Wallins Bageri & Konditori — Specialty Store in SoFo, Stockholm

Wallins Bageri & Konditori is an independent bakery and konditori on Ringvägen in SoFo, the kind of old-fashioned Swedish coffee shop you find set back from the flow rather than on the main drag. What you notice first is the counter itself: bread and pastries laid out the traditional way, with a small cafe attached.

The chocolate pie is the reason to come. It is the sweet that stays with you, dense and rich enough that one slice is a full stop rather than a warm-up. Order the brewed coffee with it, and if you want something savoury, the sandwiches are made properly rather than as an afterthought. A cappuccino here is also worth your time if you came mainly for the coffee.

The room works like an old konditori: you order at the counter, and the brewed coffee is self-service, which is not obvious when you walk in. Seating indoors is cramped, so in summer the tables along the sidewalk are the better place to sit with a coffee and a bun in the sun. Expect a small extra charge if you take oat milk.

Prices sit on the higher side for a neighbourhood bakery, and lunch in particular adds up. The pastries are the better-value end of the counter, and the weekday 7 am opening makes an early stop easy before the day gets going.

Come for the chocolate pie, the bread and the sidewalk tables.