Many of the old German bakeries have disappeared in the Milwaukee area, but in the greatest American tradition, the ovens are not cold for long. People in Milwaukee love their bread, cakes and cookies. The locals know where to find the best wedding cakes and cupcakes, but the newcomers to this area may like to consult our list of the best kept secret locations of the best bakeries in Milwaukee.

The venerable Peter Sciortino's Bakery is very often voted the best bakery in Milwaukee. This bakery is an instituion and much beloved by the people in Milwaukee.

Others that vie for the title each year are: Bella Bakery, Canfora, Despine's, Lope Bakery, Roma's Italian Bakery, Sabrosuras and Ya Ya's Cookies.

Did you know that: Scortino's is on the Milwaukee Food Tour? The tour makes ten stops at places like Peter Sciortino's Bakery, Wisconsin Cheese Mart, Usinger's and Mader's. Visitoris can sample a signature dish. For example, Sciortino's dishes up delicious mini cannoli. Little fact: the tour detours down Knapp Street, because the guests love to take snapshots in front of the row houses there that recall the house where television's "Laverne & Shirley" fictiously lived.