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Pastries in Los Angeles
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Top 5 Pastries in Los Angeles
Editorial canon from LA's most-trusted food publications.
- #1
République
Hancock Park
“Margarita Manzke's 2023 James Beard Outstanding Pastry Chef win confirmed what LA already knew: République is the city's defining pastry counter.”
- #2
Gjusta
Venice
“The Venice bakery whose laminated pastries, bialys and sourdough anchor morning coffee for half the Westside.”
- #3
Friends & Family
East Hollywood
“Roxana Jullapat's grain-forward bakery is LA's best seasonal-fruit danish and the reason a generation of local pastry chefs obsess over heirloom flour.”
- #4
Proof Bakery
Atwater Village
“The Atwater Village weekend institution whose almond croissant and kouign-amann set LA's laminated-dough benchmark.”
- #5
Clark Street Bakery
Echo Park
“Zack Hall's bread-first bakery turns out the city's most reliable pain au chocolat and cheddar-chive scone.”