San Diego, CA
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San Diego's bakery scene, from a Tartine-trained sourdough program to the city's original hard-crust European bakery, per San Diego Magazine.
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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in San Diego Magazine. Updated August 2026.
Wayfarer Bread & Pastry · Bird Rock
Naturally leavened sourdough, croissants and kouign-amann from a Tartine-trained baker in Bird Rock.
IZOLA · East Village
A former photojournalist's obsessively engineered croissant program on Fault Line Park.
Prager Brothers Artisan Breads · Hillcrest
Mills its own grains for naturally fermented loaves; the Hillcrest shop is fed by a Carlsbad bakehouse.
Panchita's Kitchen & Bakery · North Park
An OG modern Mexican bakery for pan dulce, tres leches and empanadas.