GAIL's Bakery Summertown

Head up to Summertown on a Saturday morning and you'll find the pavement outside GAIL's already lined with people clutching their phones. It's not Instagram theatre—the food genuinely warrants the wait. You're getting naturally leavened bread that's been properly fermented, croissants with actual lamination, and cakes that don't taste like they've been sitting under a heat lamp. The space itself feels unfussy: stripped-back interiors, a counter where you can watch them work, and the kind of casual efficiency that comes from doing one thing well. There's a reason locals bypass the chain bakeries and queue here instead.