A bakery with a serious wine problem (the good kind)
Decatur · Atlanta · Bakery / Café · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed July 2, 2026
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You walk into a bakery expecting a pastry case and a latte menu. What you get instead is a 41-bottle wine list with Champagne, Jura Trousseau, Hungarian whites, and a Croatian field blend that has absolutely no business being this good. This is not a normal bakery wine list. This is a statement.
The list is organized into tight, intentional categories — Sparkling, White, Rosé/Orange, Red, and House — and every section punches above its weight class. You'll find Billecart-Salmon sitting next to a Gruet Pinot Noir sparkler, a Greek Vidiano from Douloufakis next to a Sebestyen Cserszegi Fűszeres from Hungary, and a Florian Mathieu orange wine from the Rhône that most dedicated wine bars in Atlanta don't carry. The red section leans Loire and Burgundy-adjacent — Morgon, Santenay, Jura Trousseau — with a Chilean Carignan that rounds things out without pandering. Gaps are few: if you want big Napa Cab or heavy Malbec, you're in the wrong place, and that's entirely the point.
Twenty-three by-the-glass options on a bakery menu is frankly absurd, and we mean that as a compliment. The pour list nearly mirrors the bottle list, which means you can work your way through a Pouilly Fumé, an orange wine, and a Gamay from Morgon without committing to a full bottle — perfect for a long afternoon at a café table. Glass prices run $12–$20, which is honest given what's being poured.
Anthony Thevenet Gamay 'Morgon' 2022 — $18/glass (est.)
Thevenet's Morgon is a legitimately serious Beaujolais cru — structured, dark-fruited, and built to age — and finding it by the glass at a bakery at this price range is the kind of thing that makes you want to linger for two hours. It drinks like something that should cost twice as much.
Douloufakis Vidiano 'Dafnios' 2024
Vidiano is a Cretan white grape that almost nobody outside Greece has heard of, and that's a shame. It's rich and aromatic without being heavy, with a saline, herbal character that's genuinely unlike anything else on the list. Most people will skip it because they can't pronounce it. Order it anyway.
Billecart-Salmon Champagne 'Sous Bois'
Billecart Sous Bois is a genuinely excellent Champagne, but at $195/bottle you're paying a steep restaurant premium on a wine that retails around $90–$100. It's not a rip-off per se — this is just how Champagne pricing works at restaurants — but with this many interesting bottles at lower price points, the math doesn't work in your favor here.
Loxarel Winery Cava 'Almatea Brut Nature' 2022 + Whatever pastry is fresh that morning
A Brut Nature Cava has zero dosage, meaning bone dry with bright acidity and fine bubbles — it cuts through butter and fat without overwhelming delicate flavors. It's the ideal morning or midday pour at a bakery, and at under $20/glass it's the easiest call on the menu.
🎲 The Bottom Line
B-Side at the Bakery is the best argument we've seen for what a café wine list can be when someone actually cares. If you're in Decatur, this is a mandatory stop — come for the coffee, stay for the Morgon.
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Plays It Safe
Steep
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Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Solid Range
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Small but Thoughtful
Steep
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Crowd Pleasers
Steal
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Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
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Crowd Pleasers
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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