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

Posted on January 1, 2026

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+

AVEO Table + Bar, Dana Point

Posted on August 28, 2020

This buffet got downsized after the Pandemic to a Weekend Breakfast Buffet at Aveo during the summer. June-August, Saturday-Sunday.

Why did we dine here? – Bistro Na’s is the first Michelin Starred Chinese restaurant in the Los Angeles area. It is located in the San Gabriel Valley (SGV), about 20 minutes from Downtown LA. This spot is the first outpost of a chain with several locations in China. This is a beautiful restaurant, definitely worth dining at.

Otium, Los Angeles

Posted on October 8, 2019

Why did we dine here? – Otium is a modern American restaurant in downtown LA, right next to The Broad museum (Free admission! reserve online) We finish up at the museum and came to Otium for weekend brunch.

République, Los Angeles

Posted on February 6, 2019

Why did we dine here? – République is similar to Tartine in San Francisco, but they kick it up a notch. They serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner. We went for breakfast. There was a short line on a Saturday at 9am, but by 10am, the line was way out the door. Beautiful restaurant full of beautiful people.

Pho Filet, Rosemead

Posted on January 30, 2019

Why did we dine here? – Far better Pho than San Francisco! The SGV (San Gabriel Valley) is home to some fine Asian cuisine. We passed by Pho Filet on our last trip and ate there in 2018. Only 3.5 stars on Yelp, but way up there in our books.

Pine and Crane, Los Angeles

Posted on January 22, 2019

Why did we dine here? – Pine & Crane is a fast casual Taiwanese Chinese restaurant in the hip Silver Lake area of Los Angeles. It has 4.5 stars on Yelp with almost 2000 reviews. We had to see what all the hype was all about.

Redbird, Los Angeles

Posted on January 15, 2019

Why did we dine here? – Redbird is a trendy restaurant in downtown Los Angeles that was on our short list to try. This is Chef Neal Fraser and Amy Knoll Fraser’s flagship restaurant is a follow up to popular Grace and BLD. Historic
former rectory building of Vibiana – the cathedral-turned-event-venue.

Ahgassi Gopchang, Los Angeles

Posted on January 9, 2019

Why did we dine here? – Ahgassi Gopchang is a sister restaurant to Korean BBQ favorite: Kang Ho-dong Baekjeong. (Which we also love) The restaurant’s name means Young Lady Small Intestines, hence the additions of several ‘parts’ on the menu. We stuck to the regular stuff.

J. Zhou Oriental Cuisine

Posted on November 27, 2017

J. Zhou in Tustin, Orange County, California is an upscale Chinese Cantonese restaurant in The District Mall. After a meal you can hit Whole Foods or the mall next door! The restaurant has been here since 2014.

Sichuan Impression, Tustin

Posted on November 20, 2017

Great Sichuan Spicy food in the OC.

Sichuan Impression in Tustin, Orange County is the second outpost of the spicy restaurant, the others are in Alhambra and Los Angeles. We at in the LA one near UCLA in 2019. This location is located in a plain jane strip mall near Highway 5. It was recommended to us as probably the top Sichuan restaurant in the OC. Also checkout our review of nearby J Zhou, Tustin for dim sum.

A.O.C., Los Angeles

Posted on September 11, 2017

Outdoor Patio, Great food = Best of LA.

Angelini Osteria, Los Angeles

Posted on January 17, 2017

Better Italian than SF? Why did we dine here? – Angelini Osteria has long been dubbed the best Italian restaurant in LA. We finally made time to dine at this small, cozy restaurant near the end of 2016. Yes, we did see a celebrity dining there. Our timing allowed us to catch them when Truffles were all over the menu! (Big$$)