Bbangjisullae is a trend I could get behind!
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I could probably plan an entire European tour around baked goods. Pastries, cakes, breads? Count me in!
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We got so obsessed with a particular bread made by a tiny bakery that only sells at a few weekly markets around town in Berlin it was pretty much the only bread we ate that summer.
Weāll be in a different nabe this year, so I must find out if they set up shop at one of the markets near us.
When we were in Philly, we specifically made the trek to two separate FMs bc of the bakery stands (Lost Bread, and Mighty Bread, respectively) set up there.
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Hereās a new one in Montreal I was reading about, supposedly very highly rated:
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They mention Lannan, and it seems right that they do. I feel like Iām still waiting for things to settle down before I get there.
I do love trying bakeries though. We really seem to be in a baked goods bubble.
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I think a long weekend spent sampling all manner of baked goods sounds like an excellent idea!
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āWeāve been out here in line when it has been -3C in winter.ā Such hardship braved. ROFL!!!
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I have several local bakeries which are worthy of going out of oneās way to visit.
And I have always wanted to plan a visit to this particular bakery as I found the story very inspiring:
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What a wonderful story. And the bread looks delicious.
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I think the low carb and no carb and eat more protein diet drives bakery tourism, as in its vacation, letās eat carbsā¦and letās eat good and tasty carbs, not junk. At home we will hold back.
I do a very modified version of this. I live in a very small city with a few bakeries, but none exceptional. Thereās a decent one, if not fabulous bakery, a town over, but I only go there if I need a fancy cake. But thereās a fairly major city (in relative terms) nearby me where I see a doctor on a fairly regular basis. If the weather, and my health, allow, I walk around visiting the bakeries nearby the doctorās office.
I have yet to find anything that comes close to what these places offer, though Iām sure it might have something to do with me choosing the wrong items. But I enjoy the walking and even when I donāt love the baked goods, it is an indulgence that makes a often pretty unpleasant trip a little better. I have also found some bread that I regularly buy to take home and freeze.
I feel somewhat impeded in my tourism though, since the city is not supposed to be the safest for walking around in general (though is any city, really?), and so I do have some hesitation about walking in less busy areas. One of the bakeries I visited was in one of these areas, and the person who helped me choose things actually warned me about this. However, Iām still reluctant to travel by rideshares to bakeries!
I donāt know where you live, but most cities have at least some good areas to walk in.
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Have you ever visited Colorado Springs? Or Aliquippa, PA? Or Flint?
Youāre giving away your Bay Area-ness 
lol.
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Most areas of my city, Boston/Cambridge/Somerville, are great areas to walk.
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I live in an area with a 97/100 walkability score but itās not perfect thatās for sure. Itās a 20 block+ walk to a mainstream grocery store. About 40 minutes one way, which isnāt bad if youāre not carrying groceries. Nearest decent bakery is a 40 min walk. Thereās lots of stores that fill gaps but a one hour and 20 minute round trip to get bread is beyond me. OTOH, public transpo is pretty good.
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I am lucky. I live 3 blocks from a Portuguese bakery, 5 blocks from an Italian bakery, 7 blocks from a French bakery, 15 minute walk from a bakery with a Korean chef trained in Japan, 20 minutes from a bakery with a Vietnamese baker and really interesting breads, buns and pastries, 20 minute walk from 3 of Torontoās better bakeries for upscale French pastries. 20 minutes walk from 2 more good Italian bakeries.
30 minutes by public transit to the best Greek bakeries. 2 blocks to a good gluten free bakery. I also live about a 15 minute walk from generous baker extraordinaire @rstuart.
This bakery walk score is one reason Iām chubby, despite walking 10 000 steps most days. LOL
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Ex-New Yorker-ness, actually. 
SF is way too hilly in a lot of places.
Saragemaās post is pretty spot on. The number of times Iāve tried to walk where the distances were short but the logistics were impossibleā¦
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Live in western PA! Agree, walking in our cities can be brutal.
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Itās the same up here in most suburban parts of Ontario.
Walking up and down hills to go get a coffee and a pastry in San Francisco is paradise compared to walking to find a good pastry in most parts of the country. LOL
Ironically, itās my Pittsburg cousins who live near Aliquippa and Cranberry Township who were organizing Bakery Tours before I was. They would document their Pastry Tours of the better Italian bakeries in the Bronx and Brooklyn on YouTube 15 years ago. People drive for their bakery tours in Western PA, in my experience. Macās Donuts are the donuts my cousins drive out of their way to seek out.
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