Stop by the family-run bakery for their famous Bavarian Creme Doughnuts, and their over-sized Oatmeal Raisin cookies, which are customer favorites. Kretchmar’s Bakery has been a part of Beaver since 1960, serving tortes, cookies, doughnuts, pies, fruit-filled Danishes and celebratory cakes. Sanchioli Brothers Bakery(4731 Juniper Street) Kretchmar’s Bakery At the bakery, you’ll find ciabatta bread, hoagie buns, round rolls – and some of the absolute best Italian bread that you’ll ever have, all coming from their hearth oven. (Arthi Subramaniam wrote a fabulous feature on the bakery for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette last year, which we can’t recommend enough). Everything at the bakery is done by hand at the family business, and the generations-old dough recipe contains nothing but the basics – flour, salt, yeast and water. In business for more than 95 years (we’re sensing a theme here), Sanchioli Bakery is Bloomfield’s go-to place for fresh-baked bread. Potomac Bakery(1419 Potomac Avenue) Sanchioli Brothers Bakeryīloomfield Photo: Sanchioli Brothers Bakery Don’t miss the day-old selection, which are sold for $1. Lebanon) also serves pies, breads, cheesecakes, cookies and assorted pastries, but they’re mostly known for their celebratory cakes, and their moist, delicious cupcakes (yellow with chocolate icing are a personal favorite, by the way). The bakery (which also has a second location in Mt. Grandview Bakery(225 Shiloh Street) Potomac Bakeryĭormont’s Potomac Bakery is celebrating 90 years in the bakery business… and they must have learned something in the better part of a century, because their cakes cannot. Plus, the bakeshop features a party room for cake-decorating events, and they sell baking products, from hard-to-find molds to icings, sugars and sprinkles for decorating. The bakery also contains a sweet shop, with homemade, hand-dipped chocolate candies, including chocolate-covered pretzels, peanut clusters, and chocolate caramel pretzel drumsticks. Grandview Bakery opened its doors in 2011, and serves a wide-range of products, like breads, cookies, muffins, doughnuts and cakes. In addition to bread products, the shop also sells cookies (try their Chocolate Rye), seasonal pies and sticky buns.įive Points Artisan Bakeshop (6520 Wilkins Avenue) Grandview BakeryĬonsider this your one-stop shop for all your baking needs. And, that means that all of the products sold at the bakeshop have been made the day you take it home – how’s that for fresh? Five Points also makes it a point to use high-quality eggs and butter, and local produce whenever they can. Each of Five Points’ breads are started 20 or more hours before they’re baked, giving them more flavor and a better shelf life. At Five Points Artisan Bakeshop in Squirrel Hill, you’ll find fresh-baked baguettes, croissants, whole loaves, and more. If you’re looking for some of the best bread in the city, you’ve come to the right place. Squirrel Hill Photo: Five Points Artisan Bakeshop Oakmont Bakery(1 Sweet Street, Oakmont) Five Points Artisan Bakeshop In the last year, the bakery moved locations to a much bigger facility just down the road, where they’re offering their doughnuts, cookies, cupcakes, cake, pies, pastries… and so much more. This bakery in Oakmont is so popular, we’ve even tracked when all of their special treats come out throughout the year. Spinola’s Bake Shop(3845 Old William Penn Hwy, Murraysville) Oakmont Bakery They also have adorably-decorated cookies, fruit tarts, apple dumplings, and French macarons. Everything from Stacey Spinola’s kitchen is made-from-scratch, from their decadent cupcakes (with flavors like Red Velvet, S’mores, and Cocoa Salted Caramel), to their seasonal sweet breads, like Pumpkin Bread and Lemon Blueberry Bread. Much-loved Spinola’s Bakery has been a Murraysville staple since opening in 2011. Late last year, the popular bakery opened a second location in North Strabane.īethel Bakery(5200 Brightwood Rd. They’re well-known for their intricate, one-of-a-kind wedding cakes, and their seasonal desserts, including their Nut Rolls (available around the holidays), and their famous New Year’s Pretzels. Since 1955, Bethel Bakery has been serving pretty much every sweet dessert you could ever want, from doughnuts and cupcakes to cookies and cheesecakes. Did we miss your favorite? Share in our comments! Bethel Bakery Though this list is far from complete, (and some are solely bread-focused), we’ve rounded up 18 of our favorite small bakeries in Pittsburgh. These small, family-owned spots have cult-like followings, thanks to their decadent desserts and home-baked goodness. Cookies, cupcakes, and croissants… oh, my! Pittsburgh has tons of amazing neighborhood bakeries, some of which have been serving the city for more than 90 years (we’re looking at you, Potomac Bakery).
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