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Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh
Contemporary Craft, at 5645 Butler Street in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood, fosters the use of traditional craft materials such as ceramic, fiber, glass, metal and wood to make art. The organization operates galleries, working studios with workshops, and educational programs.
Best for Craft exhibitions and workshops
Pittsburgh / United States
Klavon's Ice Cream Parlor occupies a restored 1923 apothecary and soda fountain in Pittsburgh's Strip District, with original marble counters and a candy counter still stocked with penny candy. The Hanchar family has run the shop since 2013 and now makes its own ice cream after completing Penn State's ice cream-making course.
Best for Ice Cream, Candy, Soda Fountain
Strip District, Pittsburgh
love, Pittsburgh is a women-owned gift shop featuring over 100 local small businesses, with locations at 805 Liberty Ave downtown, 1728 Penn Ave in the Strip District, and 301 Shiloh Street in Mount Washington. The shop carries apparel, home goods, stationery and collectibles from Pittsburgh-area makers.
Best for Gifts from local pittsburgh makers
Pittsburgh / United States
MJ Eclectic on Butler Street in Pittsburgh specialises in handmade jewellery and in goods made locally.
Best for Handmade jewellery and vintage finds
Pittsburgh / United States
Pennsylvania Macaroni Company, known locally as Penn Mac, is a Pittsburgh Strip District institution selling imported Italian pasta, cheese, deli meats, and olive oil from its Penn Avenue storefront. The shop offers curbside pickup and ships its Italian imports and gift boxes through an online store.
Best for Italian Food, Deli, Specialty Food, Cheese
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Glass Center, at 5472 Penn Avenue, showcases work by emerging and established glass artists in its shop, including a Penn/Fairmount tableware line made using traditional Venetian techniques by glass artist Jason Forck. The center includes a Hot Shop for glassblowing, a Kiln Shop for fused glass and a Flame Shop for torch work.
Best for Handblown glass tableware and glass classes
Pittsburgh / United States
Prantl's Bakery is home to the burnt almond torte, created by baker Henry Prantl in 1970 and later called "The Greatest Cake America Has Ever Made" by HuffPost. The Pittsburgh bakery now runs five area locations selling tortes, pastries and custom cakes, with nationwide shipping through its online store.
Best for Burnt almond torte, invented at this bakery in 1970
Prantl's Bakery traces to Pittsburgh's Shadyside neighborhood, where accounts of its exact founding vary — some sources credit Henry and Joyce Prantl opening the shop in 1967, others Jane and Larry Prantl in 1968 — but its Walnut Street building has housed a working bakery in continuous operation for more than a century.
The bakery's signature burnt almond torte dates to 1970, when baker Henry Prantl developed it after the Almond Board of California encouraged bakers at a trade conference to find new uses for almonds during a market surplus. The torte caught on locally and then nationally; HuffPost named it "The Greatest Cake America Has Ever Made" in 2014, and it remains the bakery's best-known item decades later.
Prantl's now operates five Pittsburgh-area locations — Shadyside, Northside, Bellevue, Greensburg and inside the Omni William Penn hotel — selling more than 100 bakery items alongside the torte, including custom and wedding cakes. The bakery ships its baked goods nationwide and also delivers locally through DoorDash and Uber Eats.
Pittsburgh / United States
The Robert Wholey Company has sold fresh seafood and meat from its Pittsburgh Strip District market since 1912, with in-store hours seven days a week and curbside shopping. Wholey's also ships seafood, beef, and specialty meats like rabbit and alligator nationwide through its online store.
Best for Seafood, Meat Market, Specialty Food
Pittsburgh / United States
Wigle Whiskey distills organic whiskey, gin, and other spirits at its Pittsburgh Strip District distillery on Smallman Street, with a second retail location at Ross Park Mall. The distillery sells bottles directly on-site and ships nationwide through its online shop.
Best for Distillery, Spirits, Whiskey
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