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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune and Where Y'at. Updated September 2026.
Ayu Bakehouse · Marigny
NOLA.com reports Kelly Jacques and Samantha Weiss's bakehouse earned a spot on Bon Appétit's most-exciting-bakeries list and won the 2024 Mardi Gras king cake bracket.
La Boulangerie · Uptown
Where Y'at's own bakery roundup calls out its display cases of morning buns, lemon meringue tarts and chocolate croissants for the morning-coffee-through-after-school crowd.
Bywater Bakery · Bywater
Where Y'at's own bakery roundup names its king cakes, Chantilly cake and Bagel Fridays among the Bywater neighborhood's draws since 2017.
Dong Phuong Bakery · New Orleans East
A James Beard-honored Vietnamese bakery founded in 1982 in New Orleans East, whose French bread underpins many of the city's po-boys. Where Y'at counts it among the city's bakeries, and its king cakes have a citywide following each Carnival season that sends lines out the door of the Chef Menteur Highway shop.
Levee Baking Co. · Irish Channel
Baker Christina Balzebre's Irish Channel bakery works from an open kitchen just off Magazine Street, turning out sourdough loaves, rosemary focaccia, croissants, and seasonal pastries from locally sourced ingredients. Where Y'at counts it among the city's bakeries, and the small operation leans into naturally leavened bread and rotating pastry.