Best of Boston
Best Bakery for Sweets
Clear Flour Bread
Brookline
This tiny Brookline shop has made its name—quite literally—on its nubby olive rolls, grainy loaves, and airy brioche. But when we line up on weekends, [...] read more»
2012 Best Bakery for Sweets
Modern Pastry
Boston
In business for more than 70 years, this North End landmark continues to offer a delicious dose of Old World baking charm. With its velvety [...] read more»
2011 Best Bakery for Sweets
Flour Bakery + Cafe
Boston
Let the cupcake lovers revel in their frosting-induced myopia; those of us who truly love pastry still embrace tarts, cakes, and cookies. Particularly when they're [...] read more»
2009 Best Bakery for Sweets
Sofra Bakery and Cafe
Cambridge
Trailing orange blossom syrup and rose petal sugar, Ana Sortun's year-old bakery-café comes on like a Salome of sweets, beguiling the cupcake-and-cookie crowd with such [...] read more»
2008 Best Bakery for Sweets
Flour Bakery + Cafe
Boston
You can't call yourself a Bostonian until you've whiled away a Sunday morning nibbling a sticky bun at Flour. Regulars know to arrive early, before [...] read more»
2008 Best Bakery for Sweets
Flour Bakery + Cafe
Boston
You can't call yourself a Bostonian until you've whiled away a Sunday morning nibbling a sticky bun at Flour. Regulars know to arrive early, before [...] read more»
2007 Best Bakery for Sweets
Canto 6
Jamaica Plain
In Dante's Inferno, Canto 6 describes the circle of hell reserved for the gluttonous. In J.P., it's a cheery bakery that lures patrons with dark [...] read more»
2005 Best Bakery for Sweets
Clear Flour Bread
Brookline
You see the customers patiently waiting outside this off-the-beaten-path Brookline bakery on rainy weekend mornings, and you think, Surely the baguettes can't bethatgood. They are, [...] read more»
2004 Best Bakery for Sweets
Café Vanille
Boston
Most bakeries aim for French authenticity, but few this side of the Atlantic succeed as completely as Café Vanille. Choosing between the flaky, airy, and [...] read more»
2002 Best Bakery for Sweets
Truly Jörg’s
Chelsea
Who would expect to find the recherché charm of an exquisite Champs-Elysées café in Chelsea? Anyone who knows Truly Jörg's—the tiny European-style patisserie crammed with [...] read more»
2001 Best Bakery for Sweets
Café Vanille
Boston
Experienced sweet-tooths know exactly where to turn when sugar cravings hit. Vanille's pastry cases are chock full of tantalizing treats: cappuccino cheesecake, chocoholic bliss tart, [...] read more»