Liguria Bakery
Focaccia and nothing else, cash only, from seven in the morning until it runs out. Rosemary is the one people queue for.
Why go
Will Kamensky's whole case for the Stockton Street corner, written for the Infatuation in April 2018, fits in two sentences: Liguria is a small bakery that only sells focaccia. But that's all it needs to sell, because the focaccia is incredibly good.
2 San Francisco carries it on the Legacy Business Registry, and the city's own North Beach walking route tells you how to use it: Bring cash and get in line for their wildly popular focaccia topped with rosemary, garlic, onions, mushrooms, or tomatoes. Hours are from 7 a.m. to noon, but they sell out quickly.
1 The strongest vote comes from up the street, where Mario's Bohemian Cigar Store Cafe builds its oven-baked sandwiches on focaccia from this bakery.
Order this / avoid
- Order: rosemary, if you are only getting one.
- Order: the pizza style. Kamensky calls it
a messy but delicious 'pizza' option with red sauce and green onions.
2 - Order: the raisin, which sits at the odd end of a list that also runs to jalapeno cheese.2
- Avoid: a lunchtime plan. The bake is finite and the counter shuts when it goes.
What locals & experts say
- sf.gov, on its standing: Liguria is one of the North Beach businesses the city's Legacy Business walking route starts with, which is a record of standing rather than a judgment on the bread.1
- The Infatuation SF (Will Kamensky, 12 April 2018): on planning around it, the bakery
is only open Tuesday-Saturday, and closes at 2pm (but can sell out of some varieties before that), so plan to make this a morning stop.
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Good to know
- Hours, and the disagreement: the city page read on 21 August 2026 says 7am to noon. The 2018 review says the door closes at 2pm. Either way the bread runs out first, so go early.
- Days: Tuesday to Saturday, per the 2018 review.
- Paying: cash.
- Getting there: Stockton at Filbert, on the Washington Square corner.
Verdict
should-visit — One product, sold from seven in the morning until it runs out, for cash, on the corner of Washington Square. The Infatuation put it plainly in 2018: the bakery only sells focaccia, and that is all it needs to sell. San Francisco carries it on the Legacy Business Registry, and Mario's up the street builds its sandwiches on bread baked here, which is a working kitchen backing the product with money. It stays below must-visit because no critic has published a verdict on the baking itself in eight years.