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With so many great bakeries across the country, finding the fifty best was a daunting task. On behalf of The Daily Meal, I eventually narrowed the list down to what I think is a good starting point (and a great bakery bucket list).

Here’s are the factors that I considered:

“From local mom-and-pop shops to high-end chains, from American favorites to French patisseries, and from artisanal bread bakeries to pastry shops, we took into account all the different kinds of bakeries as we searched for America’s best. Although some bakeries bake only bread or only pastries (in France, for example, you’d go to a patisserie for your pastry fix and a boulangerie for your daily ba...