Best of Boston

Best Bread Bakery

Bricco Panetteria

Boston
This basement-level bakery is part of Frank DePasquale's North End culinary empire, and yet somehow everything about it screams old-world charm. From the tiny space, [...] read more»
2016 Best Bread Bakery

Clear Flour Bread

Brookline
In an era when everyone from your grandparents to your girlfriend has gone “gluten-free,” Clear Flour is unapologetically pro carb. Apricot-studded pain de seigle? Black-sesame [...] read more»
2015 Best Bread Bakery

Blue Frog Bakery

Jamaica Plain
Having trouble finding this grain fiend's mecca? Just look for the giant blue frog above the door, and you'll know you've arrived. While best known [...] read more»
2014 Best Bread Bakery

Bricco Panetteria

Boston
The rustic mite loaves and prosciutto-and-Parmesan-studded ciabattas at this North End bakery, located down an alley off Hanover Street, are a reminder that bread-baking is [...] read more»
2013 Best Bread Bakery

Bricco Panetteria

Boston
Start by following the simple sign pointing down a back alley off Hanover Street, then let your nose take you the rest of the way. [...] read more»
2012 Best Bread Bakery

Clear Flour Bread

Brookline
Tucked away in a quiet neighborhood just out of earshot of busy Comm. Ave., this Paris-by-way-of-Brookline bread haven satisfies locals with oven-fresh goods like pain [...] read more»
2011 Best Bread Bakery

Clear Flour Bread

Brookline
This tiny, nestled-away Brookline bakery may not have prime real estate, but it's easy to find. Just follow the intoxicating aroma of fresh, crusty baguettes [...] read more»
2009 Best Bread Bakery

Clear Flour Bread

Brookline
Flour, water, yeast, salt. Four lowlier ingredients are hard to imagine—as are the heights to which they can rise in the hands of master bakers [...] read more»
2008 Best Bread Bakery

B&R Artisan Bread

Framingham
Seeing as how first impressions are everything, a restaurant's bread-basket is serious business. Boston's finest eateries, including T. W. Food and Troquet, order their loaves [...] read more»
2008 Best Bread Bakery

B & R Artisan Bread

Framingham
Seeing as how first impressions are everything, a restaurant's bread-basket is serious business. Boston's finest eateries, including T. W. Food and Troquet, order their loaves [...] read more»
2007 Best Bread Bakery

Clear Flour Bread

Brookline
No time to backpack the Continent? Load up on Clear Flour's peerless European-style breads, such as Italian fougasse and burly German rye, and you may [...] read more»