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Breads, Cakes, and Pastries in Atlanta: Where to Find the Best

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Atlanta has a fortune of top-notch bakeries to provide artisan breads and delectable desserts. Some of these have spread with stands at farmers markets, while others have found their way onto menus at restaurants around the city. Many tend to lean toward the sweeter side of life, but not every shop focuses solely on sugary bites. These 11 storefronts, mapped roughly north to south, have won awards and accolades, in the eyes of the press and the public, for their tarts, cakes, breads, and more.

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Sweet Hut Bakery & Cafe

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Centered around East Asian baked designs, this trendy bakeshop, with locations on Buford Highway and in Midtown, offers sweeter crème buns, savory pork buns, and beverages such as bubble tea to match.

Piece of Cake

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Piece of Cake’s specialty resides in its custom cakes (duh). Roughly 25 flavors are available at any time, and other confectionaries available include cupcakes, cookies, brownies, and more.

Metrotainment Bakery

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A delight to any sweet tooth, Metrotainment Bakery has served up a wide variety of cakes, cookies, cheesecakes, and more since 1997.

H&F Bread Co.

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H&F bread has spread across the city and provides for many restaurants around town. The main storefront is located in Westside, and it offers a plethora of fresh breads and desserts for retail purchase.

TGM Bread

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A spinoff of The General Muir in Emory Point, TGM Bread focuses on wholesale restaurant accounts. But, the bakery does offer retail hours on weekends.

Alon's Bakery & Market

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With one location in Morningside and another in Dunwoody, Alon’s offers an expansive variety of baked goods to go with their cheeses and wines. Simple cakes are available, or you could go nuts with the French macaroon tower.

Southern Sweets Bakery

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Focused on Southern-style goods, as the name implies, this Decatur institution offers a variety of desserts including pound cakes, tarts, full cakes, and vegan/gluten-friendly options.

Amélie's

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Based out of Charlotte, Amelie’s set up shop in Westside a couple of years ago with French-inspired baked goods. Full breakfast is available with tarts, croissants, and turnovers.

Highland Bakery

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With full breakfast menus and coffee in tow, this bakery has expanded with multiple locations across the city and provides everything from fresh bread and bagels to sweeter muffins and cinnamon rolls. The decorative cakes will wow any party guest.

Proof Bakeshop

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From Billy Allin and the Cakes & Ale team, Proof provides breads and baked goods to Allin's Decatur restaurant, and Bread & Butterfly, his French cafe in Inman Park. The bakery also serves its own menu of sweet and savory baked goods.

Little Tart Bakeshop

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The original storefront is in the shared space with Octane Coffee in Grant Park, and there’s another outpost inside Krog Street Market. Little Tart’s pastries — try the kouign amann if you want to be trendy — are second to none in Atlanta.

Sweet Hut Bakery & Cafe

Centered around East Asian baked designs, this trendy bakeshop, with locations on Buford Highway and in Midtown, offers sweeter crème buns, savory pork buns, and beverages such as bubble tea to match.

Piece of Cake

Piece of Cake’s specialty resides in its custom cakes (duh). Roughly 25 flavors are available at any time, and other confectionaries available include cupcakes, cookies, brownies, and more.

Metrotainment Bakery

A delight to any sweet tooth, Metrotainment Bakery has served up a wide variety of cakes, cookies, cheesecakes, and more since 1997.

H&F Bread Co.

H&F bread has spread across the city and provides for many restaurants around town. The main storefront is located in Westside, and it offers a plethora of fresh breads and desserts for retail purchase.

TGM Bread

A spinoff of The General Muir in Emory Point, TGM Bread focuses on wholesale restaurant accounts. But, the bakery does offer retail hours on weekends.

Alon's Bakery & Market

With one location in Morningside and another in Dunwoody, Alon’s offers an expansive variety of baked goods to go with their cheeses and wines. Simple cakes are available, or you could go nuts with the French macaroon tower.

Southern Sweets Bakery

Focused on Southern-style goods, as the name implies, this Decatur institution offers a variety of desserts including pound cakes, tarts, full cakes, and vegan/gluten-friendly options.

Amélie's

Based out of Charlotte, Amelie’s set up shop in Westside a couple of years ago with French-inspired baked goods. Full breakfast is available with tarts, croissants, and turnovers.

Highland Bakery

With full breakfast menus and coffee in tow, this bakery has expanded with multiple locations across the city and provides everything from fresh bread and bagels to sweeter muffins and cinnamon rolls. The decorative cakes will wow any party guest.

Proof Bakeshop

From Billy Allin and the Cakes & Ale team, Proof provides breads and baked goods to Allin's Decatur restaurant, and Bread & Butterfly, his French cafe in Inman Park. The bakery also serves its own menu of sweet and savory baked goods.

Little Tart Bakeshop

The original storefront is in the shared space with Octane Coffee in Grant Park, and there’s another outpost inside Krog Street Market. Little Tart’s pastries — try the kouign amann if you want to be trendy — are second to none in Atlanta.

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