Pastries.

2 rankings across the South Bay, built from 12 scored dishes. Pick the exact pastry you want — each ranking compares only that dish.

Best Bagels 9 dishes ranked A single bagel sold by the piece: boiled then baked, with a shiny crust and a chewy middle.

#1 Bagel City Bagels · Downtown San Jose 9.0 Medium confidence
Best Donuts 3 dishes ranked Fried or baked dough treats — yeast-raised glazed, old-fashioned cake, filled (cream/jelly), fritters, twists, crullers, maple bars, apple fritters, cronut-adjacent only when the named local crown is that specific shape. Rank the named donut at a shop, not the bakery as a whole.

#1 Glazed Doughnut Stan's Donut Shop · Santa Clara (Homestead Rd) 8.4 Limited data