Boasting five generations of baking tradition, this award-winning bakery offers everything from bread to gourmet pastries. The goods are baked fresh daily on-premises with natural ingredients and no additives or preservatives. Long, windowed pastry cases display a wide range of the day's available goodies, including cakes, pies, cheesecakes, French pastries, cookies, biscotti, danish, muffins, assorted breads and rolls, cannoli, brownies and more. Wedding and special occasion cakes are their specialties. Holidays are especially festive at Apple Annie's, and they celebrate them all. Whether you want a heart-shaped Valentine's Day cake, spicy pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving or Challah bread at Rosh Hashanah, call the bakery for their holiday specials throughout the year.

Some of the best breads in Wilmington can be found at Great Harvest. Their breads and pastries are baked fresh daily from high-protein whole wheat flour they mill themselves. Selections vary with the season, but they make around 15 breads daily and nearly 35 each week, in addition to muffins, scones, cinnamon rolls, cookies and seasonal pies. Stop by for a seasonal baking schedule that lists daily offerings. Christmas gift baskets of assorted breads are extremely popular and available from Thanksgiving to Christmas. These are great ideas for out-of-town gift-giving and are shipped from Great Harvest via UPS. At Easter, try the whimsical Honey Bunnies, a loaf of honey wheat bread made into a bunny shape. It's a delicious and fun addition to your Easter dinner menu. Limited seating is available if you'd like to enjoy coffee and a treat while making your selections. Firmly believing in the traditions of "the village bakery," Great Harvest contributes to the community in generous donations to area churches, non-profit organizations and local shelters. Great Harvest is open Monday from 6 AM until 6 PM and Tuesday through Saturday 6 AM until 7 PM.

One of the area's premier restaurants, wholesalers and retail bakeries, Sweet and Savory is located off of Eastwood Road before the drawbridge to Wrightsville Beach. This local hot spot is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week. The newly renovated and expanded restaurant offers a casual but beautiful dining experience. Diners can choose to sit inside or outside on the new patio/covered deck overlooking the beautiful garden and fountain while listening to live music every night of the week. Dining in the cafe (seating is situated within the bakery) provides a unique experience as you can watch an authentic bakery in action. It comes as no surprise that the lunch menu includes sandwiches on a large variety of homemade breads and the dinner menu includes warm dinner rolls. Sweet & Savory offers daily board specials at lunch that include fresh fish sandwiches, quiches, soups (chilled soups are offered in summer), entree salads, burgers, melts and much, much more. The breakfast menu is extensive with specialty sandwiches, omelets and other early morning delights. Vegetarian sandwiches and healthy, low-fat or low-carb selections are included on the breakfast, lunch and dinner menus. The dinner menu offers a wide selection of delectable entrees from the land or the sea. Shrimp and grits, prime rib, pot roast and the seafood medley are some local favorites. Don’t forget to leave room for the mouth-watering desserts that were rolled out of the bakery ovens that morning. Additionally, the nightly dinner and drink specials cannot be beat. Catering is available for any size party. Starting the day at 7 AM every day except Sunday (when it opens at 8 AM), this spot is always open until at least 9 PM Sunday through Thursday and at least 10 PM Friday and Saturday. But if the party's rollin' who knows how late they'll be open?

Absolutely delicious croissant, cinnamon rolls, filled croissants, muffins, brownies, cookies, cupcakes, dessert bars, pies, cakes and coffee — oh my! Freshly baked custom cakes are available for all occasions, from a fun and funky birthday cake to a positively stunning wedding cake.