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    Minerva Bakery

    4.6 (69 reviews)
    ModerateBakeries, Desserts
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    Yellow cake
    Tiffany Y.

    Minerva Bakery has operated for almost 100 years! Their menu lists desserts such as cakes, cookies, and rolls. Prices are reasonable. My family members are originally from McKeesport, and they have been buying desserts from Minerva for probably decades. They particularly love the cakes, and they often bring the cakes to family get-togethers. Recently, for a birthday party, we bought a chocolate cake and a yellow cake from Minerva. The cakes were moist and flavorful, and the icings were very sweet. The icing on the chocolate cake did fall off, but maybe we just were not careful enough with transporting the cake. A few weeks later, for a party at my house, a family member bought two more cakes--yellow and chocolate--from Minerva. The icing somehow fell off one side of the chocolate cake (that side is not shown in my photo). I enjoyed the flavor of the yellow cake, and I did not try the chocolate cake. I think that these cakes are good but not my all-time favorite.

    Cinnamon roll
    Steven H.

    This bakery is a true diamond in the rough. Their raisin bread is delicate and just the right amount of sweet. The chocolate dipped chocolate chip cookies are another favorite of ours. We recently tried their cinnamon rolls for the first time, and they lived up to the high expectations that I have for Minerva goods. It seems like you can't go wrong with anything baked here. If you're in the area, or even if you're not, this place is definitely worth a stop.

    McKeesport local bakery!
    Sherry M.

    Local bakery one of only a few left in the East area of Pittsburgh. So much better than local grocery store bakeries. I enjoy supporting local bakeries. Secret little gem in McKeesport !! Cookies,cakes and pies Oh My !! Lite and fluffy sugary delight. Almond forte cupcake !! The Delicious raspberry filled cupcake was wonderful!! Highly recommend!! Support, must try and Enjoy !!

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    Anqi H.

    We stopped by on a sat morning and this place was bustling! The street was pretty quiet, so there was plenty of street parking. They didn't have a lot of breakfast options, mostly just donuts and danishes. There were quite a few kinds of each though. I tried their cheese danish, and it was delightful. The staff was friendly and the service was prompt. Donuts and danishes aren't my favorite breakfast items, but my danish was pretty yummy.

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    The best cakes ever and huge! Old style batter while the icing is heavenly! I highly recommend

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    Love this place. The people that work there are friendly anything that I have gotten there is out of this world.

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    11 years ago

    Minerva has awesome cakes! They are cash only. Stop and pick up a delicious cake! I have been enjoying this bakery my entire life!

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    Our go-to for birthday cakes. The pepperoni rolls are great. Very comfortable atmosphere, feels like you're in grandma's kitchen.

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    They have completely inept people working for them, which caused tremendous hassle and…read moreinconvenience. Gigantic thumbs down.

    I cannot speak to any other bad review besides this: You might see reviews saying that the owner of…read morethis store is a racist.This is a lie that has been perpetrated by a demented woman on social media. The woman who is spreading this nonsense went into this 7/11 and grabbed about 25+ of the coffee creamers. When the woman got to the counter to buy her medium sized coffee, the owner told her that the amount of creamers she took for a single coffee was too many to be given away for free and that she would need to pay a couple dollars for the additional 20 or so creamers. She refused to pay for them, arguing that as a result of the creamer station indicating no explicit limit that she therefore had a right to take as many as she wanted for free. The owner then gave her an ultimatum, which was to either give back the property or that he would call the cops. She asked him to call the cops, and he did. When the police arrived at the scene, the officer asked the woman to return the creamers to the owner. Unfortunately for the owner, this woman filmed this incident, and repeatedly said "he callin the cops on me for takin' 3 creamers". In the footage, she makes sure to never purposely film the creamers, and cuts the footage at particular parts to make sure it does not show them. However, there is a split second in the video where you can see how many is in the bag, which perfectly illustrates why the owner wanted them back: she had closer to 30 than 3. I have attached that image to this review. The video is roughly a year old, but randomly enough, she has begun sharing the video again while also doxing the owner in the comment section. Her claim is that he called the cops on her for taking 3 creamers in an attempt to have her killed by police because she is black. I am a big supporter of the current reform movements, but it is obvious that she sees this moment of societal volatility and civil unrest as an opportunity to enact revenge on the owner, who did ultimately get his property back from the woman. Another reviewer mentions that the "police demand that the owner give her a refund" and that is also a lie. After the cop asks her to give the creamers back, she seems shocked and irritated, and while returning the bag of creamers to the owner also begins to demand that the owner give her a refund for the $3.14 that she spent inside the store, part of which was for a partially consumed coffee. Without hesitation the owner says yes and refunds her entire purchase. The police officer says nothing relating to the refund.The owner unilaterally gave her money back for an item (the coffee)that he most certainly did not have to refund. I don't normally go out of my way to do this kind of thing, but I feel obligated to do what I can. It's a bad time for many, especially African Americans, but no one should be accused of racism falsely, particularly when violence is becoming more and more widespread. Ironically, this woman (whose name I kindly omitted from this review) is doing exactly what she accuses the owner of having done to her.

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