Hear me out on this. I’m not roaming city bathrooms with a critical nose — I can’t even pinpoint the finer notes of the average air freshener. But when your HVAC system is positioned so the exhaust from the bakery blows straight into your adjacent bathrooms, people are going to notice. The toilets at Wedgewood-Houston’s wonderful Dozen Bakery tease with an all-natural aroma of fresh breads and pastries that has you leaving the loo with a larger appetite than before. MATT FOX

More Best of Nashville wins: Dozen Bakery also took Best Bakery in the Readers' Poll in 2026, 2025, 2023 and 2022.