The Enrico Biscotti Company is a Pittsburgh Strip District bakery producing traditional Italian pastries, best known for its large, hand-shaped biscotti. Its products are made on site by hand using natural ingredients, and the bakery says it can produce more than 1,000 pounds of biscotti a day. The business also operates a café centered on wood-fired Neapolitan pizza and traditional Italian cucina povera.
Biscotti BrosFounded in 2003, Biscotti Bros is a western Pennsylvania bakery devoted exclusively to traditional Italian cookies, including its twice-baked biscotti. Chief baker and principal David draws on recipes and baking memories from Sacred Heart Parish, working in small batches with natural ingredients and a hands-on approach. The Greensburg bakery hand-packs cookies made without preservatives, artificial colors, GMOs or trans fats, with Kosher certifications for its biscotti and pizzelle.GREENSBURG, 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
Biscotti Cafe & Pastry ShopFounded in 1998 by CIA-trained chefs Geoff and Debbie Camire, Biscotti Café & Pastry Shop makes Italian pastries, cakes and gelato in Syracuse’s Little Italy. After its original café burned down, the couple rebuilt on North Salina Street and grew the business into a community bakery known for traditional Italian recipes, American spins on Italian classics and custom celebration cakes. Syracuse officially recognizes Biscotti Café Day each April 17.SYRACUSE, NY
Vaccaro's Italian Pastry ShopFounded in Baltimore in 1956 by Palermo-born Gioacchino “Mr. Jimmy” Vaccaro, Vaccaro’s Italian Pastry Shop makes Sicilian pastries and other Italian desserts using the Old World recipes he brought from Italy. Now led by his son Nick, the family business has grown from its original shop into a pastry operation with a production facility, cafés across Greater Baltimore, and nationwide shipping. Cannoli and rum cake remain its signature Baltimore favorites.BALTIMORE, MD