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Your Bristol Favourites: Bakeries
This month, Bristol 24/7 readers named their favourite bakeries in the city:
The Assembly Bakery, 27 West Street, Old Market, BS2 0DF, www.assemblybakery.co.uk
“Sandwiches like doorstops with amazing sourdough bread. Some of the best brownies in Bristol to wash them down with as well.” – @liammckinnon via Twitter
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Farro Bakery, Whiteladies Market and Tobacco Factory Sunday Market, www.farro.co
“Incredible and irresistible bread and pastries.” – @minimum_impact via Twitter
Pinkmans Bakery, 85 Park Street, BS1 5PJ, www.pinkmans.co.uk
“Sourdoughnuts: the size, the flavours, the filling. They are 100 per cent awesome (even when the filling squirts up your nose when you chomp them down too quickly!)” – @PintofGem via Twitter
Hart’s Bakery, 35 Lower Approach Road, BS1 6QS, www.hartsbakery.co.uk
“Lovely, friendly, efficient staff and really great coffee! I could eat their sesame seed wholemeal sourdough forevermore and never get sick of it.” – @lucyridesbikes via Instagram
East Bristol Bakery, 112 St Mark’s Road, Easton, BS5 6JD, www.eastbristolbakery.co.uk
“The BEST sourdough.” – @gerii115 via Twitter
Joe’s Bakery, 240-242 Gloucester Road, BS7 8NZ, www.joesbakery.co.uk
“Great bread, delicious cakes, a fantastic range to cater to everyone’s needs and friendly staff. To top it off, you can get bread in a reuseable cotton bag to cut down on single use plastic.” – Kath Gail via Facebook
Bristol Loaf, 213 Church Road, Redfield, BS5 9HF, www.bristolloaf.co.uk
“Amazing overnight white loaves, yummy sourdough sandwiches and cakes to die for. Amazing cinnamon buns for an indulgent breakfast treat and the best part is that they are super friendly and welcoming.” – @HannahDrakeUK via Twitter
Pearly King Cake, 17 Chandos Road, BS6 5PG, www.pearlykingcake.co.uk
“A lovely bit of loaf cake, the vegan one is really good. Beautiful celebration cakes, particularly the mini ones.” – @lovefromrandom via Twitter
Hobbs House Bakery, North Street and Gloucester Road, www.hobbshousebakery.co.uk
“The organic ‘overnight dough’ loaves are exceptional. Been going there for bread for over 30 years.” – @PeggyAF21 via Twitter
Parson’s Bakery, various locations across Bristol, www.parsonsbakery.co.uk
“The pasties are the bomb!” – @slam_that_spam via Twitter
The Park Bakery, 94-96 St John’s Lane, BS3 5AQ, www.facebook.com/theparkbakery
“Their white tin loaf is delicious, and they do really tasty sunflower and linseed loaf. They also do a stonking goats cheese and red onion ‘focaccia’ on a Saturday – it’s an English version of focaccia and it’s really tasty. The staff are lovely too.” – @digitaldaises via Twitter
Mark’s Bread, 291 North Street, Southville, BS3 1JU, www.marksbread.co.uk
“Best bread of all. French stick as I remember it from Paris, only it’s from North Street!” – @moodycolin319 via Instagram
Dawson’s Baker
Finzels Reach Market, Harbourside Market and Tobacco Sunday Market, www.twitter.com/dawsonsbristol
“One man, but what a man! The custard tarts here are things of beauty. Simon makes all his pastries at home to sell at markets. Don’t miss his epic custard tarts.” – Tim Scott
Bakesmiths, 65 Whiteladies Road, Clifton, BS8 2LY, www.bakesmiths.co.uk
“Picking up a fresh sourdough on a Saturday morning is the perfect weekend ritual.” – @CharlotteJoanW via Twitter
Zam Zam Bakery, 2 Roman Road, Easton, BS5 6DH
“Not much to look at, nowhere to sit, three steps in the door and you’re met by the counter. They serve the best lahmajoun I’ve had in the south west at less than the price of a flat white.” – Graham Faragher
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