Food & Drinks | Favourite spots
Five sweet spots
Bored of cinnamon stars, gingerbread and the other Christmas classics? Then check out these five Zurich bakeries for some delicious alternatives – from vegan donuts and sweet cupcakes to amazing Italian concoctions with whipped cream.
Enzian bakery
Enzian vegan bakery is located behind Oerlikon station. The committed team works hard to come up with new recipes. And it’s not only Zurich’s vegans who love them.
Binzmühlestrasse 41, 8050 Zurich
Bäckerei Vohdin
If any shop in Zurich’s old town can be described as an institution, then it’s the Vohdin bakery. The ovens have been going at Oberdorfstrasse 12 since 1626 (!). Elvira and Urs Vohdin sell perhaps the most delicate amaretti in Switzerland – and in only 4.3 square metres of shop space.
Oberdorfstrasse 12, 8001 Zurich
Ma’adan Bakery
Danny Schächter worked in commodity trading for thirty years. But in the end he grew weary of the constant business travel – and opened the Ma’adan Bakery instead. It is the only Jewish bakery in the whole of Zurich.
Schimmelstrasse 1, 8003 Zurich
Äss-Bar
A croissant for 50 centimes? No problem! Äss-Bar now has eleven branches in Switzerland, but the original store opened in the heart of Niederdorf. It’s the place to buy baked goods that are left on the shelves when local bakeries and confectioners close for the day – at bargain prices.
Stüssihofstatt 6, 8001 Zurich
Caredda
The Konditorei Confiserie at Josefstrasse 119 is named after Paolo Caredda. He has brought the Neapolitan art of baking to Zurich, and with it la dolce vita. Twenty years ago, no-one even knew how to make a cappuccino. It was Paolo Caredda who introduced it to the people of Zurich in his own special cups.
Josefstrasse 119, 8005 Zurich
