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Best Vegan Bakeries San Francisco Bay Area, LA, NYC – Erin McKennas, Insomnia Cookie

Best Vegan Bakery Ratings for Top Rated Cakes, Cupcakes, Pastries Etc in San Francisco Area

  • Twelvemonth bakery, Burlingame – The best Plant Based Vegan bakery in the SF Bay Area. All vegan! Great pastries and croissants – Rating A – April 2026 – they suspended retail counter, only baking for their restaurant.
  • Timeless Coffee, Piedmont or Berkeley – Plant Based bakery with an EXTENSIVE list of items from cheesecake to cookies to pastries. – Rating A-
  • Monuts, Durham, NC – Chocolate Chip Cookie (I’m Vegan) – Rating A-
  • Sweet Diplomacy – Best ALL Gluten free variety and quality in the San Francisco area – Rating A-
  • Sweetdragon Baking Company, San Jose – Several different vegan options. Call ahead for vegan pies. Stone fruit cookie ($4) is good – Rating b+
  • Icing on the Cake, Los Gatos – Excellent vegan chocolate cupcake. Chocolate chip cookie is too sweet. – Rating B+
  • Timeless Coffee, Oakland, CA – Chocolate Chip Cookie, Cherry Danish – Rating A- Chocolate Glazed Donut – Rating B
  • Mariposa Bakery penguinos (Gluten free) – Rating: A-
  • Wegmans – Plant Based Very Berry Dessert Bar- Rating A-
  • Sprinkles Vegan Red Velvet Cupcakes – B+
  • Insomnia Bakery – Various locations – Vegan Chocolate Chunk Cookie – Rating B
  • Flour Craft San Anselmo Donut, Fruit Crumble – B+
  • Trader Joes Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies – B
  • Whole Foods Chocolate Vegan Cupcake, Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies – B-
  • Tartine Bakery Vegan/Gluten Free Crumb Cake – C+
  • Bob’s Donuts – Cinamon vegan donut – C+

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Balthazar, New York City

Balthazar NYC Exterior decor

Why did we dine here? – Balthazar is a classic French bistro in New York’s SOHO district. It has been packing them in for over 20 years. We have eaten here for breakfast in the past and decided to try their weekend brunch on our latest trip to the big Apple.

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Gotham Bar & Grill, New York City

Gotham Bar and Grill NYC Exterior

Why did we dine here? – Gotham Bar & Grill has been around since 1984 and is considered an institution of fine dining. One Michelin Star, 4.5 stars on Yelp. We decided to see if it lives up to the hype. The older set in the 40’s to 60’s were dining.

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Osteria Morini, New York City

Osteria Morini New York exterior decor

Why did we dine here? – Really good Italian in SoHo. Osteria Morini is Michael White’s Soho more casual Italian restaurant (Marea, Alto, Vaucluse, Convivio and Ai Fiori) was near our hotel. We debated coming here, as our experience at 2 Michelin Star Marea was not good. Lucikly this spot was not only way cheaper, but way better. Really good starters, pasta and dessert.

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Le Bernardin, New York

Le Bernardin New York exterior decor

Why did we dine here? – Eating Cheaply at NYC’s #1 Restaurant. We did the same at Eleven Madison Park.Β Le Bernardin is a famous 3 Michelin star restaurant in New York City. Ranked #17 in 2017 on the Top 50 in the world list. It has been on the top of our must visit list for a while. Star chef Eric Ripert has been featured on Anthony Bourdain’s show several times. He seems to really know how to cook.

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