This sunny joint helps kick-start the day with baked goods and specialty coffees, but it’s the basic sandwiches gussied up with impeccable ingredients that get us in the afternoon. Our favorites: the BLT made with extra-thick bacon and the juicy, rosemary-and-thyme–encrusted roast beef…
Though we hate to state the expected, we have to admit it: This homey place is pretty damn lovely. Filled with vintage tables and knickknacks, this bakery turns out everything from cakey, star-shaped muffins to flaky pain au chocolat, and the pastries are just as delicious as they could be…
No cupcake has ever tasted quite like the BLT concoction at this tiny Gold Coast cupcakery: Sweet cake is filled with salty pieces of bacon, smeared with a savory ranch “icing” and topped with fresh tomato…
It's easy to see how the sweets here became a New York—and now international—addiction: It'd be healthier to mainline sugar than to eat one of these cupcakes…
The Philadelphia equivalent to Intelligentsia opened its first Chicago café quietly (though the location, across the street from a Starbucks, certainly sent a message)…
Andersonville is nuts about this coffee shop, which offers a colorful variety of organic, sustainable menu items. The quiche selection, featuring a hearty wild mushroom pie, is definitely a draw, as are the handful of can’t-believe-it’s-vegan desserts…
Old-school in the best sense of the phrase, Lutz has rows of glass cases filled with sweets the likes of which you haven’t seen since Grandma was out cutting a rug…
At this eco-conscious eatery, as much as possible—charcuterie, beer, cheese—is local. Particularly local are the breads and baked goods, which are made in house…
Stephanie Izard’s sister restaurant to Girl & the Goat is more Denny’s than “Nighthawks”; nevertheless, it has all the trappings of a diner: all-day breakfast (try the phenomenal paratha burrito), six types of burgers (we like the classic) and traditional plates such as fried chicken (good) and
Milk & Honey 
Lovely: A Bake Shop 
More Cupcakes 
Magnolia Bakery 
La Colombe 
The Coffee Studio 
Lutz Continental Café & Pastry Shop 
Local Root 
Little Goat Diner