Whether it’s a savory bread, a sweet pastry, a warm pie, or an enticing cake, bakeries produce some of the best foods of all time. However, if you want the best-baked goods around, you won’t find them at a grocery store or a gas station. Instead, you should look for a local bakery that bakes all its products fresh that morning. Fortunately for Indianapolis locals, you can find several amazing bakeries throughout the city.
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Long’s Bakery
Long’s Bakery is an Indianapolis institution. This shop specializes in donuts and other breakfast pastries of every size, shape, and description, although they also have plenty of classic glazed donuts for the breakfast rush. Other pastries include Danishes and German strudels with a variety of fillings, and they have gators in both baby and large sizes. Long’s Bakery has two Indianapolis locations, and both open at 5:30 in the morning and close at 10 p.m. All the donuts are cheap, but remember to bring your cash because Long’s doesn’t accept credit cards or smartphone wallet payments.
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Coat Check Coffee
Coat Check Coffee sits where Massachusetts Avenue cuts across Michigan Street. It gets its name from the fact that it uses the old coat check area of the Athenaeum, a historic downtown building. As a cafe, Coat Check Coffee is a good place to get a coffee, a tea, or a latte with some detailed foam art, but they also offer some delicious breakfast pastries baked fresh every morning. These include muffins, pigs in a blanket, and some hefty croissants stuffed with sweet or savory fillings. Their weekday hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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The Gallery Pastry Shop
You’ll find the Gallery Pastry Shop in the 54th and Monon shopping center. This bakery focuses on high-class pastries and European desserts, making it the kind of place you go to when you want to cater a special event or give that special someone an unforgettable gift on a special occasion. They also have a brunch menu filled with French flavors, wines, and locally sourced meats and cheeses. Their most popular item is the French macaron, and they make them in all kinds of colors and flavors.
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The Flying Cupcake
The Flying Cupcake is an expanding franchise with half a dozen locations throughout Indianapolis and its suburbs. As the name indicates, this bakery is all about cupcakes, with a constantly updated list of flavors, colors, and styles. This list includes regular cupcakes, cupcakes with cream or fruit filling, jumbo cupcakes you can share with friends, and both vegan and gluten-free cupcakes for visitors with diet restrictions. They also have a few non-cupcake options such as brownies, snickerdoodle cookies, and the monster cookie sandwich. Hours at every location are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Bakeries make some of the best food around, especially when it comes fresh from an oven in the back of the building. If that’s the kind of fresh baked goods you want, these bakeries and so many more will have just what you’re looking for when you’re in Indianapolis.
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