultra competitive world of artisan donuts, only one superstar can brag about having been the face of Bon Appétit’s May issue. Put yourself in a donut’s shoes for a second: it is like being offered the cover of...