I guess I have to say that these are the most amazing VEGAN sandwiches I've ever had, but honestly they're the most amazing sandwiches, PERIOD. The options are great and the ingredients are even better. Ellen is always super kind and helpful behind the counter. I'm so happy to have them nearby, but honestly, I'd cross a bridge for their food. Which is saying a lot. Also worth noting that their COVID precautions are taken seriously and I felt safe in the bakery, picking up my take-out! read more

Allegro - Kofta Melt - Bakeries Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

When I first moved to Pittsburgh Allegro Hearth Bakery used to supply the coffee shop near my Regent Square apartment with the most wonderful croissants I'd ever tasted. I would stop in for a coffee and croissant on the way to catch the bus downtown to my first post-college job, something that became a treasured ritual during a time when so much in my life had changed. As someone who now has to forgo buttery pastries of all kinds due to an allergy, I was thrilled when I learned Allegro Hearth had made the transition to a totally plant-based bakery. I finally made a long overdue visit the other day, and I can report that the croissants are every bit as tasty as I remember them being. Furthermore the cruffin and pain au chocolate are also to die for! The plant-based food scene in Pittsburgh is passionate but still rather small, and the pandemic has made it all but impossible for the few vegan bakery startups that I'm aware of to really get a foothold. Converting an existing traditional bakery to a plant-based one without sacrificing the variety and quality of breads and pastries on offer might seem like a bold choice, but in my view the bakery now meets the giant need Pittsburgh has for a true vegan bakery while continuing to serve the community as a whole. Plant-based eating (whether for ethical or health reasons) is thankfully becoming more commonplace, and Allegro Hearth Bakery is proof that incorporating this into our lives doesn't have to look or taste like an inferior version of the treats we know and love. In fact it may even be an improvement. read more

Nobody makes food with more love and magic than Omar. Go get fed. #bestbreakfastsandwichever Add the harissa read more

I'm normally not big on sweets but the chocolate rugelach was just about one of the most delicious things I've ever tasted! I love supporting this vegan bakery! read more

Hands down the BEST vegan sandwiches in all of Pittsburgh. Their Seitan Melt is definitely the best one I have ever had. Their sweets are also amazing. Make sure to get there early because they sell out of things quickly. read more

The absolute best bread you can get in the pittsburgh area. Or anywhere, as far as i'm concerned. There is nothing quite as satisfying as biting into one of their crispy baguettes or flavorful sourdoughs. I've never tried any of the sandwiches personally - The bread is the big attraction for me. The bread prices are perfectly reasonable considering the quality and amount you get. Due to the lack of perservatives and whatnot, i find that the bread lasts about 48 hours, and if i still have some after that, i feed it to the birds read more

Allegro - a long loaf of bread - Bakeries Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Ok. Before the pandemic, this was probably the best bakery for 400 miles in any direction. A truly exceptional place. It was a reason to move into the neighborhood. I was there 4+ times per week and had a standing Friday order. After the pandemic, they restructured and went vegan. If you're vegan, you'll LOVE IT. But I'm only vegetarian. I mourn for the loss of their croissants, eclairs, challah, etc. Their breads are still good. Sourdough is EXCELLENT in fact. But the new price prohibits it as a source for daily bread. Baguettes did go downhill a bit as well. Smaller. Over done a bit. It's still very high quality as a vegan bakery. But Sunflower Butter Croissants just aren't the same. read more

Honestly this place is a hidden gem in Squirrel Hill. They don't advertise it super hardcore, but they are a mostly vegan place and everything is delicious! The danishes and focaccia are my two favorites to get there, and I've heard other pastries are just as good too. Everything is decently priced and you should walk away with more than one item! read more

Allegro - Focaccia - Bakeries Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

This place is amazing--all the more so if you are vegan. Let's start with their breads. Their basic sourdough is amazing, moist and airy inside, crisp on the outside. The variants like the whole wheat and seeded breads are also fantastic--denser and chewier, but definitely not too dense. The sandwiches that they make with this sourdough bread are also incredible, though they can sometimes get a little messy. My faves are the eggplant and the hummus. Their layered focaccia is also super delicious--especially the red onion, sumac, and pine nut one. Their vegan pastries are also really yummy. I particularly like the cruffin and the chocolate croissant, but I have yet to have a bad one. read more

Oh my gosh, this place serves some of the best sandwiches, bread and pastries I have ever eaten. We often go on the weekend for the vegan sandwiches and they never disappoint. It is a small bakery that sells out of their food very quickly, so there is a need to go early. The service is speedy and friendly. The muhammara is so yummy! I just recently tried the apple galette and it was an amazing experience. It tasted to fresh and yummy. Try it and you won't regret it. I can't wait to try other pastries and see what they are like. read more

I love this Squirrel Hill gem! From bread to pastries to salads/sandwiches, everything is worth trying. Croissant - light, buttery, flaky, and a great size Cruffin- a croissant baked like a muffin rolled in cinnamon sugar. It was really tasty, crunchy in the outside and tender within Blueberry danish- tender pastry with tons of fruit filling Sourdough loaf- they offered to slice it for me, it was perfectly fermented and had a good crust and interior crumb *Make sure to come early as many pastries begin to sell out after the morning rush. read more

Nice! All the vegan things; lots of pastries, bread, sandwiches and more. Also had birthday cake from here. Friendly staff too. Parking can be touchy around here - busy area, and unfortunately it's too far for me to go for lunch - as such, I haven't tried the sandwiches - but certainly worth an occasional weekend jaunt. They've hand some challenges with hours over the last year, so double check when they're open. read more

It pains me to hate on a place, but I can't just skip over this. I didn't read any reviews and didn't look at their website. I just went in to get a loaf of rye bread, which they don't bake on Fridays. So I got a big loaf of sourdough. It's fine, $7. Very good, no better than several places nearby. While at the counter I got a piece of cornbread. Very excited because it had jalapeños and I have been craving cornbread. I took one bite and it was the worst thing I've tasted in years and possibly ever. It was that bad. There was an ingredient label on the plastic wrap and it listed oat milk and canola oil. My guess is that one of the two is at fault. I must have been preoccupied when I went in. I don't remember seeing anything about everything being vegan. But since we're on the subject, there are two vegan restaurants in town and I've never had anything less than good. I'll add one more note and then stop kicking. I've tasted some pretty bad cornbread mix disasters. None were even close to this. Just awful. Awful. read more

I've been a major Five Points fan for years, but I found myself here one rainy Sunday morning when Five Points was closed. Some highlights: - Their croissants are gigantic! Like bigger than your face gigantic. I love how they cook them so that the outside gets nice and crisp - They slice bread for you! That being said, the walnut raisin loaf that I picked out was apparently too warm to put in the slicer. That's fine because what's better than sliced bread? Warm bread straight from the oven - The staff are wonderful: when the customer before me left his credit card in the reader, the cashier ran outside in the rain to try to give it back! I think I slightly prefer the walnut raisin from Five Points, but I just might have to each a bunch more bread from Allegro to be sure ;) read more

Delicious vegan sandwiches. Everything is vegan! The mushroom melt was divine, and I liked the seitan melt as well. Definitely want to try the desserts too. I will say the energy in there on Saturday morning was very frantic, with to go orders and a big rush. read more

I'm genuinely confused that I apparently haven't reviewed this place before. I used to be a regular here, getting a loaf of sourdough every week for most of high school, and eating it for sandwiches for a while. Anyhow, the bread is still good. Standard base of sourdough in a lot of shapes, and the flavor's always full-bodied with a nice crust. Not quite as fancy as Five Points, and not as crispy or as much variety as Breadworks, but honestly a better and more consistent flavor than Le Gourmandine has had in the past five years. They also recently became vegan (sorry, "plant-based") and revamped their non-bread offerings. Their rugelach are pricey, but surprisingly excellent, and the hamantash are pretty ok. I hear they have babka once or twice a week, I ought to go back for those. read more

This place was DIVINE. I got the breakfast sandwich and my husband got the avocado sandwich. We shared a cinnamon roll (they're HUGE) and were literally in heaven the whole time we ate. Just thinking back to this, I'm drooling. 10/10 recommend!!! read more

I love bread, and this bakery does not disappoint! This was a cute little place on Squirrel Hill. My brother and I were looking for a bakery and I'm really glad we picked this place. They have a wide variety of bread which makes me wish I live nearby to invest in their bread card. We ended up choosing their one day old blueberry corn bread which were all 40%. It didn't even taste bad or hard, I liked it a lot and the price was so cheap for what it was. Unfortunately they couldn't slice the one day old bread, so we brought it back home to slice and toast the bread for breakfast the next morning. Super tasty! Highly recommend getting a loaf of bread! read more

Allegro - Blueberry Corn Bread - Bakeries Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

I would come back purely for the smells. I swear that fresh bread smell can convince me to commit crimes. We ordered an eclair and it was moist with thick chocolate cream on top. Murray Ave is filled with cute shops and stores so grabbing a quick snack or a loaf of bread on your adventure down the road is a must. I think we'll go earlier in the morning to get a round of fresh out of the oven bread. read more

Allegro - Eclair - Bakeries Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Had this amazing bakery bread & pie for Thanksgiving and I just marvel how amazing, what a treat, healthy quality ingredients, and vegan, health conscious without sacrifice on taste, I will be back read more

DO NOT ORDER ONLINE EVER TL;DR don't ever order online from allegro, their website doesn't have accurate pictures, they don't read the comments, and they obviously do not care about their customers who get the wrong product and are upset about it. I was told, in person, to get individual dinner rolls I had to order online. I ordered online 6 individual brioche dinner rolls. When I arrived I was given a pie tin filled with 6 small squished rolls that are NOT AT ALL what is on the site. When I brought this up with a person working there I was given the cold shoulder, told "yeah we don't actually see any comments you make on orders" and "sorry we don't actually make those like that anymore." I brought up the fact that the pictures on their website looks nothing like what I was given I was told "oh, sorry, I'll look into that" and when I also added that there are sesame seed buns on their site, the person looked confused and didn't seem to know that they were even available to order. This is so frustrating because i LOVE allegro. I'm gonna keep going to allegro! but good god word of warning do NOT order online!!! read more

We showed up to town and this was everything we'd hoped to find in a vegan bakery. Flaky-ass croissants, and a croissant muffin - never seen that one before. We ordered nearly one of everything, the big danishes and croissant being standouts. But hey, everything was good and we ate it all read more

Allegro is my go-to bakery for challah. Just about every Friday my son and I make a thing out of getting our challah here. Usually we split a chocolate chip cookie and then head home. Needless to say, I think this is the best place to get challah in Pittsburgh! I've tried four different places and Allegro has the best, soft, pillowy, reasonably priced, loaves. I also like that I can choose between a small loaf and more traditional larger loaf. Allegro has a stamp card that gets you a ninth loaf of bread for every eight you buy so my challah was on the house today! Today, instead of a chocolate chip cookie, we got a walnut brownie. I was really disappointed. I got back to the car and tried to break a piece off for my toddler, expecting a nice soft consistency, but it had the crunchy consistency of a crunchy cookie ALL the way through. At first I thought it might be an off spot but the whole brownie was hard and crunchy. It was either a few days old or had really dried out in the display case throughout the day. Either way, it was a disappointing experience. I don't know if that's the desired consistency of the Allegro brownie or not BUT I will probably stick to challah, chocolate chip cookies (so soft omg), and the occasional Hamantasch. read more

Allegro - Can't tell how crunchy it is from the photo, but here's a photo nonetheless. I got a video of the sound it made when biting into it lol - Bakeries Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Wasn't expecting this place to be much- it seemed like a bit of a hole in the wall and I wasn't confident in the vegan inclination of Squirrel Hill. Much to my surprise- this was the best rugelach I've had in my life (vegan or not). My mother tried it and swore, then said it was better than her grandmothers (which is high praise). The service was so nice, and when we told him how incredible we thought the baked good was, gave us another flavor for free. Every baked good was out of the park incredible (by regular standards, not just vegan). I also wasn't expecting it to be substantial meal food but it is a full and hearty menu! Perfect for breakfast, lunch, or dessert! Highly recommend! 13/10 read more

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Everything is VEGAN! I love this place, almost tried everything in there. lol. this is my go to for bread ,pastries. Everything is delicious and fresh. They also serve delicious sandwich made to order, but you have to get there before 2:30 because they close at 3. Excellent service also, if you don't want to wait you can order online. read more

Fabulous vegan sandwiches. Best bread in pgh. The cinnamon rolls are fame worthy. Great staff. Definitely order ahead online because everything is fresh and it sells out! read more

Such a delicious spot! Allegro is very quietly vegan (I think) but they don't get flashy about it and everything is super delicious just as if it were made with traditionally ingredients. The breads are great but what keeps me coming back every week are the delicious sandwiches. Every single one (tofu, avocado, etc) are a winner, and of course they are served on the delicious bread! I can't sing their praises enough read more

Allegro is a great local bakery. They have a good selection of bread with rotating specials. They also have a selection of pastry though not super extensive. They are a little on the pricey side (most loads around $5) but their bread is good and the loads are huge! They also will slice most for you. I usually freeze my loaf in sections and it still tastes great! This week I bought a loaf of pumpernickel for $4.75 and a chocolate brioche for $1.50. They also have individual rolls for less than $1 each. They also have. A shelf by the door of day old bread that is 40% off. They don't label what it is though so you have to ask. They do not slice day old bread though, be aware! Overall great local stop. read more

Allegro - Chocolate Brioche! - Bakeries Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Since Purim is approaching I wanted to see if I could get some Hamentashen. (Purim dessert which is a three cornered pastry with filling). I walked in here and sure enough they had it along with rugelach, another Jewish pastry. They looked fresh as well so I asked the lady which were the most popular. She told me poppyseed. Hamentashen has various fillings in the pastry such as apricot, blueberry, cherry but I had never tried poppyseed. The man in line behind me told me he wanted some so I knew not to buy the whole group. I bought one to eat there and more to take home.. They also carry your other traditional baked goods and I see they are known for their bread. The lady let me sample a sourdough bread with olives in it. I must say it was quite different. I started to eat my poppyseed hamentashen and it was very good. I definitely will revisit this bakery to try out their other things on a future visit. But for now I am pleased with my hamentashen and hope to get more before Purim starts near the end of this month. read more

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Go smell this bakery. It is one of the best smelling bakeries of all time. When you are done inhaling free happiness, talk to one of the awesome workers behind the counter. Generally, they're a pretty friendly group. The cupcakes with raspberry icing ($2.11 including tax) are delicious! They use real raspberries, which you can see in the icing. Now, don't quote me on this, but I BELIEVE one of the employees told me they use all natural ingredients, at least for these cupcakes. Cool! I have tried many samples of their bread and been super impressed, and I cannot walk out of her without buying one. The loaves are super reasonably priced. I love the sour dough, cinnamon twist, and Italian. They also have bread cards!!! Buy eight loaves and get one free!! What a steal! read more

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I stopped in this afternoon with some friends and picked up a chocolate petit four, since one of them recommended it. It was quite good--very moist and chocolatey, with smooth, thick chocolate icing on top and vanilla icing in the middle. My only criticism is that I thought it could be a bit more complex flavor-wise and in terms of texture. It was still very good, though, and the price was right at $2.25. Obviously, this isn't a complete review since I haven't tried any of their bread, which is what seems to be their specialty. If/when I try it, I'll write an update. read more

Allegro - Petit four - Bakeries Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

One of the best bakeries around. Delicious bread and incredible chocolate chip cookies! They also have some other grocery items here, making it very convenient! read more

Hi. I've been trying out the various Challah breads (egg bread) in Squirrel Hill and I must say I was disappointed in the Allegro one. Yes, it was fresh and yes, it was longer than the Eagle's brand, but for $8, the price was definitely not worth it. The bread was spongy and the taste was rather bland. I've tasted ones from the East End Co-op, Murry Ave. Kosher. the Eagle, Five Points and Prantl's and I must say that all of them were better made and tastier than Allegro and much less expensive. It's a shame because they seem to have so many other hearty looking breads that are well made. I think it would be better if they either reconfigure their baking recipe or not bake the Challah at all. And the $8 price means that I won't be back. Thank you. Bob read more

We came in by walking down Murray Ave, the place caught our attention. We tried some pastries so far and all of them were DELICIOUS! I highly recommend the cinnamon rolls and the cruffins, OMG! We noticed they also sell sandwiches and soups, and bread of course. They offer online pick up ordering. There is no place to seat at this time, therefore all orders are to go. The place is appropriately requesting to use masks inside, but they are so kind to offer some masks at the entrance if you forgot yours. This is my new favorite bakery! read more

Diamond in the not-so-rough. Vegan ruggelach, danishes, bread, croissants that will knock you out. I would get there early since once they're out if something they're out. My only wish is that they had a few more coffee options than cold brew in a can. But go here as soon as you can. And enjoy the drive through the ritzy local neighborhood. read more

Fantastic sandwiches! The shiitake bacon is so much better than I expected.

Vegan!!!! Everything! You would never know. What a special place... the babka YES. The pasties YES. The best chocolate chip cookies in town YES. read more

This place is probably one of my favorite parts of living in Pittsburgh. Amazing pastries, incredibly flavorful and complex vegan sandwiches, and lovely staff. Their cakes are unreal and I dream about them all week. Can't recommend enough! read more

Always loved the bread. Got the vegan kofta sandwich today which was incredible. Wish I could have this for lunch every day

Allegro has one of the best challah bread I have ever had! It is perfect for eating plain or even better turned into French toast casserole! Their beads are delicious and gray and I love their dessert selection. This past week I bought one of their canes and was very impressed. It was a chocolate on chocolate cake and was delicious and not too sweet. Consistently wonderful! read more

Allegro - Chocolate cake with chocolate frosting - Bakeries Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania