Opened by Susan O’Keefe in Croton-on-Hudson in 2010, Baked by Susan is an old-fashioned bakery making scratch baked goods fresh each day. Susan’s Italian and Hungarian family baking traditions still shape the shop, where she works alongside her parents, husband, and three sons and keeps some of her original family recipes in rotation. The bakery is also known for its handmade empanadas, developed from her Chilean mother-in-law’s tradition, and its long run of Best of Westchester awards.
Best of Westchester Winner
White Plains Bake ShoppeFor nearly three decades, White Plains Bake Shoppe has baked pastries, breads, and custom cakes from scratch each day at its Mamaroneck Avenue neighborhood bakery. Now owned by Alissa and Francis Roldan, the family-run shop carries forward the recipes and early-morning baking tradition of its French artisan founder and longtime owner Lee. Alissa brings 35 years of professional baking experience, while the bakery’s certified Kosher kitchen serves both everyday customers and Westchester celebrations.WHITE PLAINS, NY
Kretchmar's BakerySince Henry Kretchmar Sr. purchased a Beaver bakery in 1960, Kretchmar’s Bakery has built its name on scratch-made baked goods and carefully decorated cakes. Now in its third generation of family ownership, the bakery remains known for its specialty tortes—especially the Toasted Almond Torte—while blending long-standing recipes with new ideas under Lincoln Kretchmar. Its roots reach back to Henry Sr.’s first bakery work in West Virginia in 1925, giving this Beaver County shop nearly a century of family baking history.BEAVER, PA
Mancini's BakerySince Italian immigrant James Mancini began baking in 1926, Mancini’s Bakery has made Pittsburgh bread, including its trademark hand-twisted Signature Twist. Still family-owned and operated, the McKees Rocks bakery uses many of the same old-world techniques while baking around the clock and producing more than 10,000 loaves a day with a team of 48 Pittsburghers. The bakery also runs a retail shop in the Strip District and supplies local retailers and restaurants.MC KEES ROCKS, PA
Resch's BakerySince Wilhelm Resch and his uncle opened their first Columbus bakery in 1912, Resch’s Bakery has made from-scratch cakes, donuts and other baked goods for the community. The family tradition now spans six generations of Resch bakers, with custom wedding and celebration cakes remaining a central specialty. The bakery continues to use time-tested recipes and bake, frost and decorate each cake one at a time.COLUMBUS, OH