Jan 26, 2023

Best Baked Goods in the ‘Burgh

Show Notes

If you’re planning to get something sweet for Valentine’s Day, need to load up the cookie table at your Pittsburgh wedding, or just want to know where to get the flakiest croissants in the city, the City Cast team has you covered. We're rounding up some of the best treats we've tried from local bakeries that cater to everyone.

Our recommendations in this episode:

Jean-Marc Chatellier's French Bakery in Millvale

Five Points Artisan Bakeshop in Squirrel Hill

Enrico Biscotti Co. in the Strip District

Nancy B’s Bakery in West Homestead

Bethel Bakery in Bethel Park

Allegro Hearth Bakery in Squirrel Hill

350 Bakery on the South Side

The Butterwood Bake Consortium in Lawrenceville

La Gourmandine Bakery in Lawrenceville, Mt. Lebanon, Hazelwood and Downtown

Prantl’s Bakery in Shadyside, Squirrel Hill and on the North Side

Madeline Bakery & Bistro in Wilkinsburg

Paddy Cake Bakery in Bloomfield

Country Pie Shoppe in Mount Pleasant and Donegal

Driftwood Oven in Lawrenceville

Pink Box Bakery in Squirrel Hill

Piebird in Lawrenceville

Giant Eagle sheet cakes

Eat’n Park pies

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