# PortlandBread > Bakeries for bread and pastries, including vegan and gluten-free shops. PortlandBread is a discovery site for bread in Portland Oregon. Bakeries, pastry counters, and anywhere a loaf is part of why you go. Portland first. Metro when it is worth the drive. Discover delicious bread and pastries around Portland. Official site: https://www.portlandbread.com ## Site - [Home](https://www.portlandbread.com/): Bakeries for bread and pastries, including vegan and gluten-free shops. - [Bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries): Directory of Portland bakeries and pastry shops. - [Lists](https://www.portlandbread.com/lists): Curated loaf lists. - [Neighborhoods](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods): Bakeries grouped by Portland neighborhood. - [Map](https://www.portlandbread.com/map): Portland bakeries on a map. - [Journal](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal): Longer notes on shops, what to order, and when to go. - [Calendar](https://www.portlandbread.com/calendar): Shop events from what the shops print. We don’t take the order. - [Contact](https://www.portlandbread.com/contact): Write to PortlandBread. - [Add your bakery](https://www.portlandbread.com/add): Send a bakery listing request. We list it only if it belongs. - [Corrections](https://www.portlandbread.com/corrections): Public log of corrections. Newest first. - [Badge](https://www.portlandbread.com/badge): The Portland Bread seal for listed bakeries to put on their websites. ## Bakeries - [85°C Bakery Cafe](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/eighty-five-c): Taiwanese bakery cafe at Washington Square. The chiffon cup and garlic cheese bread. 9753 SW Washington Square Rd #D02 · Tigard Must-try: Hokkaido chiffon - [An Xuyên Bakery](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/an-xuyen): Bánh mì bread, baked on Foster. 5345 SE Foster Rd · Foster-Powell Must-try: Bánh mì - [Artisserie Fine Bakery](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/artisserie): The French case on 23rd. Macaron and the croissant. 710 NW 23rd Ave · Northwest District Must-try: Pistachio croissant - [Baker & Spice](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/baker-spice): Westside counter. The country loaf holds. 6330 SW Capitol Hwy · Hillsdale Must-try: Country loaf - [Bakeshop](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/bakeshop): A small counter on Sandy. Ask for the miche. 5351 NE Sandy Blvd · Rose City Park Must-try: Miche - [Bella's Italian Bakery And Market](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/bellas): Italian bakery in Lents. 9119 SE Woodstock Blvd · Lents Must-try: Italian loaf - [Berlu Bakery](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/berlu): Dedicated GF Vietnamese bakery on Belmont. 661 SE Belmont St · Buckman Must-try: Pandan honeycomb cake - [Blue Moon Bakery](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/blue-moon-bakery): Dedicated GF production bakery with a retail shop. 403 SE Baseline St · Hillsboro Must-try: Cookies - [Café Olli](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/olli): Naturally leavened, then the rest of the plate. 3925 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd · King Must-try: Country loaf - [Cake It](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/cake-it): Custom cakes and cupcakes on Cedar Hills. Call or order ahead — they do not print walk-in hours. 3205 SW Cedar Hills Blvd #25 · Beaverton Must-try: A custom cake - [Cake It](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/cake-it-lake-oswego): Same shop, second counter. Custom cakes and cupcakes on 65th. 16865 SW 65th Ave · Lake Oswego Must-try: A custom cake - [Carina's Bakery](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/carinas): Beaverton vegan bakery. The pastry case, then a cake if you need one. 4725 SW Lombard Ave #108 · Beaverton Must-try: A pastry from the case - [Champagne Poetry Patisserie](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/champagne-poetry): Asian-French pastry on Hawthorne. The entremet if they have it. 3343 SE Hawthorne Blvd · Sunnyside Must-try: Fruit tart - [Coquine Market](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/coquine): Market on the hill. The loaf if they have it. 6833 SE Belmont St · Mount Tabor Must-try: Country loaf - [Doe Donuts + Ice Cream](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/doe-donuts): Vegan doughnuts on Sandy, made that morning. 4110 NE Sandy Blvd · Hollywood Must-try: The doughnut that’s out - [Dos Hermanos Bakery](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/dos-hermanos): The wholesale loaf you can still buy at the door. 1015 SE Stark St · Buckman Must-try: Country loaf - [Fat Cupcake](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/fat-cupcake): Anjelica Otness’s cupcake shops. Three counters: Woodstock in Lents, Happy Valley, and Oregon City. A mixed bakery. The case is buttercream. Labeled vegan cupcakes and cakes sit on the same menu. 8730 SE Woodstock Blvd · Lents Must-try: The Charlie. Chocolate cupcake, a peanut butter cup in the center, peanut butter buttercream, ganache. That is the one the owner names from the first day. - [Fat Cupcake](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/fat-cupcake-happy-valley): Anjelica Otness’s cupcake shops. Three counters: Woodstock in Lents, Happy Valley, and Oregon City. A mixed bakery. The case is buttercream. Labeled vegan cupcakes and cakes sit on the same menu. 13203 172nd Avenue Suite 170 · Happy Valley Must-try: The Charlie. Chocolate cupcake, a peanut butter cup in the center, peanut butter buttercream, ganache. That is the one the owner names from the first day. - [Fat Cupcake](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/fat-cupcake-oregon-city): Anjelica Otness’s cupcake shops. Three counters: Woodstock in Lents, Happy Valley, and Oregon City. A mixed bakery. The case is buttercream. Labeled vegan cupcakes and cakes sit on the same menu. 19273 Molalla Ave · Oregon City Must-try: The Charlie. Chocolate cupcake, a peanut butter cup in the center, peanut butter buttercream, ganache. That is the one the owner names from the first day. - [Fleur De Lis](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/fleur-de-lis): French bakery on Sandy. 3930 NE Hancock St · Hollywood Must-try: Croissant - [Fressen Artisan Bakery](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/fressen): German bakery on Stark. The rye if they have it. 7075 NE Glisan St · Montavilla Must-try: Rye - [Gluten Free Gem](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/gluten-free-gem): Celiac-safe shop, no gluten in the facility. 140 NE Broadway St · Eliot Must-try: Chocolate chip muffin, or a cinnamon roll if they’re out - [Grand Central Bakery](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/grand-central): The everyday loaf, still from Ladd's. 2230 SE Hawthorne Blvd · Hosford-Abernethy Must-try: Como loaf - [Hail Snail](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/hail-snail): Vegan snails on Interstate. 6550 N Interstate Ave · Arbor Lodge Must-try: Cinnasnail with the periwinkle icing, or build one - [Hold The Wheat](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/hold-the-wheat): Every item in the case is gluten-free. 11900 SW Canyon Rd · Beaverton Must-try: A pastry from the case - [Jen's Pastries](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/jens): Pastry on the south waterfront side. 606 S Dakota St · South Portland Must-try: Croissant - [JinJu Patisserie](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/jinju): Coming soon at 3494 N Williams. Check their site before you go. 3494 N Williams Ave · Boise Must-try: Kouign-amann - [Ken's Artisan Bakery](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/kens): The westside loaf that started the rest. 338 NW 21st Ave · Northwest District Must-try: Country loaf - [Kirari West](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/kirari-west): Dedicated GF bakery café, no wheat in the building. 1668 NW 23rd Ave Ste 1 · Northwest District Must-try: A loaf from that kitchen - [Kyra's Bake Shop](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/kyras): Celiac-safe bakery in Lake Oswego. Lake Oswego · Lake Oswego Must-try: A pastry from the case - [Lauretta Jean's](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/lauretta-jeans): Pie on Division. 3402 SE Division St · Richmond Must-try: Slice of pie - [Little Banana](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/little-banana): Vegan wedding cake by appointment, not a walk-in. By appointment · By appointment Must-try: A tasting if you’re ordering a cake - [Little T Baker](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/little-t): The baguette from Division, still. 2600 SE Division St · Hosford-Abernethy Must-try: Baguette - [Mikiko Mochi Donuts](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/mikiko-kerns): Dedicated GF kitchens, no gluten in the spaces. 300 NE 28th Ave · Kerns Must-try: A mochi donut - [Mikiko Mochi Donuts](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/mikiko-beaverton): Dedicated GF kitchens, no gluten in the spaces. 3905 SW Orbit St · Beaverton Must-try: A mochi donut - [New Cascadia Traditional](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/new-cascadia): Dedicated gluten-free kitchen on Division. 2502 SE Division St · Hosford-Abernethy Must-try: Vegan Morning Glory Muffin, if it is labeled - [Nuvrei](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/nuvrei): Pastry downtown. The kouign if they have it. 1122 SW Harvey Milk St · Downtown Must-try: Kouign-amann - [Orange & Blossom](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/orange-blossom): Window on Killingsworth. The morning bun if it's out. 1612 NE Killingsworth St · Vernon Must-try: Morning bun - [Oyatsupan Bakers](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/oyatsupan): Japanese bakery in Beaverton. Shokupan and the curry pan. 16025 SW Regatta Ln · Beaverton Must-try: Curry pan - [Petunia's Pies & Pastries](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/petunias): Downtown gluten-free vegan bakery café. The doughnut if they’re still out. 610 SW 12th Ave · Downtown Must-try: Doughnut - [Pix Patisserie](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/pix): The chocolate and the tart, still on Burnside. 2225 E Burnside St · Kerns Must-try: Chocolate tart - [Sebastiano's](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/sebastianos): Sicilian bakery in Sellwood. 8235 SE 13th Ave, Unit 7 · Sellwood-Moreland Must-try: Cannoli - [Shop Halo Halo](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/halo-halo): Filipino dessert shop downtown. 1022 W Burnside St, Unit N · Downtown Must-try: Halo-halo - [Sinful Confections](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/sinful-confections): Gluten-free, dairy-free bakery on Barbur. The vegan layer cake if you order ahead. 9053 SW Barbur Blvd · Multnomah Must-try: Vegan layer cake - [St. Honoré Boulangerie](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/st-honore): The westside croissant. 2335 NW Thurman St · Northwest District Must-try: Croissant - [Sweetpea Baking Co.](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/sweetpea): The all-vegan bakery on Stark. Saturday is doughnut day. 1205 SE Stark St · Buckman Must-try: Saturday doughnut - [Tabor Bread](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/tabor-bread): Naturally leavened, local grain. The country loaf is the daily. 4438 SE Belmont St · Sunnyside Must-try: Country loaf - [Tipping the Scales](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/tipping-the-scales): Vegan croissants and cinnamon buns from a Forest Grove kitchen. Forest Grove · Forest Grove Must-try: Croissant (plain, chocolate, or almond) or the cinnamon bun - [Tous les Jours](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/tous-les-jours): French-Asian bakery cafe at Flock. Cloud cake and the croissant if the case is full. 900 SW Washington St · Downtown Must-try: Cloud cake - [Twisted Croissant](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/twisted-croissant): The croissant that still laminates. 2129 NE Broadway · Irvington Must-try: Croissant - [VilleVelo](https://www.portlandbread.com/bakeries/villevelo): Small bake shop in Sabin. 1465 NE Prescott St, Suite B · Sabin Must-try: Morning pastry ## Lists - [Best naturally-leavened](https://www.portlandbread.com/lists/naturally-leavened): Wild yeast, long ferments, the loaves we send people across town for. - [Best croissants](https://www.portlandbread.com/lists/croissants): The shops that still laminate. - [Best baguettes](https://www.portlandbread.com/lists/baguettes): Long and skinny, and worth getting there early. - [Best milk bread](https://www.portlandbread.com/lists/milk-bread): Soft crumb. The Japanese and Taiwanese trays we keep driving for. - [Weekend loaf](https://www.portlandbread.com/lists/weekend-loaf): Saturday morning errands. The bake that makes the week. - [Best vegan pastry](https://www.portlandbread.com/lists/vegan-pastry): Shops and trays the kitchens call vegan themselves. - [Best gluten-free](https://www.portlandbread.com/lists/gluten-free): Dedicated kitchens only. Not a gluten-free option in a mixed case. - [Pastry Shops](https://www.portlandbread.com/lists/no-vegan-pastry): Bakeries where pastry is the point, even when the official menu never labels vegan. ## Neighborhoods - [Kerns bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/kerns): SE 28th and the shops around it. - [Sunnyside bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/sunnyside): Belmont and the shops around it. - [Hosford-Abernethy bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/hosford-abernethy): Division, Ladd’s, and the shops between. - [Buckman bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/buckman): Stark, Belmont, and the shops between. - [Irvington bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/irvington): Broadway and the shops off it. - [Richmond bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/richmond): Clinton, and the pie shop on it. - [Rose City Park bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/rose-city-park): Sandy Boulevard, a small counter. - [King bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/king): MLK, not Alberta as a category. - [Vernon bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/vernon): Killingsworth and the Alberta strip nearby. - [Mount Tabor bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/mount-tabor): The hill, and the market on it. - [Foster-Powell bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/foster-powell): Foster, the loaf for bánh mì. - [Sellwood-Moreland bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/sellwood-moreland): Sellwood, Italian counter. - [Lents bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/lents): Lents, the Italian bakery. - [Woodstock bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/woodstock): No bakery in the guide for Woodstock yet. - [Hollywood bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/hollywood): Sandy Boulevard, the French counter. - [Montavilla bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/montavilla): Stark, the German bakery. - [Sabin bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/sabin): NE 15th, a small bake shop. - [Northwest District bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/northwest-district): 21st, 23rd, and the loaf on the westside. - [Hillsdale bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/hillsdale): Capitol Highway, a westside counter. - [Downtown bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/downtown): Downtown, the French counter. - [South Portland bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/south-portland): Corbett, the pastry counter. - [Pearl District bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/pearl): Nuvrei left 10th. No Pearl shop in the guide right now. - [Boise bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/boise): Williams and Mississippi, on the official map. - [Multnomah bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/multnomah): The Village, and the shops on Barbur. - [Tigard bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/tigard): Metro. Worth the drive for the case. - [Beaverton bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/beaverton): Metro. Worth the drive for shokupan. - [Arbor Lodge bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/arbor-lodge): Interstate, and the shops along it. - [Lake Oswego bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/lake-oswego): Metro. Worth the drive for the case. - [Forest Grove bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/forest-grove): Metro. A kitchen, not a storefront. - [Eliot bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/eliot): Broadway, and the shops around it. - [Hillsboro bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/hillsboro): Metro. Worth the drive for the case. - [Happy Valley bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/happy-valley): Metro. Worth the drive for the case. - [Oregon City bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/oregon-city): Metro. Worth the drive for the case. - [By appointment bakeries](https://www.portlandbread.com/neighborhoods/by-appointment): Metro. No storefront. ## Journal - [85°C: Hokkaido chiffon at Washington Square](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/eighty-five-c): A Taiwanese tray bakery in Tigard, not a Portland neighborhood shop. Cups and garlic bread are why the drive exists. - [An Xuyên: the bánh mì baguette, and the sweet case behind it](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/an-xuyen): French-Vietnamese bakery on Foster since the '90s. The sandwich loaf is the errand. The sweet trays are a second shop. - [Artisserie: pistachio croissant on NW 23rd](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/artisserie): Macarons, mini entremets, canelés, and the pistachio croissant we do not walk past. - [Baker & Spice: the Hillsdale country loaf, on Saturday](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/baker-spice): Capitol Highway. Time the weekend around the country loaf. - [Bakeshop: the weekend miche on Sandy](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/bakeshop): A tiny Sandy counter. Ask for the dark whole-grain miche on the weekend. - [Bella's: Michelle Vernier's Italian loaf in Lents](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/bellas): A small bakery-market on the Foster–Woodstock side of town. Italian loaf, then cannoli. - [Berlu: the pandan honeycomb cake, now on Belmont](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/berlu): Vince Nguyen's gluten-free Vietnamese bakery moved around the corner. The green cake is still the order. - [Café Olli: a bread shop that also serves dinner](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/olli): On MLK, take the dark-crusted country loaf first. Stay for the plate if you want. - [Carina's: vegan, soy-free fika in Beaverton](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/carinas): Scandinavian bakery on Lombard. Vegan and soy-free. Not a dedicated gluten-free shop. Confirm hours before you go. - [Champagne Poetry: fruit tart in the Hawthorne pastry room](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/champagne-poetry): Dan Bian's Asian-French patisserie. Entremets, croissants, tarts. A second shop on NW 23rd. - [Coquine Market: ask for the country loaf](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/coquine): On the hill below Tabor. Ask for the loaf if they have it, then shop the rest of the room. - [Doe Donuts: strawberry-milk, vegan, sold out on purpose](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/doe-donuts): A vegan Hollywood kitchen. The donuts are not gluten-free, they contain soy, and they will not sell yesterday's. - [Dos Hermanos: the wholesale loaf, now at the Stark door](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/dos-hermanos): The Azcorra family's Buckman bakery has a public counter. The terracotta room is more than wholesale. - [Fat Cupcake: the Charlie, peanut butter cup in the center](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/fat-cupcake): The chocolate cupcake with the peanut butter cup baked in. Three shops. That is the one we say at the counter. - [Fleur de Lis: the Hollywood croissant](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/fleur-de-lis): Greg Mistell's French bakery in the old library. The butter croissant is the order. - [Fressen: Franconian rye in Montavilla](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/fressen): Naturally leavened, baked by hand. The German rye is the loaf we cross town for. - [Grand Central: the Hawthorne Como, on a Tuesday](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/grand-central): The original Portland café in Ladd's is the everyday loaf counter. The Hawthorne room still puts the pale Italian loaf out front. - [Hail Snail: vegan cinnamon rolls on Interstate](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/hail-snail): A vegan cinnamon-roll shop at 6550 N Interstate. They call them snails. - [How we tell if a bakery is gluten-free](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/what-makes-it-gluten-free): Dedicated kitchen, or a labeled tray in a mixed case. We only file the first kind on the gluten-free list, and only when the shop says so. - [How we tell if a bakery is vegan](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/what-makes-it-vegan): We only call a shop vegan when the shop says so. Directories disagree. Here is how we read it. - [Jen's Pastries: warm bolo bread at the weekend window](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/jens): A South Portland wholesale kitchen that opens Saturday and Sunday. Portuguese muffins while they're warm. - [JinJu: coming back to Williams](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/jinju): The kouign-amann is the pastry people remember. The Williams door is not open yet. No hours until the shop prints them. - [Ken's Artisan: the country loaf on NW 21st](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/kens): The original westside country bâtard. That is the loaf. - [Kyra's: dedicated gluten-free in Lake Oswego](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/kyras): Kyra Johnson's bakery is celiac-safe, not a vegan shop. File it in Lake Oswego. Vegan only where they label it. - [Labor Day Monday pie: Plan B when Bakeshop is closed](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/labor-day-monday-pie-plan-b): Bakeshop’s Labor Day pie window was Saturday and Sunday. If you still need whole pie or a slice on Monday, start on Division. - [Labor Day Monday: who’s open and who’s closed](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/labor-day-monday-open-closed): A same-day read for Mon Sep 7 — closed counters first, then the shops that still print Monday hours. - [Lauretta Jean's: salted honey pie](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/lauretta-jeans): Kate McMillen's Richmond pie shop. The honey custard is why the line exists. - [Little Banana: vegan wedding cake, appointment only](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/little-banana): Amanda Durham Quijada's cake studio. Official vegan chocolate, vanilla, spice, funfetti, and lemon. No walk-in. No street. - [Little T: the Division baguette, early](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/little-t): The long skinny baguette is the eastside standard. It sells out. Go early. - [New Cascadia: dedicated gluten-free, and the labeled vegan Morning Glory muffin](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/new-cascadia): Chris Gumke and Teresa Atkins's Division shop is gluten-free on purpose. Vegan is only where they label it. - [Nuvrei: the kouign-amann, in the new room](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/nuvrei): The Pearl case moved. The kouign, the rose croissant, and the glass are in the new room. - [Orange Blossom: the Killingsworth window and the cardamom bun](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/orange-blossom): Marisa Kroes's vegan patisserie in Vernon. The morning pastry does not wait. - [Oyatsupan: shokupan and curry pan, before the afternoon cutoff](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/oyatsupan): A Japanese bakery in Beaverton. Shokupan, katsu kare pan, and a mid-afternoon close that is not a croissant shop's hours. - [Petunia's: gluten-free and vegan doughnuts in the West End](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/petunias): Lisa Clark and Jacob Williamson's café, since the market days. The fried doughnuts go early. - [Pix: entremets after dark, from the Pix-O-Matic](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/pix): Cheryl Wakerhauser's red building in Kerns. The vintage vending machine is how the case stays open after the room closes. - [Sebastiano's: Sellwood cannoli, filled last](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/sebastianos): The Sicilian café left Montavilla for a bigger Sellwood room. Cannoli are filled when you ask. - [Shop Halo Halo: start with dessert](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/halo-halo): Geleen Abenoja's Filipino pastry project moves. Check the counter, then start with dessert. - [Sinful Confections: gluten-free, dairy-free cake on Barbur](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/sinful-confections): Julie's Multnomah shop is gluten-free and dairy-free. Mostly vegan, not fully vegan. Order the cake five days out. - [St. Honoré: the Thurman croissant](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/st-honore): Dominique Geulin's flagship on NW Thurman. They laminate in view. The butter croissant is the errand. - [Sweetpea: Portland's first all-vegan bakery. Saturday is doughnut day](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/sweetpea): The Buckman café is vegan, not gluten-free. Saturday for doughnuts, Monday for cronuts. - [Tabor Bread: the Monday einkorn and why Saturday is buckwheat](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/tabor-bread): Saturday on Belmont is Buckwheat Sesame and Mountain Bread. Einkorn is the Monday bake. The country loaf is daily. - [Tipping the Scales: vegan croissants and cinnamon buns, no street shop](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/tipping-the-scales): A vegan bakery with a Forest Grove P.O. box. No street door. Call to order. - [Tous Les Jours at Flock: cloud cake after the neighborhood shops close](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/tous-les-jours): A smaller French-Asian case inside the downtown food hall. Useful when the neighborhood bakeries have gone dark. - [Twisted Croissant: butter croissant on Broadway](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/twisted-croissant): The Irvington case. The butter croissant, not the cruffin. - [VilleVelo: morning pastry in Sabin](https://www.portlandbread.com/journal/villevelo): A small pink bake shop. Order whatever just came out of the oven. ## FAQ ### What is PortlandBread.com? PortlandBread is an editorial guide to bread and pastry in Portland, and we write about the loaf, the laminated case, the neighborhood door, and the bakers who keep those rooms honest. Portland first, with a few metro shops sitting under their real cities when the drive is worth it. We do not scrape reviews, and we do not run a cart — if a shop is here, it is because we would send you there. ### What makes a Portland loaf worth crossing town for? A Portland loaf worth crossing town for has crust with character, crumb that holds, grain you can taste, and a bake that still means something the next morning, and we send people across town for naturally leavened country loaves at places like Tabor Bread, Ken’s, and Café Olli, for Little T’s baguette on Division, and for the westside country loaf at Baker & Spice when you are already in Hillsdale. The naturally leavened list is that errand in one place, and the Journal pages for those shops are what to order and when to go. ### What does naturally leavened mean on this site? Naturally leavened on this site means wild yeast and a long ferment, not a quick commercial-yeast sandwich loaf wearing a rustic crust, and we put a shop on the naturally leavened list when that is how they bake the loaves we send you for. Grand Central’s everyday Como is still a Portland staple; it is a different errand than a dark, blistered country bâtard. If you want the long ferment, start with the naturally leavened list and the Journal visits behind those shops. ### Where should I go for a Saturday loaf? Tabor Bread on Belmont is the eastside Saturday we name first — buckwheat and mountain bread that day, with einkorn on Monday and the country loaf as the daily — and Baker & Spice if you are already in Hillsdale, Ken’s on 21st for the westside country loaf, and Bakeshop on Sandy for the dark whole-grain miche when they have it. The weekend loaf list is that morning errand, and the Journal pages for those shops are what to order and when to go. ### Where should I go for a baguette? Little T on Division is the eastside baguette we keep sending people to, and you want to get there early because that long skinny loaf sells out. Ken’s on 21st and St. Honoré on Thurman bake one too, and Baker & Spice holds a westside baguette when you are already on that side of the river. The baguette list stays at four shops on purpose — that is the whole set, not a hint that every café loaf counts — and the Journal pages for those shops are what to order and when to go. ### Who still laminates a real croissant in Portland? Twisted Croissant on Broadway is the butter croissant we mean when someone asks whether Portland still laminates, and Nuvrei does kouign-amann and flavored croissants in the new downtown room — use the current address, not an old Pearl pin. St. Honoré on Thurman is the westside flagship, and JinJu’s kouign and croissant are the ones people remember; the Williams door is coming back, and it is not a walk-in yet. The croissant list carries the rest of the laminated case, and the Journal pages for those shops are what to order and when to go. ### What about milk bread and the Japanese or Taiwanese bakeries? Soft crumb, square pullman, curry pan, and cloud cake are a different Portland-area errand than a dark country loaf, and Oyatsupan in Beaverton is shokupan and curry pan before the afternoon cutoff. Tous Les Jours at Flock downtown is useful when neighborhood bakeries have gone dark — start with the cloud cake and the milk bun — and 85°C at Washington Square is the Hokkaido chiffon and garlic cheese bread drive. The milk bread list is those three, and the Journal pages for those shops are what to order and when to go. ### How is a pastry shop different from a bread bakery here? A bread bakery is organized around the loaf — country bâtard, baguette, miche, the Saturday bake — and a pastry shop is organized around the case — croissants, tarts, entremets, doughnuts, pie. Plenty of rooms do both, and we still file them by what you came for. Pastry Shops is the list when pastry is the point, and the bread lists are when the loaf is the errand. ### Where should I go for pie, tarts, or a plated pastry? Lauretta Jean’s on Division is the pie we mean — salted honey if you want the line reason — and Pix on Burnside holds entremets and the late case, Champagne Poetry on Hawthorne does fruit tarts and Asian-French pastry, Artisserie on NW 23rd is the pistachio croissant and the French case, and Coquine Market on the hill if you want a loaf and a market room in one stop. Read the Journal visit before you rearrange the day; the case changes and the good thing goes first. ### When should I show up if I want the good stuff? Show up earlier than you think, especially for baguettes, doughnuts, and weekend loaves, because Little T’s baguette wants an early Division run and Doe and Petunia’s fry that morning and sell down. Saturday specialty breads at Tabor and the miche at Bakeshop do not wait for a late coffee, and if a Journal visit names a window, trust it. If we have not verified hours in a while, call the shop before you drive across town. ### How do you decide which bakeries make a list? We would send you there, and we can say why in one specific line, and lists are not for sale. Naturally leavened, croissants, baguettes, milk bread, and weekend loaves are craft lists, and vegan pastry and gluten-free follow narrower rules on How we decide — we only use what the shop prints on a page it controls. Featured means the same editorial bar, with the bakery told. ### What is the Journal? The Journal is what to order, and when to go, one bakery at a time — a visit is us in the room, naming the loaf or pastry we came for and the constraints that matter. The Journal also holds the two explainers on how we read vegan and gluten-free claims, because other directories disagree and we stay narrow, so open a visit after you pick a bakery, not instead of the directory. ### How do I find a bakery by neighborhood? Open Bakeries when you want the directory — every shop sits under a real Portland neighborhood, or under its metro city — and there is a neighborhood index if you already know where you are walking. Search lives on that same directory when you want a name instead of a map of the blocks. ### Do you cover shops outside Portland? We cover a few shops outside Portland when they are worth the drive — Beaverton, Lake Oswego, Hillsboro, Forest Grove — filed under those cities, not as if they were on Division. If a shop is only a P.O. box or appointment-only, the page says so, and we do not invent a Portland neighborhood for a metro kitchen. ### Where do vegan and gluten-free fit? Vegan and gluten-free matter, and we keep them honest. Dedicated gluten-free means the whole kitchen, not a labeled tray in a mixed case — Petunia’s, New Cascadia, Berlu, Sinful, Gem, Kirari, and the metro dedicated shops on that list — and vegan means the shop says the item or the bakery is vegan; Sweetpea, Doe, Petunia’s, Hail Snail, and Carina’s are the kitchens people ask about first. Sweetpea and Doe are vegan and not gluten-free. How we decide is the long version, and Best gluten-free and Best vegan pastry are the short ones. ### How do I send a correction or a bakery you missed? Contact for a correction or a press note, and if you run the shop, Add Your Bakery. We will not add a vegan or gluten-free claim unless the shop says so on a page it controls, and we do not take the order from this site. ## Optional - [Terms](https://www.portlandbread.com/terms): Terms of use. - [Privacy](https://www.portlandbread.com/privacy): Privacy policy. - [Sitemap](https://www.portlandbread.com/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable list of every public page.