🍰 Best Desserts & Bakeries in New Orleans
36 desserts & bakeries spots in New Orleans, scored and ranked for 2026.
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Dong Phuong Bakery
The bakery in New Orleans East that bakes the bread half the city's po-boy shops run on, and a banh mi counter people drive across town for. Dong Phuong's French bread anchors 17 kinds of banh mi, and...
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2
Leo's Bread
A Seventh Ward bakery on Bell Street turning out bagels, croissants and fresh-baked loaves, with a stall at the farmers market. The case runs from chocolate croissants and peach crostata to focaccia a...
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3
Gospel Coffee and Boozy Treats
Gospel Coffee and Boozy Treats is the all-day café inside the Kimpton Hotel Fontenot in the Warehouse District, its name a nod to Louisiana's gospel-music tradition. By day it runs on espresso drinks ...
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4
Ayu Bakehouse
The morning move on Frenchmen Street: a Marigny bakehouse where the laminated dough actually earns its hype, run by chef Kelly Jacques. Order the boudin-stuffed croissant and a pandan kaya bun, grab a...
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5
Angelo Brocato
A New Orleans institution since 1905, Angelo Brocato has been spinning Sicilian gelato and rolling cannoli on N. Carrollton in Mid-City since it left the French Quarter in 1979. The cannoli shells are...
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6
Lagniappe Bakehouse
Kaitlin Guerin bakes seasonal pastries out of a Central City storefront, folding French technique into Southern foodways and West African tradition. The signature is the Vaucroissant — a lattice crois...
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7
Breads on Oak
Breads on Oak bakes organic artisan breads in a stone hearth oven on Oak Street in the Leonidas neighborhood, following Old World technique rather than a commissary shortcut. The café went fully vegan...
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8
Petite Clouet Café
Petite Clouet Café occupies a corner storefront in Bywater at Royal and Clouet streets, serving coffee, espresso, pastries, quiche, and breakfast sandwiches and tacos from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The ...
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9
La Boulangerie
Donald Link's French bakery on Magazine Street Uptown, turning out croissants, breads, and pastries on recipes the room has been running since 2000. The sandwich case is the sleeper: the L'Atlantique ...
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10
Manny Randazzo's King Cakes
The Randazzo name is shorthand for king cake in this town, and Manny's Metairie shop is the seasonal pilgrimage — a tight braid of cinnamon-laced Danish dough under glossy purple, green and gold sugar...
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All 36 Desserts & Bakeries Spots in New Orleans
District Donuts Sliders Brew
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Levee Baking Co.
86
Le Ponce
86
Dough Nguyener's
85
Sucré
85
Loretta's Authentic Pralines
85
Bywater Bakery
84
Creole Creamery
84
Celtica French Bakery
84
Maurice French Pastries
84
Drip Affogato Bar
84
Antoine's Famous Cakes & Pastries
84
Norma's Sweets Bakery
84
The Orange Couch
84
Gambino's Bakery
84
Debbie Does Doberge
84
Haydel's Bakery
84
The Station Coffee Shop & Bakery
83
O.K. Ice Cream
83
Willa Jean
83
Chez Pierre French Bakery & Cafe
82
Adrian's Bakery
82
Chez Pierre Bakery Lakeview
81
Le Croissant d'Or
81
Mr. B's Bakery
79
Swiss Confectionery Inc.
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