Bakery in Denver

1290 S. Pearl St. South Denver

303-953-6890

Bakery, Breakfast/Brunch, Best Of, Sponsor

Duffeyroll Cafe had its humble beginnings as a cinnamon-roll-peddling pushcart on the 16th Street Mall; it's since grown into a Colorado chain with three brick-and-mortar locations, two in metro Denver and one in Englewood. Each Duffeyroll Cafe has a neighborhood-brunch-spot feel, and although the menu offers breakfast items, soups, sandwiches, wraps and salads, it’s still the fresh-baked cinnamon rolls that keep customers coming back. Fluffy and gooey-glazed, with buttery, crisp edges, they're perfect with an espresso drink or a glass of Duffeyroll's own Islesboro Iced Tea, made from a treasured family recipe. And now you can share the goodness: Duffeyroll ships Bake-At-Home pans of its sweet and savory rolls nationwide!

1 article

Le Bakery Sensual

300 E. 6th Ave. Central Denver

303-777-5151

Bakery, Dessert, Retail, Services, Best Of, Sponsor, Menu

5 articles

Vinh Xuong Bakery

375 S. Federal Blvd. Southwest Denver

303-922-4968

Bakery, Retail, Best Of, Sponsor

Bring cash and an appetite to this Vietnamese bakery on Federal Boulevard, because it doesn’t accept credit cards, and you'll want to eat your way through the brief but tasty banh mi menu. We love the meatball sandwich, but barbecued pork and grilled chicken also satisfy. The fresh-baked baguettes alone are worth the trip, but Vinh Xuong is takeout-only, so stock up on Vietnamese and Chinese sweet and savory baked goods and packaged sweets, spiced jerky and Styrofoam trays of colored sticky rice while you're there.

5 articles

Amira Bakery

4101 E. Evans Ave. Southeast Denver

303-756-7700

Bakery, Lebanese, Mediterranean, Menu

2 articles

Andre's Confiserie Suisse

370 S. Garfield St. South Denver

303-322-8871

Bakery, Coffeehouse, German/Eastern European, Recommended, Menu

Although this European bakery and tea room serves light lunches (the menu changes daily, but think salads, schnitzels and quiches), the real draw is the gorgeous desserts. A seemingly endless array of cakes, brownies, kuchens, strudels, candies and tarts of all shapes and flavors grace the shelves at Andre's. Any of these beautifully decorated treats are sure to make your day a little (or a lot) sweeter.

4 articles

Anecdote Cafe

820 Sherman St. Central Denver

720-502-4904

Bakery, Coffeehouse, Menu

3 articles

Azucar Bakery

1886 S. Broadway South Denver

720-283-3294

Bakery, Best Of, Slideshow

Peruvian-born Marjorie Silva opened Azucar Bakery in 2006 to fill a hole in a town more accustomed to cupcakes and pie than flan and Suspiro de Limeña. Rapid growth led Silva and her team to relocate in 2011 to their current location on South Broadway, a shiny, pink-frosted space befitting the goodies within. Silva’s crew does cakes, cookies, and all sorts of confections, but they specialize in Latin and South American delicacies. Think alfajor cookies with house-made dulce de leche squeezed between shortbread. Flan dripping with caramel. Peruvian mocha Pionono cake stuffed with coffee cream. The bakery can also accommodate special orders and gluten-free needs.

6 articles

Babettes Pizza & Pane

2030 Ionosphere St. Longmont

720-204-7420

Pizza, Bakery, Critics' Pick

Steve Scott had worked at numerous restaurants, bakeries and even as a pastry chef at the University of Colorado before he decided to open his own place, Babettes, in the Source in 2013. “The bakery is all mine, I make all the decisions, I’m not making anyone else’s formulas, and there’s no compromise in quality,” he says. “Our breads are 100 percent artisan, handmade products made by me, and I’m baking breads that I truly want to make.” And that's what bread lovers truly want to eat, judging from how popular Babettes quickly became. In 2019, Babettes moved to Longmont and added a wood-fired pizza oven.

11 articles

The Bagel Store

942 S. Monaco Parkway Southeast Denver

303-388-2648

Bakery, Recommended

The Bagel Store sits in a quiet strip mall in the heart of Little Russia. But it's staffed by young guys who really know their Jewish doughnuts, and if you go early (it closes at 2 p.m. on the dot most days), you can look right through the doors to the huge bakery in the back, with vats of bagels steaming in their water and guys working the dough. You can smell the place doing things right, and pick up not only a passable version of an East Coast egg bagel, but a half-dozen fantastic salt bagels for less than six bucks.

6 articles

Baked N Denver

1301 S. Broadway South Denver

303-777-9361

Bakery, Best Of

Independent doughnut shop Baked N Denver officially launched inside an old Winchell's building in July 2020 (back then, it was called Wake & Bake). The name may have changed , but it still turns out a variety of classic doughnuts along with breakfast sandwiches and burritos, coffee and juice. You'll find a few nods to modern trends (some Oreo crumbles here, some bacon there), but old favorites like the buttermilk bars, raised maple doughnuts and cinnamon crumb cake doughnuts are so good, they taste like a revelation.

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Baker's Palace

550 S. Federal Blvd. Southwest Denver

303-936-2279

Bakery, Restaurants, Slideshow

You won't need to hock Grandpa's watch to afford banh mi at Baker's Place, a clean but spartan Vietnamese bakery on Federal Boulevard; everything here is still on the cheap. There are over a dozen variations on the classic Vietnamese sandwich -- including a fried-egg version, along with the standard pork, beef and chicken fillings. A few stools along a street-facing counter comprise the only seating at Baker's Palace, so a takeout order may be a better option for savoring your banh mi, boba smoothie and rice-based dumplings.

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Bakery Four

4150 Tennyson St., Denver Berkeley/Sunnyside

Bakery, Sandwiches, Best Of, Readers' Choice

In 2022, Shawn Bergin’s popular Bakery Four moved into a space much larger than its previous Highland home, though the line still often snakes out the door. The new address meant not only room for more customers, but also plenty of space to expand the pastry selection and add savory items like sandwiches. The only thing more tantalizing than a sweet treat from here is the promise of more to come as Bergin prepares to open a second, bagel-focused concept called Rich Spirit in Wheat Ridge.

7 articles

Banh & Butter Bakery Cafe

9935 E. Colfax Ave. Aurora

720-512-3895

Bakery, Sandwiches, Asian, French, Vietnamese, Best Of

Pastry chef Thoa Nguyen dreamed of running her own Parisian-style Asian-fusion bakery for years. One of the daughters of the former owners of New Saigon, she grew up in the restaurant business. Now she’s running the show at this spot, which excels not only in sweets such as crepe cakes and croissants, but savory options like banh mi and classic Parisian-style ham and butter sandwiches.

2 articles

Beard Papa's

1699 S. Colorado Blvd., Ste. H Southeast Denver

Bakery

The Bindery

1817 Central St., Denver Highland/Lower Highland

303-993-2364

Modern American, Bakery, Critics' Pick, Best Of, Slideshow, Essentials

Linda Hampsten Fox opened her LoHi eatery — part market, part all-day dining destination — in 2017. Seven years later, the menu continues to show off her passion for highlighting seasonal ingredients in unexpected ways as she composes dishes inspired by memories from her childhood, her travels and a thirty-year-plus career in restaurants.

28 articles

Bird Bakery

8000 E. Belleview Ave., #E20 Greenwood Village

720-379-7951

Bakery, Sandwiches

Bluepoint Bakery

1721 E. 58th Ave. North Denver

303-298-1100

Bakery, Restaurants, Best Of

Bluepoint Bakery, founded in 1987 by chefs Fred Bramhall and Mary Clark, was once one of the town’s top retail bakeries, with a storefront that exuded good smells up and down Sixth Avenue. Today, Bluepoint continues to bake from its wholesale spot in north Denver, delivering breads, rolls, muffins, Danish, pies, cakes and tortes to espresso bars, sandwich shops, hotels and specialty grocers throughout metro Denver.

4 articles

The Botanical Bakery of Denver

2880 S. Broadway Englewood

Bakery, Best Of

What began as a love of the outdoors and also the kitchen blossomed into a botanical-inspired bakery, aptly named the Botanical Bakery of Denver. Located inside South Broadway plant shop Birdsall & Co., the bakery, which opened in September 2022, spreads whimsy and joy with its tasty pastries and events. Owner and baker Dylah Ray finds inspiration in nature to bring unique flavor pairings to a daily offering of mini pies, scones and croissants. Plant-forward pastries come topped with fresh herbs and colorful edible flowers, like the signature lavender shortbread pansy cookies, so you can have your plant and eat it, too.

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The Boulangerie

1595 S. Pearl St. Southwest Denver

940-577-9475

Bakery, Best Of

Steven Roland, owner of the Boulangerie, is best known for his baguettes and other crusty French and Italian loaves. But leave it to a guy who once worked as a private chef at the British Embassy in Oslo to also put out the best scone in town. These golden, fruit-filled treats are so impossibly tender, you know they're filled with plenty of butter, buttermilk and cream. Flavors vary, so you can drop by for blueberry-almond one day and cherry the next. Settle into the sunny space with something to read and a piping hot Americano and be glad that Roland, who moved to Colorado in 2017, chose to make Denver home.

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The Cake Bar

214 E. 13th Ave., Denver Capitol Hill/Uptown/City Park

720-837-9703

Bakery

1 article

Cake Crumbs Bakery

2216 Kearney St. East Denver

303-861-4912

Bakery, Menu

3 articles

Cakeheads Store

7530 S. University Blvd., Centennial Southeast Denver Suburbs

303-627-7301

Bakery

4 articles

Church of Cupcakes

3600 E. 40th Ave. East Denver

720-524-7770

Bakery, Food Trucks, Best Of, Readers' Choice

Have you had your daily prayer? If not, there are far worse ways to worship than licking the chocolate frosting off a devil’s food cupcake. Denver’s own Church of Cupcakes invites all supplicants to sample its sinful treats; owner Porche Lovely is a true believer in organic, eco-friendly and locally sourced ingredients and packaging. The bakery's irreverent attitude results in such treats as the “Missionary” vanilla cupcake, the “Venerable Velvet,” the “Sprinkle Salvation” and the “Bee-titude,” which sports a honey-buttercream frosting good enough to make any choir sing its praises. Gluten-free “St. Celiac” cupcakes are also among the offerings at this Church, which offers delivery service in a vintage VW van. You can book the van for weddings and other events or call in an order for pickup. Say "Amen!"

8 articles

Cinnaholic

3000 E. 1st Ave. East Denver

303-209-2175

Bakery

City Bakery

5454 Washington St. # 10 North Denver

303-292-3989

Bakery, Restaurants, Best Of, Menu

From his wholesale bakery building in north Denver, Michael Bortz supplies many of Denver’s best restaurants with bread and desserts. He gets up early and works long hours to keep rolling in the dough. But you don’t have to own an eatery to enjoy these treats: The public can pop in and make purchases, too. Depending on the day, City Bakery will have everything from incredible chocolate chip cookies to sourdough bread to dinner rolls to fruit pies to specialty cakes of all kinds. No matter what you go for, though, it’s certain to be delicious.

5 articles

City Donuts

746 Peoria St. Aurora

303-367-4603

Bakery, Best Of

Five-dollar doughnuts with too-clever names are around every corner these days, and there's usually a line around that corner, too. But sometimes you just want the classics: When you're with your kid on a Sunday morning or picking up a few dozen to take to work, less is more. When that mood strikes, look no further than City Donuts. These are doughnuts that will take you back to your childhood, with scores of cake, raised and so-called fancy offerings (think bear claws and jelly doughnuts); the classic glazed version is so shiny, it's positively lacquered. If you're the kind of philistine who doesn't want to have your cake (and eat it, too) for breakfast, City Donuts also offers breakfast sandwiches. The local bakery also has outposts in Denver and Littleton.

2 articles

City Donuts

4918 E. Colfax Ave. East Denver

720-485-5706

Bakery

Five-dollar doughnuts with too-clever names are around every corner these days, and there's usually a line around that corner, too. But sometimes you just want the classics: When you're with your kid on a Sunday morning or picking up a few dozen to take to work, less is more. When that mood strikes, skip the line and head to City Donuts. This East Colfax outpost opened in fall 2015, hawking doughnuts that will take you back to your childhood, with scores of cake, raised and so-called fancy offerings (think bear claws and jelly doughnuts); the classic glazed version is so shiny, it's positively lacquered. If you're the kind of philistine who doesn't want to have your cake (and eat it, too) for breakfast, City Donuts also offers breakfast sandwiches. The local bakery also has outposts in Aurora and Littleton.

1 article

City Donuts

5816 S. Lowell Blvd. Littleton

303-953-0856

Bakery

Five-dollar doughnuts with too-clever names are around every corner these days, and there's usually a line around that corner, too. But sometimes you just want the classics: When you're with your kid on a Sunday morning or picking up a few dozen to take to work, less is more. When that mood strikes, look no further than City Donuts. These are doughnuts that will take you back to your childhood, with scores of cake, raised and so-called fancy offerings (think bear claws and jelly doughnuts); the classic glazed version is so shiny, it's positively lacquered. If you're the kind of philistine who doesn't want to have your cake (and eat it, too) for breakfast, City Donuts also offers breakfast sandwiches. The local bakery also has outposts in Denver and Aurora.

Cook's Fresh Market

1600 Glenarm Place Downtown Denver

303-893-2277

American, Bakery, Deli, Grocery/Market, Best Of, Menu

Cook's Fresh Market is a quick stop on the 16th Street Mall shuttle circuit, but you'll want to get off and stay a while once you get a glimpse of the gourmet bakery, deli, prepared-foods case, cheese counter and shelves stocked with homemade nibbles, European specialty foods and spices. There's even a small cooler in the back with bundles of fresh vegetables for purchase. But Cook's is more than willing to do the cooking for you: You can order lunch or dinner from the bistro menu and enjoy it in the modest dining area. The offerings include an epicurean salad with grilled chicken, duck or lots of fresh veggies, as well as build-your-own sandwiches with prosciutto, salami or chevre topped with spinach, sprouts or mixed greens. Owners/chefs Ed and Kristin Janos, who both graduated from the Culinary Institute of America, buy and serve local products and make everything from scratch using their own recipes.

6 articles

The Crumb Cafe

217 S. Holly St. East Denver

720-459-7158

Cafe, Bakery, Breakfast/Brunch, Menu

3 articles

Cuba Bakery & Cafe

15028 E Mississippi Ave. Aurora

303-752-2822

Cuban, Bakery, Essentials

Orlando Colombe opened this bright and welcoming strip-mall spot in 2013 after moving to Colorado from Florida for a change of pace. The often-packed casual eatery serves a wide variety of sweets and a lineup of sandwiches, such as a traditional Cuban and pan con lechon. But it also serves seriously impressive slow-cooked entrees such as ropa vieja, picadillo and tender pork ribs, along with daily specials like the Saturday-only marinated oxtail.

3 articles

Daniel's of Paris

12253 E. Iliff Aurora

303-751-6084

Bakery, French, Retail, Best Of, Menu

Since 1992, Daniel's of Paris has turned authentic French pastries and a host of other European bakery favorites in a modestly sized shop in a fairly obscure Aurora strip mall. The croissants here are flaky, light and baked fresh with or without a dark-chocolate-filled center for a pain au chocolat, and the signature cinnamon rolls are iced with fondant and have warm, gooey middles filled with almond cream. Daniel’s also does both special-occasion and everyday cakes using French sponge cake, flavored sugar syrup and frosting, glaze or ganache ? and creamy mousse or whipped-cream fillings. Oven treats such as cookies, petit fours, quiche, fruit tarts and a splendid, mascarpone-stuffed Pumpkin Amandine available during the holidays are what set Daniel’s of Paris apart, both as a neighborhood staple and a popular city bakery.

2 articles

Detour Bakery

1479 S. Holly St. East Denver

303-756-2020

Bakery, Menu

2 articles

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