This French bakery in Coral Gables was just named one of the best in the country

A Coral Gables bakery was just named one of the best French bakeries in the country.

Tasting Table, a digital media brand and website, chose 14 of its favorite bakeries across the United States, and the Michelin-recommended Bachour in the Gables made the list.

Tasting Table praised Bachour for its croissants, which are “no ordinary croissants.”

“Strawberry and mascarpone, pistachio, dulce de leche, and flan croissants are favorites, along with the croissant bread pudding,” the site read. “Delightfully decadent from start to finish, it’s not only the desserts that are standouts. Guava and cheese pancakes live up to rave reviews, and the only down side is that it’s so popular, your favorites might sell out by the afternoon.”

Bachour is the creation of Puerto Rican-born chef Antonio Bachour, who opened the Gables restaurant in 2019, and was named Best Pastry Chef in the World by the Best Chefs Foundation in 2018 and 2022 and Best Pastry Chef in the U.S. by Esquire Magazine in 2019. Bachour was named a Bib Gourmand by the Michelin Guide in 2022 and has remained in the guide ever since.

The restaurant isn’t merely a bakery, of course: Bachour also offers sandwiches, salads and entrees such as steak frites and eggs as well as lamb lollipops, chicken and seafood. It’s also known for its gorgeous glazed desserts, so beautiful you almost hate to eat them.

New York had three French bakeries on the list: Almondine Bakery, Balthazar Bakery and Dominique Ansel Bakery. The rest of the list includes Verzenay Chicago, Chicago; Poulette Bakeshop, Parker, Colorado; Essence Bakery Cafe, Phoenix; Arsicault Bakery, San Francisco; Republique, Los Angeles; Bakery Nouveau, Seattle; Bakery Lorraine, Texas; Twisted Croissant, Portland, Oregon; Michette, Somerville, Massachusetts; and Bellegarde Bakery, New Orleans.

To compile the list, Tasting Table considered awards, accolades and honors from the Michelin Guide and James Beard Foundation and sought out chefs who have studied and worked in France. They also sought chefs making traditional pastries with a creative twist.

Bachour

Where: 2020 Salzedo St., Coral Gables

Hours: 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Saturday; 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday

More information: antoniobachour.com or 305-203-0552