Where: 320 Sunset Ave., Venice, (310) 314-0320, www.gjusta.com Lodge Bread Best bakeries in Los Angeles Amy Scattergood / Los Angeles Times (Amy Scattergood / Los Angeles Times) Lodge’s baker-owners Alexander Phaneuf and Or Amsalam have been having a good 2017. Where: 225 26th St., Ste 25, Brentwood, ((310) 566-2400), farmshopca.com La Monarca Best bakeries in Los Angeles Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times) In 2006, Ricardo Cervantes and Alfredo Livas, two immigrants from Monterrey, Mexico, wanted to bring more traditional Mexican baked goods and sweets to Los Angeles, so they made use of their Stanford MBAs and opened a panaderia. Porto’s Bakery and Café Best bakeries in Los Angeles Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) Porto’s is an institution as much as a high-volume bakery, a family-run business that first opened in 1976 on Sunset Boulevard after the Porto family immigrated to Southern California from their native Cuba. Where: 700 S. Santa Fe Ave., Los Angeles, (213) 327-0782, breadlounge.com Clark Street Bread Best bakeries in Los Angeles Amy Scattergood / Los Angeles Times (Amy Scattergood / Los Angeles Times) Zack Hall started baking his remarkable breads out of a 900-square-foot West Hollywood apartment, selling them to local chefs and restaurants and getting press mainly via Instagram. Where: 468 S. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, (323) 939-6813, www.labreabakery.com/cafe Pitchoun Best bakeries in Los Angeles Amy Scattergood / Los Angeles Times (Amy Scattergood / Los Angeles Times) A French-style boulangerie and patisserie opened by a married French couple, Frédéric and Fabienne Souliès, in the spring of 2015 across the street from Pershing Square in downtown L.A.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 31, 2017 22:07 UTC