Head to 60th Street Desserts for homemade soups, sandwiches, casseroles, pastries, cakes and coffee. Need another excuse to visit? Consider the bakery's commitment to using organic, fair-trade ingredients wherever possible.

The bakery case is packed with cakes, sweets and other savory goodies, and it's a great place for a cup of coffee with friends.

Enjoy fresh bagels that are crisp and chewy, nothing like the doughy monsters you see at certain chains. Some say they're the best bagels in town.

Bakery Nouveau in West Seattle offers freshly baked breads, glistening chocolates, sandwiches, tartines, pizza, quiche and pastries (from pretty French macaroons to luscious lemon-filled tarts).

Regulars swear by Besalu's croissants and other sweet and airy breakfast pastries.

Dahlia's cakes, cookies, brioche, fresh loaves and signature triple coconut cream pie are little short of sinful.

eats market café, in the Westwood Village in West Seattle, serves up fabulous baked goods, Bubbie's chicken soup and some of the best pot roast you'll ever encounter.

This Fremont outfit pretty much holds the local franchise on delicious Artisan bread.

Grand Central's Como Loaf is a sensation, and the rest of its breads aren't bad, either.

You'll be grateful indeed for this bakery's marionberry pies and mint brownies.

Great Harvest is all about the whole grains. After you sample their dense, sweet breads, you'll probably buy a whole loaf. Or two.

This cheerful French bakery makes baguettes and croissants that some say are the town's best.

From French bread to éclair au chocolate, the bakery selection here c'est magnifique.

At the South City Bakery, Russell Battaglia, the father of the establishment's 6-year-old namesake, starts baking very early in the morning. He makes cinnamon rolls, baguettes, the best-ever white and wheat bread for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and really good pizza dough.

Lemon butter cake, citrus oat scones, zucchini bread, raisin brioche, banana ginger muffins and much, much more.

These vegan doughnuts -- made with wholly organic wheat flour, sugar and palm oil -- are every bit as satisfying as any cake doughnut you've ever enjoyed, with virtually no oily aftertaste.

Regulars line up daily for Red Twig's scones, tea breads, paninis and more.

The cookies, cakes and pastries offered here have an irresistible Spanish accent.

Stephanie Crocker's first retail bakery, which she opened after previously selling to coffee shops and at farmers markets, turns out excellent brioche, cupcakes, brownies and more.

This corner bakery is locally famous for its lattice-topped pies.

Enjoy tasty soups, sandwiches and artisan breads in the heart of Pike Place Market.

It's not surprising that many locals rate Top Pot's doughnuts as Seattle's best. They're flavorful and seem as big and airy as bicycle tires. Eat one today, wait a week, then eat another.

This retro-flavored bakery is appropriately located in the Wallingford Center, a converted 19th century schoolhouse. It's a charming affair altogether -- perfectly frosted cupcakes are sold alongside vintage party supplies.

Wild Wheat's bakery case fairly teems with bagels, pecan-studded tarts and fresh-baked artisan bread.