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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in LEO Weekly, Food & Dining Magazine, and Louisville Magazine. Updated September 2026.
Blue Dog Bakery & Cafe · Crescent Hill
The Crescent Hill bakery-cafe on Frankfort Avenue known for seasonal pastries, scratch breads and a weekend brunch counter.
Plehn's Bakery · St. Matthews
Louisville favorite since 1924. Plehn's is a Shelbyville Road institution for Derby pie, German-style pastries and the cakes that have marked a century of Louisville birthdays.
Nord's Bakery · Schnitzelburg
A Louisville classic whose bacon-topped donut sits alongside a serious Kentucky pecan pie on the counter.
Please & Thank You "MARK" · NuLu
The NuLu bakery-coffee corner on Market Street, where the chocolate chip cookie is the main reason to go.
La Pana Bakery y Cafe · Smoketown
Fourth generation baker Diego Hernandez works an Oaxacan bread tradition with European and South American turns, and the shop relocated to Logan Street in 2024 rather than closing. Go for the conchas and stay for the coffee.