In Alameda, the East Bay suburb on a man-made island, locals often talk about not having to leave their cozy island, unless they have to visit specific shops or restaurants. Soon, locals looking to get their fix of the top-tier pastries from Oakland’s Bake Sum, known for mixing Asian flavors and ingredients into its treats, will be able to score these without leaving town.
Bake Sum will open its second location at 1650 Park St., inside the Alameda Marketplace, on May 9. The pastry case will stock some of the bakery’s popular treats, such as milk buns filled with seasonal flavored creams, including ube and mango; jars of matcha tiramisu; and the signature okonomiyaki Danish topped with nori, bonito flakes and Kewpie mayo. (The opening date was first reported by Coyote.)
Bake Sum took over the former home of Feel Good Bakery, which closed in October after 22 years. It’s arriving as Alameda is in the middle of a bakery boom: Local farmers market vendor Night Heron Bakery, best known for its sourdough seed loaves, will be moving into the other Feel Good Bakery space, on Encinal Avenue, while Ones Café & Bakery of Castro Valley is taking over the former Coffee Cultures space, just a few blocks away from the Marketplace.
There has also been a recent bump in restaurant openings in town — such as breakfast spot Dandelion Kaffé, beer garden Park Station and Mexican restaurant Leña — which gave Tang, an Oakland resident, confidence that an Alameda location would work out. Bake Sum is also steps away from the nationally acclaimed Indonesian-Texan barbecue spot Fikscue, ranked No. 41 on the Chronicle’s 2026 list of the Top 100 restaurants in the Bay Area…