Join the line for loaves of chewy, flaky sourdough loaves from Harbord Village’s newest bakery. Decked out pistachio croissants, sausage rolls and pain au chocolat are just a few of the other reasons to visit.

An Tran has turned what used to be his parents’ printing shop into Ba Noi, which translates appropriately to ‘Grandmother’ in Vietnamese. The menu switches up often but you can expect decadent butter tarts, chocolate chip cookies and loaves of sourdough.

Croissant buns and Argentenian media luna have replaced pizzas where the Junction’s longest-running pizzeria once stood. After years of baking for businesses like Sud Forno and The Beet, owner Daniel Sáez now sells his own loaves and other treats.

Everything is plant-based at Little Italy’s Japanese bakery. It doesn’t beed dairy to be delicious, as proven by Tsuchi’s menu of ever-changing cheesecakes made with ingredients like coconut cream and pea milk.

The Annex is now home to this Vietnamese bakery selling salted egg cakes that are too pretty to eat and a variety of precious milk buns sprinkled with pork floss. Not to mention banh mi, only sub the baguette for a croissant.

If you’re on the hunt for full-sized cakes with ridiculously beautiful buttercream piping, look no further than the Junction Triangle’s latest arrival. Owner Nancy Claro also has croissants and pecan tarts for your midday break.

Sharing a space with Shan Shan Cafe on Steeles Avenue is this Taiwanese bakery specializing in over a dozen types of bread, like perfectly square loaves of shokupan, garlic cream cheese and mentaiko baguettes.

Sitting right off Humber Bay is the bakery offshoot of Toronto’s famous cheese purveyor, Cheese Boutique, located one minutes’ walk down the street. Score pecan pies and cheesy baguettes fresh out of the oven.