Allegro Hearth Bakery

Quick announcement that we will be CLOSED TOMORROW, Tuesday 9/7, so that all of our staff can have Labor Day off today. - Remember this one? Roasted poblano, tomato, and eggplant sourdough by the slice making an appearance this week. - Safe holiday to everyone. See ya later this week ... #vegan #plantbased #veganbaking #sourdough #naturallyfermented #squirrelhill #pittsburgh

Bad news good people; we will be closed this Sunday. We need an extra day off to take care of some overdue housekeeping and get ready for next week’s challah orders. We also wanted to let you know that we are on track for a new oven installation at the beginning of October. Taking apart our old oven and building a new one in its place is a two-week affair, so we just wanted to give you a heads up. - One last thing get your challah orders in NOW! Follow the link in our bio to our advance ordering page. We will have holiday challahs available next Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Brioche morning bun made with our butter, marmalade, and lemon glaze. Topped with chopped pistachio. Already sold out today. - Come find us at @pittsburghvegfest tomorrow. We'll have these and a bunch of other sweet treats, along with a seitan sauerkraut sandwich. #vegan #veganbaking #brioche #morningbun #marmalade #pistachio

SEITAN MELT SPECIAL IS ON. This is something we've been planning to get on the menu for a while. We'll also be slinging these next Saturday at @pittsburghvegfest. It's the @b52_pgh kabob seitan, marinated, shaved & roasted. On sourdough, with @tinyseedfarm roasted heirloom tomatoes, our pickles, besan cheese, and shredded cabbage. We may be switching our shredded cabbage to a sauerkraut.... still undecided - Available today and throughout next week. #vegan #sourdough #seitan #seitanmelt #vegancheese #plantbased #pittsburghvegfest

As we get closer to the end of summer, we are preparing for some of our front of house staff starting back up their university coursework. We are in need of some help, especially on the weekends. Morning and afternoon shifts available. We are closed in the evening. If interested, please shoot us an email at [email protected].

Palestinian bakers have been baking Ka’ek al Quds (Jerusalem Bread) for centuries. While some would call this a Jersulem Bagel, it’s not boiled, nor is it made with barley malt syrup. And of course, it’s not from Poland either; it’s an Arabic bread. But according to at least one Jerusalem baker, these were brought over with the Turks (Simit bread) during the Ottoman rule of Palestine, which began around 500 years ago. - We had been thinking about making a sesame bre...ad again at Allegro since we discontinued our honey sesame loaf. A few days ago, Nick @wildsciencebread and I put our heads together and came up with this recipe. We are saving our sourdough discard, which while not much, added up to 4-5 bags of flour (200-250lb) a year. Like traditional Jerusalem Bread, it’s enriched with some milk, sweetener, and oil (we used oatmilk, agave, and olive oil), but it contains no baking soda or instant yeast and instead is entirely naturally leavened and fermented overnight. The traditional recipe is all-purpose flour, but here we used bread flour along with a good amount of spelt flour and whole wheat flour. This is our second attempt, so stop by and let us know what you think as we figure this one out.So far we're digging it. #jerusalembread #sourdough #spelt #sesame #palestinian #jerusalem

Weekend sandwich special! - Cashew cheese, roasted and sumac dressed golden and red beets, fresh mint, zaatar, cucumber, red onion, mixed greens from @tinyseedfarm - This is the ideal summer sandwich... fresh, tangy, sweet. It's delicious. 11$, Today through Sunday, we'll see you soon!... #vegan #veganpittsburgh #squirrelhill #roastedbeets

Rye Sourdough. Every Sunday. Seeded and seedless. Come get it - #rye #ryebread #sourdough #naturallyfermented #organicbread #pittsburgh #squirrelhill

Finally!!!! Okay, here we go. Link in bio to our website, from which you can click on Advance Ordering to access our Shopify site that is now up and running. This is where you go to place orders at least two days in advance. But if you're one of those people, go ahead and order three weeks in advance, and we'll love you even more. - Daily cut off time is noon. So if you want a dozen cinammon rolls for Sunday, you've got three hours to order them. Today only, use code LAUNCH30 to get 30% off your order. This coupon is only valid until noon today, so don't sleep. Coupon can be used for any advance order. #veganbakery #vegancroissant #veganpgh #plantbased #sourdough #pittsburgh #squirrelhill #shopify #zapiet

Open until 3! No sandwiches or salads today, but we have some of these sourdough pans that we are about to slice up. Artichoke green onion mushroom, and sumac red onion pine nut.

BABKA!!! Every Friday and Saturday we bake a few of these. In case you haven't had one yet, we make these on Wednesday and Thursday, and then ferment them for about 48 hours before baking them. The filling is chocolate coffee cardamom, which we also started using in our rugelach. The stuff is pretty magical. - On another note, though we'll be open normal hours on Sunday, July 4th, it will just be the bakery. Food menu will not be available. Have a good weekend everyone. #babka #veganbaking #vegan #plantbased #cardamom #pittsburgh #squirrelhill #veganpgh

Sorry to bring you some sad news. Today we are closing for the indefinite future. This is the first time we have done this in over 15 years and it feels really strange. We will re-open when it is safe. We know that many of you count on us for your daily bread and we're sorry that we won't be here for you during these trying times. Like many other food businesses, we've struggled the last few weeks, especially in running the retail store. It sometimes seems to have made ...sense, like when someone came in and stocked up on bread. Other times, we wondered what we were doing peddling cupcakes to the passerby in the middle of a pandemic. We promise we'll be back as soon as possible, and in the meanwhile we'll be working on some new things to bring to you when we re-open. Wishing you all a safe and healthy few weeks....or months. Take care folks. See more

Purim is fast approaching! Hamantaschen flavors this year: apricot, cherry, chocolate, poppy, and raspberry. All fillings are housemade or organic #nofakestuff #noweirdstuff We're taking orders for any day for any amount. If you've got your heart set on certain flavors/quantities, your only guarantee is with an order! Things can get a little busy here at the holidays -- help us help you and we'll all be happy Call or come in to place your order! #purim #cookieswithcorners #hamantaschen #fromscratch #poppybutter #allegrohearthbakery #marchmadness

A couple new vegan items on our everyday menu! Vegan blueberry muffins and vegan chocolate petit fours.

The last day to order pies and coffee cakes is Sunday the 24th -- that's 5 days away. Let us take care of the gluten goods for your Thanksgiving, you have enough food to make and plans to coordinate!