Rochester, NYBakeries

Flour City Bread Company bakes out of a stall at the Rochester Public Market, an artisan bread bakery working the market floor rather than a storefront. CITY Magazine counts it among the city's bread bakeries alongside Amazing Grains and Savoia. Go on a market morning, when the loaves come out of the oven and the stall is busiest, and pick up a fresh loaf to carry home with the rest of the market haul.

Savoia Pastry Shoppe opened on Clifford Avenue in March 1929 and has run as a family Italian pastry shop for close to a century, as CITY Magazine's own bakery write-up records. The counter turns out wedding cakes, all-occasion cakes and trays of Italian cookies for the neighborhood around it. Order a box of the Italian cookies, or put in an order for a cake for the occasion you are marking.

Amazing Grains Bread Co. on Turk Hill Road in Fairport is a dedicated artisan bread bakery baking in-metro in the eastern suburbs, with a steady following for its loaves and morning baked goods. Order a fresh artisan loaf.

Butterjoy Bakery on South Clinton Avenue opened in the South Wedge, covered by WROC at its opening, and keeps weekend-focused hours from Friday through Sunday. CITY Magazine counts it among the Rochester businesses that closed for a day and gave their profits away during the nationwide shutdown, Butterjoy sending all of Friday's to the New York Immigration Coalition. Go on a weekend morning for fresh pastries and baked goods.