You know the feeling, it’s mid-week and you’re craving that something sweet, a little pastry to go with the humpday coffee. Luckily Victoria is a bakery paradise, with an abundance of mouthwatering choices. So, this month, we asked our readers to tell us their favourite local bakeries, in *no particular order, here are the top 16! No, we just couldn’t narrow this one down any more.
1. Crust Bakery: 730 Fort St
2. Fol Epi: 398 Harbour Rd, or 732 Yates St
3. Dutch Bakery: 718 Fort St
4. Sidney Bakery: 2507 Beacon Ave
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5. Lighthouse Cake Company: 742 Goldstream Ave
6. La Roux Patisserie: 519 Fisgard St
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7. Art’s Bakery: 98 Burnside Rd W
8. Wildfire Bakery: 1517 Quadra St
9. The Italian Bakery: 3197 Quadra St
10. Ottavio Italian Bakery: 2272 Oak Bay Ave
11. Patisserie Daniel: 1729 Cook St
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12. Pure Vanilla Bakery: 2590 Cadboro Bay Rd
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13. Mosi Bakery Cafe: 5303 W Saanich Rd
14. Origin Gluten-Free Bakery: 1525 Pandora Ave, or 713A Goldstream Ave
15. Royal Bay Bakery: 3337 Metchosin Rd
16. Fry’s Bakery: 416 Craigflower Rd