How do you define most popular? One way would be to see what gets posted most frequently to Instagram, and that’s exactly what Refinery29 did, working with Instagram to determine America’s 20 most popular bakeries. But, we might also ask, how do you define bakery? Because the “bakery” that was anointed the most popular in America has never baked a single thing in its 153 year history! Cafe du Monde‘s New Orleans beignets take a hot oil bath before a heavy powder with confectioner’s sugar. Eh, big deal, they want to call Cafe du Monde America’s most popular bakery, it’s alright by us.

Cafe du Monde's beignets win the award for greatest quantity of powdered sugar.

Cafe du Monde fries their beignets. Do you have to bake to be a bakery?

14 of the 20 bakeries can be found in New York or California, which surely overstates their bakery significance somewhat, but not totally. America’s coastal cities really do boast more than their fair share of world-class bakeries. Maybe they’ve also got more than their fair share of Instagram users. Anyway, check here to see the full list, with photos.