Dough Mama is a Clintonville cafe and bakery built around scratch-made pies, pastries, and comforting breakfast and lunch fare. Classically trained pastry chef Perrie Wilkof began the business in her home kitchen in 2014, baking for Columbus restaurants until it grew into the cafe and bakery that opened in 2015. Its seasonal menu emphasizes local farmers and artisans while making room for dietary diversity and an explicitly inclusive community space.
Lisa's Sweet Stop, LLCStarted as a cottage-food business in 2010, Lisa’s Sweet Stop is a family-owned bakery now operating a brick-and-mortar shop in its hometown, with Lisa Huck and Shanna Huck Clement at the helm. The Beverly bakery is known for gourmet cupcakes, fresh-made pies and specialty cakes, while its Cupcake Truck brings changing weekly flavors to communities around the Ohio Valley. Shanna, a self-taught cake artist, works with customers to turn celebration ideas into custom cakes.BEVERLY, OH
Kittie's CakesKittie’s Cakes is a Columbus bakery and café built around nostalgic American baking with a fearless, rotating take on familiar flavors. Its German Village flagship makes everything from scratch each day, supplying the company’s cafés and custom celebrations throughout the area.BEXLEY, OH
Pies Galore & MoreOpened by Donna Alexander in 2012 as a tribute to her mother, Jean Groff, Pies Galore & More is a Mount Joy bakery making more than 65 varieties of handmade pies and other baked goods from scratch. Alexander built it as a nostalgic community gathering place, while also supplying restaurants, stores, caterers and special events with made-to-order treats. Local fruit and other ingredients are used when available, adding a distinctly Lancaster County touch to its old-fashioned baking.MANHEIM, PA
Athens Bread CompanyFounded in Athens, Ohio, in 2014, Athens Bread Company is a bakery where Pastry Chef Carly Willison and Dane Waller handcraft breads and pastries using traditional techniques. Carly, who previously worked at the bakery, now leads its baking with recipes shaped by years of experimentation and ingredients sourced as locally as possible. The bakery also donates extra loaves and pastries each week to United Campus Ministry and works with nearby farms and food businesses.ATHENS, OH