Meet 9 must-see bakeries in San Miguel de Allende

In San Miguel de Allende you will find delicious freshly baked, sweet and savory breads, ideal to enjoy with family, friends or during a romantic getaway

Published December 19, 2022

If your plans are to visit the Magical Town of San Miguel de Allende, located in the state of Guanajuato, you can not miss these nine unmissable bakeries that offer the freshness that every diner looks for when eating a delicious freshly baked bread.

Therefore, “The Best Small City in the World” not only stimulates the eye, but also the taste, smell and all the senses of those who come to enjoy its bakeries and all its family cuisine, which makes San Miguel one of the favorite destinations of national and international tourists.

Panio:
For more than 100 years, this traditional bakery and pastry shop has a Franco-Italian legacy of three generations, where the contemporary atmosphere blends perfectly with the architecture of its historic center. With three European techniques, they achieve a subtle variety of textures and flavors in different presentations with a unique aroma in each creation, highlighting their specialties; chocolate and croissant, both with almonds, which are the delicate balance between sweet and elegant.

The Maple:
It is one of the most iconic shops in San Miguel, with its unique aroma of freshly baked bread and its exquisite flavors in pastries, its specialty being the croissant filled with vanilla cream. Its impressive quality, freshness and flavor, make it an excellent choice when it comes to artisanal bread with completely original whole grain recipes, an experience for the palate.

Buonforno: 
The house of art and bread, is a space that offers handmade pieces with a touch of Italian flavor in the heart of San Miguel, in a very cozy atmosphere with beautiful works of art on the walls that accompany perfectly with the freshly baked cakes and breads that this wonderful bakery has. Choosing from a wide variety of bread, croissant or biscuits, will be really difficult. This place is perfect to taste delicious creations accompanied by a good coffee in the middle of an art gallery.

Marulier: 
It is a charming bakery and a wonderful pet friendly cafeteria, where they make artisanal bread and pastries with French inspiration, located inside the Plaza Luciérnaga. It has captivated with its great variety, in which the almond croissant and its baguettes stand out from this excellent store. In addition, the quality of its products and its incomparable service have made it an excellent place to spend a pleasant moment.

The Good Life:
This bakery founded since 1989 located very close to the Central Plaza, has a wide variety of artisan bread with a gourmet touch. A cozy place perfect to enjoy its infinity of delicacies, where its cinnamon roles with walnut and orange donuts stand out. Freshly baked breads at their point of freshness, with the great flavor that distinguishes the store, coupled with great attention and service, place it as one of the favorite places in San Miguel.

The Petit Four:
Since 1998, when he opened this gourmet pastry shop in San Miguel, he has delighted with his delicious desserts. Among many of its delicacies is the delicious au chocolat bread and the Paris croissant filled with soft almond paste. When walking along Jesus Street, where it is located, you can perceive the sweet aroma of cookies, breads and cakes, which are being baked. As soon as you cross the doors of the place it is mandatory to try one of their delicious gourmet creations accompanied by a cup of coffee or chocolate.

Panina: 
“Sourdough love” is the slogan of Panina, a bakery workshop founded in 2021 by chef Paulina Carreño. A charming space in San Miguel that specializes in artisanal bread where its freshness and quality stand out from this great project. A perfect place for breakfast, with its sweet aroma of freshly baked bread and its specialties: marzipan shells, corn bread and kanelbullar, will become a culinary experience. A beautiful space in which the production workshop and the cafeteria converge, which you should know.

Bun’s:
An artisanal bakery and pastry that pleases the palates of all bread lovers, but looking for healthy, gluten-free, vegan and sugar-free options, located at Mesones 57, in the colorful center of San Miguel. It has a wide variety of breads and pastries such as carrot muffin with blueberry and strawberry cake with the advantage that they will be 100% organic and gluten free, something that you can certainly not miss in your visit to this wonderful destination.

The Hive:
This bakery in San Miguel has been a family, local and traditional business for more than 120 years, located on Relox Street in the historic center, considered one of the 100 oldest traditional businesses in all of Mexico. With an extensive assortment of high-quality bread that highlights the shells, blackberry rolls and doughnuts, it makes it one of the obligatory stops in this great destination, with its complete sample of typical Mexican pastries.

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