Best bakeries in Calgary

Nothing beats the comfort of a freshly baked treat. Whether you’re looking for a muffin on perfectly flakey croissant to go with your morning coffee, a mid-day macaron, or a pie or cake to help celebrate a special occasion, one of Calgary’s many talented bakers has whipped up exactly what you need, fresh out of the oven.

Alforno Bakery and Café

Part of the Teatro Group of restaurants, Alforno acts as a baking hub for renowned restaurants including Teatro Ristorante and Cucino. It’s also an excellent stand-alone café and bakeshop with multiple locations serving up artisanal breads, sweets, and pastries along with sandwiches and other meal items. Do not miss out on the signature Teatro tiramisu, one of Calgary’s most iconic desserts.

Address: 222 7 ST SW , 1327 1 ST SW (in First Street Market), 222 3 Ave SW 2nd Floor (in Livingston Place), 525 8 Ave SW (suite 210), or 401 9th ave SW (Suite 240 (in Gulf Canada Square)

Begonia Bakehouse

This homey artisanal bakery operates with limited hours with certain items only available on specific days, which makes scoring one of its signature pastries or loaves of bread feel like a particularly special treat. Begonia is known for both its bread — be it luscious milk breads or fruit and nut-studded sourdoughs — as well as beautifully crafted croissants and danish. The pastries stand out thanks to some inventive and forward-thinking flavours, with creations like coconut pecan kouign amann and morello cherry danish.

Address: 1502 14 St SW

Biscettes

A cookie-centric bakery from baker Deirdre Lotecki, who also owns the equally delicious Sweet Relief Pastries, Biscettes is designed as a happy place for cookie lovers. The cookies are big and squishy and topped with icing, candy, or other goodies for an extra dose of sweetness. Expect classic flavours like chocolate chip, birthday cake, and red velvet with experimental and seasonal flavours as well as vegan features making their way into the rotating cookie line-up.

Address: 1516 6 St SW

Butter Block & Co.

A small but mighty bakeshop located in the historic Devonish Building, Butter Block  showcases the work of the creative baker Karen Kong. The shop specializes in buttery croissants stuffed with flavours like sesame or pandan as well as glossy kouign amanns. Also look for custard tarts, scones, cookies, and giant cake-sized croissants (which must be ordered at least two days in advance).

Address: 908 17 Ave SW suite 111 (in the Devonish Building)

Crave

The grand dame of Calgary’s cupcake scene, Crave has been making perfectly delectable cupcakes since it opened its flagship Kensington location in 2004. Now with multiple locations throughout the city and beyond, the bakery is still going strong, putting out those perfectly swirled candy-coloured cupcakes as well as a tasty cookies and special occasion cakes. The bakery also sells as a line of bake-at-home mixes and frozen cookie dough and buttercream.

Address: 1107 Kensington Road NW , 222-10816 Macleod Trail SE , 106, 318 Aspen Glen Landing SW , or #57 Crowfoot Terrace NW

Glamorgan Bakery

A true gem of the southwest part of the city and a local institution since 1977, Glamorgan Bakery is without a doubt one of Calgarians’ favourite all-purpose neighbourhood bakeries, thanks to the cult-like popularity of its signature cheese buns. While the buns get the most fanfare, Glamorgan is a full-service bakery with plenty of other treats to explore, including everyday breads, lunchbox-appropriate cookies and muffins, and fancy cakes worthy of birthdays and anniversaries.

Address: 3919 Richmond Rd SW #19

La Boulangerie Bakery Café

A vibrant and traditional French bakery, La Boulangerie offers a number of delectable French treats, both sweet and savoury. Choose from delicate fruit tarts, custard-filled croissants, and perfect éclairs. Indulge in-shop with a cup of coffee and a homestyle meal, take something home to share with friends and family for dessert, or linger on the bakery’s dog-friendly sidewalk patio and watch the people of the city go by.

Address: 2435 4 St SW

Manuel Latruwe

For decades, Manuel Latruwe has been Calgary’s source for high-end European-style breads and carefully crafted pastries. The selection here is immense — bring home opulent cakes, precious lemon tarts, profiteroles, or bake-at-home croissants, quiche, and Belgian waffles. The bread is also not to be missed, with over 20 different loaves and buns in the bakery’s repertoire, including sourdough, brioche, and much more.

Address: 1333 1st St SE

Mari Bakeshop

A labour of love from a couple who happen to be internationally experienced bakers, Mari is a haven for anyone who loves ultra-flakey viennoiserie items such as sweet and savoury croissants, beurre normand, or florentine Danish. This comfortable Bridgeland café also specializes in slices of cream-filled roll cakes and bite-sized choux pastries filled with matcha, coffee, passion fruit, and other flavoured creams. Don’t miss out on the sandwiches, made with house-baked bread.

Address: 103 St Matthew Square NE

Ollia Macarons and Tea

Specializing in treats that are both delicate and delicious, Ollia is all about brightly coloured macarons, available in specialty flavours like fig and balsamic, matcha, lavender and honey, and earl grey. The shop also makes specialty macaron cakes (which are basically a giant macaron) and pretty macaron pyramids for special occasions. For an interactive experience, book one of Ollia’s popular macaron baking classes.

Address: 810C 16 Ave SW

Otie

The sister business to the next-door Letty restaurant, Otie is the playground of chef and baker Daniel Ramon, who uses the bakery to express his love for laminated pastry. The ultra-crispy croissants are the star here, often coming in bold and interesting flavours such as cacio e pepe or Bounty bar. The bakery also puts out a selection of high-level European-style desserts often appearing as realistic pieces of fruit filled with luxurious mousses and other creamy concoctions.

Address: 1225 Macleod Trail SE

Pie Junkie

Yes, this is a shop with an all-pie menu. With multiple locations around the city, Pie Junkie  sells a wide range of both sweet and savoury pies, making it a one-stop shop for both lunch and dessert. Flavours change seasonally but try to snag one of the salted honey or sour cherry pies, or for something more savoury, the butter chicken or Aussie-style beef. For a full meal to try at home, it also sells retro TV dinners with both sweet and savoury pie selections.

Address: 8 Spruce Centre SW , 826 Crowfoot Crescent NW , 180 Legacy Main St SE
Unit 105 or 2171 Mahogany Blvd. SW

Sidewalk Citizen Bakery

A pioneer in Calgary’s local sourdough bread game, the Simmons Building’s Sidewalk Citizen is beloved for its delicious loaves and community-minded vibe. While the bread (made from a now-teenage starter called “Freddie”) is excellent, the bakery offers much more, including some of the city’s best cinnamon buns as well as croissants, brownies, savoury scones, and more.

Address: 618 Confluence Way SE (in the Simmons Building)

Sucre Patisserie and Café

You won’t find a prettier birthday cake than the gorgeous (and delicious) signature chiffon creations at Sucre . If you’re not in the market for a full cake, Sucre also specializes in delicate cookies flavours like earl grey shortbread and crispy palmiers, luxurious creme brûlée danishes, and both sweet and savoury croissants. The bakery also offers a line of sandwiches and catering options.

Address: 1007 8 St SW or 810 Centre St N

Yann Haute Patisserie

As one of the original bakers to introduce the city to the magic of macarons, Yann Blanchard has become one of Calgary’s true dessert masters. Yann Haute Patisserie , located in an iconic bright yellow house in Mission, is full of Blanchard’s signature macarons, as well as gorgeously designed cakes, brioche, croissants and other French favourites.

Address: 329 23 Ave SW

Wow Bakery

A wonderland of Korean baked delights (with a hint of Japanese inspiration), Wow Bakery specializes in delectable loaves filled with chestnuts or matcha, red bean and mochi filled buns, and perfectly formed cookies and macarons. This is also the place to get top tier cakes, with beautifully constructed masterpieces flavoured with sweet potato mousse, Belgian chocolate, or strawberry.

Address: 2002 34 Ave SW , 5809 Macleod Trail SW #108 , 8650 112 Ave NW #7135 , or 6455 Macleod Trail SW (inside Chinook Centre)

Of course, this is all in addition to all of the great Calgary restaurants that have solid dessert menus to complement their savoury offerings. If you fancy something sweet in this city, you won’t have to work too hard to find it.