Best Bakeries in Pittsburgh
From cakes and pies to cookies and tortes - Pittsburgh's best bakeries have it all.
With so many delicious baked goods available in Pittsburgh, it’s hard to choose which bakery to visit. Good thing that no matter which you choose, you will find a great bakery with delectable goodies that everyone will love. Here are a few of our favorites.
Prantl’s Bakery
A Pittsburgh bakery staple for over fifty years, Prantl’s Bakery has locations in both Downtown and Shadyside. While they are known for their award-winning Burnt Almond Torte, you can’t go wrong with anything from this bakery. From custom cakes to delightful thumbprint cookies everything here is delicious.
Bethel Bakery
Another bakery loved by the community for over fifty years, Bethel Bakery is located just ten miles south of Downtown Pittsburgh in the South Hills. The bakery is famous for their heavenly buttercream icing. They use this icing to create some of the best custom cakes in the city. From weddings and birthdays to retirements, they can make a special cake for any occasion. And don't forget about cookies - in true Pittsburgh sports fan style, they even sell a Terrible Towel cookie!
La Gourmandine
With locations in Lawrenceville, Mt. Lebanon, Hazelwood, and Downtown Pittsburgh, this bakery brings French cuisine to the steel city. Both owners were raised in France and wanted to bring their baked goods to the city of Pittsburgh. In addition to a wide array of sweet treats, La Gourmandine also offers coffee, tea, and a few savory products for a quick lunchtime bite.
Oakmont Bakery
Located in the city’s Oakmont neighborhood this established bakery offers a variety of treats including a assortment of chocolate dipped delights. In addition they make a variety of gluten free dishes and custom cakes. Plus they also have a café to satisfy both your sweet and savory needs. Note that this bakery recently expanded and changed locations. It can now be found at One Sweet Street in Oakmont and is open from Monday-Saturday 6am-7pm and Sundays 6am-3pm.
Grandview Bakery
Located atop of Mt. Washington, Grandview Bakery offers immaculate views of the city in addition to its array of sweet treats. Just a few steps from the overlook and the Monongahela incline, it's easy to get to and great to add as a stop on your sightseeing adventure. Offerings include fine pastries, custom cakes, and delectable chocolates. It also offers baking supplies and a party room available for rent.
Panadería Jazmin
Mt. Lebanon is home to Panadería Jazmin, an authentic Mexican bakery specializing in freshly made, traditional favorites. Start with a concha, which consists of a sweet bread topped with a sweet, crunchy topping available in a rainbow of color options. Other mouth-watering menu offerings include pay de queso (cheesy sweet muffins), bigote (sugar-coated sweet bread), barquillo (chocolate-covered sweet bread stuffed with Bavarian creme) and more specialties.
My Sweet Lilly
Bring your pet to this boutique bakery in the heart of the Strip District, where your furry friend is going to have just as many delectable options as yourself! Cookies, cakes, pies, pastries and more pack every square foot of this cute stop, but my favorites I always come back to are their thumbprints, macarons and the "To-die-for" (yeah, it's that tasty). Make sure to grab a pup-sicle and nice cream cones for your furbabies!
Five Points Artisan Bakeshop
When you go to Five Points in Squirrel Hill, you're going to need double of whatever bread you leave with. Why? Because it's so fresh good, you're certain to eat one loaf on the way home. Expect European style breads made slowly and packed with lots of love, plus seasonal danishes, croissants, tarts, bostock (Sat & Sun only) and even vegan cookies!
Colangelo's
Coming from an Italian background, I'm picky about my cannoli. But no one in the city is doing it like Colangelo's in the Strip District. Authentic smells of cannoli (trust me, go for the pistachio), ladylocks, sfogliatelle (filled pastries) and mele (puff pastry turnovers) waft out onto the sidewalks and cap off a nice day of shopping this neighborhood. The pizza here is delicious, too, but I recommend their just-like-home beans & greens dishes and torta rustica for some of the best tastes of our city.
Allegro Bakery
No shortcuts here! At Allegro in Squirrel Hill, they take their baking seriously, using traditional techniques and 100% plant-based ingredients to make every bread and pastry on their menu from scratch. Snag vegan dinner rolls, focaccias, sourdough (made with their own starter) and rye then leave with a unique dessert like their hamantaschen (triangle-shaped filled pastries) or rugelach (filled crescent rolls).
Dana's Bakery
If you know, you know. This Homewood hidden gem has one of the best pastry displays in the city, with some of the best donuts you'll find anywhere along with a rotating assortment of fresh pies, oatmeal raisin cookies, cakes and more all at a low price point. Get the full dozen.
Jean-Marc Chatellier's French Bakery
No, a boulangerie isn't a place where ghosts shop for underwear (pardon the dad joke); it's French for bakery! Jean-Marc's in Millvale brings incredible French flavors to the city by way of showstopping macarons available in 10 fantastic flavors, but that's just the beginning. Pile a bag full of buttery croissants, traditional kougin amann (butter cake), palmiers, shortbreads and more. Trust us, you'll be back for more many times to sample it all.
