Lubellas Patisserie

Lubellas Patisserie is nothing short of amazing. After working in some of the best restaurants in the city, pastry chef, Maria Bacerra, struck out on her own. And for that we are eternally grateful. After entering, you’re immediately greeted by counters showcasing muffins, cookies, scones, macarons, cupcakes, cheesecakes and much more. They also serve sandwiches: […]

Ollio Patisserie

Ollio Patisserie is a passion project of owner Golda Sumpon. After a two-decade career in IT, she followed her dream of opening a patisserie like those found in Europe. Everything at Ollio is made with the highest quality ingredients, from the almond flour that goes into every macaron to the Italian pistachio paste that’s a […]

Parterre

Parterre in downtown Dallas in Santander Tower is a beautiful cafe offers with expansive dining space offers coffee and breakfast in the morning, as well as brunch, cocktails and bites for lunch and dinner. They use single-origin beans roasted in-house and by their local partner, Novel Coffee Roasters. For morning pastries, they’ll serve goods from […]

Piefalootin

Piefalootin is a locally owned from-scratch pie house with both classic and innovative flavors. It feels like a hidden gem because it is. If fluffly pies is your love language, then muuuuwah.

Quoc Bao Bakery

The bánh mì at Quoc Bao start with fresh-baked baguettes, which are practically cubist in their crispy-crusted flakiness. This is a working bakery, so the bread is the best part of the sandwiches, of which our favorites involve barbecued pork and marinated chicken. Because it’s a bakery first, Quoc Bao has always been takeout only, […]

Shipley Do-Nuts

Shipley’s glazed doughnuts are doughy and covered with the perfect thin layer of sugar glaze, making them an authentic alternative to those sugar-heavy air pockets made at other chains. Yes, Shipley is a chain – one of the few good imports from Houston – but the doughnuts are made in-house by people who love sprinkles, […]

Shug’s Bagels

Shug’s owner, Justin Shugrue, is a Westchester County native who moved to Dallas to attend Southern Methodist University. After getting his finance degree, the career didn’t suit him. That coupled with the fact that he not only loved bagels but also worked at bagel bodegas back east led him to open this spot near SMU. […]

Sprinkles Cupcakes

The popularity of cupcakes seems not to wane however much another handheld dessert is claimed to supplant it. Chief among cupcake flavors is red velvet. The same is true at Sprinkles, a cupcake concern that came fresh out of the oven in Beverly Hills, quickly becoming a favorite of the Hollywood glitterati. The red velvet […]

Starship Bagel

The bagels here are made in small batches using a 24-hour fermentation process that helps the development of complex gluten, a key to getting that good bagel chew. The bagels are then boiled prior to baking and served up from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. or until they run out. And they do run out. […]

Sugarless DeLite

Diabetics or low-carb fanatics will be DeLited at the selection of 300-plus items devoid of the sweet stuff. Everything from barbecue sauce and margarita mix to low-carb bagels and frozen “yogurt” (that’s lactose-, gluten-, sugar- and dairy-free) line the shelves of this Richardson storefront that’s open a whopping 362 days a year (so if you’re […]

Sunrise Donuts

The tiny shop, located in a strip mall off Oak Lawn Avenue, is open seven days a week, from 5 a.m. until noon except for Sunday, when opening time is 6 a.m. The shop offers an abundance of delicious fried dough. From cinnamon-sugar twists and apple fritters to traditional sprinkle doughnuts and kolaches. In fact, […]

Tart Bakery

What’s a chic pastry shop without a pastel color scheme? Not a modern chic pastry shop, is what. Thankfully, the palette at Tart doesn’t fail. Owner Kristen Massad has established herself not only as a purveyor of sweet delights, like cupcakes and petit fours, but also a vendor of baking accessories in her cute shop. […]