B Bistro + Bakery

If you’ve been to Paris, Rome, or New York, you might have been enchanted by a visit to a local pastry shop. Rows upon rows of delicate, beautiful confections are on display. When you finally choose your one delicious item, it is carefully boxed and secured with a bow. B Bistro + Bakery captures the […]

Bachour

Bachour, the namesake restaurant and bakery from Antonio Bachour, is an oasis of the Instagram-worthy pastries that made the Puerto Rican pastry chef a national sensation. The clean, industrial setting is the perfect backdrop for the brightly hued pastries, cakes, and other confections. Open for breakfast, lunch, brunch, and dinner, Bachour’s all-day menu of salads, […]

Bagel Bar East

Locals love to bemoan the lack of decent bagels in Miami. “New York has the best ones,” they whine. “It’s all about the water.” Well, forget about moving back to Manhattan (or Queens or Brooklyn or Staten Island). Try Bagel Bar East, which is one of the few places in Miami that still hand-rolls, boils, […]

Bagel Emporium

Located across from University Metrorail station (in the same plaza as T.G.I. Friday’s and Pier 1 Imports), this little deli is perfect for a student or alum craving a shmear of Jewish soul food. Bagel Emporium bakes their soft, savory, donut-shaped treats daily (a dozen costs $9.95), and uses them for sandwiches that include hot […]

Bagel Express

The Bagel Express, a nondescript delicatessen squeezed into a small suburban strip mall, crafts deliciously simple bagels that typically sell out before noon. Made from scratch and baked fresh daily, options include pumpernickel, sesame, egg, poppyseed, garlic, salt, cinnamon, plain, and everything. For carb lovers with a conscience, there are also whole-wheat and eight-grain bagels […]

Bon-Bon Bakery

The facade of this bakery is rundown. The sign and storefront look as though they haven’t been painted since they were first erected – sometime around the Mayflower landing. Despite all that, Bon Bon Bakery surprises you twofold. First, what bakery do you know that offers real Cuban pizza? A full pie, plain cheese or […]

Bunnie Cakes

Cupcakes are good. Cruelty-free cupcakes are even better. And at Bunnie Cakes, there are no animals involved in the making of cookies, cupcakes, or other baked goods. This adorable sweets shop in Wynwood has garnered legions of loyal fans who flock for the guava, red velvet, chocolate chip, and other mouthwatering cupcake choices. If you’re […]

Buns & Buns

Buns & Buns wants to bring good bread back. Owner Alexandre Zibi and chef Reuven Sugarman spent three weeks traveling the world in early 2013 in search of recipes and techniques from the globe’s greatest cooking cultures. They brought back steamed buns from China, naan from India and the Middle East, and brioche from France. […]

Buttercream Cupcakes & Coffee

While cupcake shops in Miami have become almost as pervasive as the proverbial Starbucks, there’s still a big difference between good, bad and imminently superior. At South Miami’s Buttercream Cupcakes and Coffee, their impossibly moist treats are some of the city’s best. One of the few locales whose sweets are all full sized (versus the […]

Charlotte Bakery

Cases at this Argentine bakery contain a vast variety of butter-based cookies as well as fruit tarts, napoleons, strawberry cheesecakes, and mini-pecan pies. Then there are the turnovers tunneled with sweet cheese, fruit, and dulce de leche and trays of facturas atop the counters. The Argentine-style empanada, with its juicy, full-flavored chicken and saut

Che Tano

Argentines are recognized for their meat. In fact, you can find a parrillada serving loads of churrasco, sausage, and ribs in almost any Miami neighborhood. Argentine bakeries are not as ubiquitous, although they should be. Somehow, while the rest of the Hispanic world never thought to venture past chicken and beef empanada fillings, Argentines boldly […]

Chocolate Fashion

True Francophiles swoon when the words “Chocolate Fashion” are uttered. Just one look into the lighted pastry case is enough to make them sob. There are glazed super-size fruit tarts, delicate cakes and cookies as big as a baby’s face, and shot glasses of chocolate mousse topped with chocolate macaroons. Had a bad day? Your […]

Cindy Lou’s

At what may be Miami’s first artisanal cookie shop, there are 30 varieties, including salted double chocolate filled with Nutella, cheesecake, lemon cloud, and Oreo crunch. Owned by Cindy Kruse, a local baker with more than 25 years of pastry experience at restaurants including Barton G. and Gigi, the store molds and decorates every cookie […]