Kretchmar’s Bakery

Their petit fours and cannoli are good, but I recently bought a yellow quarter sheet cake with butter cream icing for a party. It was really, really bad– almost inedible.

I’ve been coming here my entire life (30+ years) and it’s the best bakery in Beaver County, hands down. I love their buttercream and cake – never dry and always delicious. Some of their baked goods are hit or miss, pastry fillings and decorations are standard bakery fare, nothing that sets them apart. I recommend their almond torte if you’re this far north. Their prices are extremely reasonable. We live in Pittsburgh, which has an abundance of great – and even better – bakeries, that are more expensive for lesser quality. I don’t drive back to BC just for Kretchmar’s given the lovely bakery nearby, but if I’m back this way and need a pastry, this is my go to place!

First they ran out of coffee then when I tried to purchase it they informed me it was a $ 10.00 minimum to use a card. Either get a new card servicer or post a sign so people don’t waste their time.

Before you come at me with torches — the baked goods are excellent. They are delicious, scrumptious and possibly the best in the tri-​state area. My first birthday cake was from Kretchmar’s and I drove 8 hours round trip to make sure my daughter’s first birthday cake was made here. I have a Kretchmar’s magnet on my refrigerator. I admit, I even have a Kretchmar’s Cat’s Meow on my table.
The prices are GREAT and everything is made with care. Its consistently excellent.
So why not 5 stars? Maybe I’m just getting older and grumpier, maybe am I notice things more or maybe the stars were not in proper alignment. But, the last few visits, the employees seemed exceptionally short and impersonal. Almost as if moving from one case to another was a burden. Little eye contact, no facial expression and monotone replies.
Will I go back… of course. These are the pastries of the Gods. But this time I will just lifelessly state what I want in a robotic fashion with no expectation of the same warmth that goes into the finished product.

I have loved Kretchmar’s for a while now, but my family order a birthday cake for me, and despite being told the correct way to spell my name, they misspelled it. If a company expects to keep its customers, I would think they would have the utmost attention to details as such. Needless to say, I am extremely dissastified with the service of this bakery.

Tried just about everything they offer and it might as well be from a grocery store. Nothing special and way over priced. Costco makes better cookies.

I can always count on nothing but the best from kretchmar’s. It can be cakes or cookies to the outstanding tortes they offer. A must to try. You will definitely go back.

They did an AMAZING job with a custom cake for a 70^th birthday party for my dad… We asked for a forest/​hunting scene with trees, river with fish and bears and it turned out way better than we’d imagined!!! All for a super reasonable price! Love this place!

Fabulous bakery! Stopped finally, for the first time today (I know what the heck were we waiting for?!). Small but quaint, great little place right on the main Street in Beaver. Friendly, helpful staff. And the prices, holy cow, so cheap and worth every penny of the $ 7.50 we spent. They are practically giving the stuff away. I got the gigantic chocolate chunk cookie. It was the perfect combo of crunchy and chewy. And boat loads of chocolate but not overly so (if that makes any sense?). I got an iced cookie as well. Best one I have ever had! It was fresh and sweet and so good! I got the brownie and it was iced just right with the perfect number of nuts inside. The hubby got a cinnamon stick and nut claw raving about both. I have to say I have been missing out! They do it right here! That’s for sure! What a wonderful gem! We will certainly visit again. It was worth the drive!

Great old fashion bakery with something for everyone. Large selection of pastries, cookies and more. Reminds me of favorite bakeries from my childhood. Great service and prices are right! Everything I tasted was very fresh and made just right.

My initial impression was Great customer service and their Danishes are very very good. Their strawberry cheese cup was delicious and their cupcakes though cheap icing is one of the most moist cakes ive ever tasted.
I went back again and just didn’t think everything was great. Good, yes. Great, no. Solid 4

i cannot look at this place when i drive by its really good and prices are medium — expensive. its more of a high end bakery in an affluent area so prices are higher than pittsburgh.

This is an amazing old-​school bakery with a small display area in the front and a huge baking area in the back. I’ll admit I’ve been coming here since my Junior High years began in 1977. It has stood the test of time and continues to satisfy. Highly recommended. Enjoy!

I have never found a bakery where EVERYTHING is absolutely amazing. From cookies to cake to bread nothing is ever mediocre.
In fact we have all our party cakes from Kretchmars and our family cant stop raving.
There is just no place else to go.

Absurdly good. My dad works in the South Hills, and after bringing a Kretchmar’s cake to work for a friend, the boss actually started ordering there for every b-​day in the office!

Seriously the best baked goods I’ve ever had! I grew up on their decorated sugar cookies and their cakes are amazing. Also, the staff is super friendly which is always a plus.

Had my first significant experience with Kretchmar’s Bakery a couple weeks ago when my over-​the-​top mother ordered 5 cakes for my bridal shower.
My 2 cents on what was ordered:
* Red Velvet Cake: One of my 2 favorite kinds of cake in general, and Kretchmar’s version of red velvet was nice and dense. If I had to be critical, I’d say the icing could have been more cream cheese-​y for my taste.
* Carrot Cake Torte: My other favorite kind of cake. Dense and gluttonous, Kretchmar’s carrot cake did me very proud. This cake was my favorite of the 5.
* Peanut Butter Torte: This torte seemed to be the most loved by my shower guests. I, on the other hand, wasn’t crazy about it, though I think all the desserts I tried before I had this one may have ruined my peanut butter torte experience.
* Chocolate Mousse Torte: Probably my least favorite, but, in this torte’s defense, I’m not big on mousse at all.
* Raspberry Almond Torte: Loved this one, which was a pleasant surprise. My fiancé and I agreed that the really sugary icing was to die for.
I should note that apparently Kretchmar’s typically doesn’t decorate their tortes, but they made a very appreciated exception for my mom. The employees were also extremely nice when we picked up the cakes and insisted on helping us carry the desserts to my mom’s vehicle parked on the street out front.
Photos uploaded for your salivating pleasure!
There’s a reason President Obama stopped at Kretchmar’s during his recent trip to town.

Kretchmar’s is great! Everything is delicious, and I can never get enough of the adorable pinafores! Especially for the holidays! :-)

Great bakery. Seems to have a cult following. The cakes are some of the best I have ever had. Just stopped by for some pastries — Claws are wonderful, doughnuts and cookies. Was at a party and wedding the last couple of weeks and the cookies were from K’s of course. The cakes are so good and not dry like some grocery stores and the icing is just perfect.
Definite worth stopping in and take something home or to work.

Jesus, this place has quite a cult!
All I had to do was mention that I had never been here before.
A hush fell over the capacity crowd.
«Kid, you are in for a treat. This is the best bakery around,» an elder said to me.
I thought I was being prepared for a blood sacrifice. Employees and customers alike fell all over themselves to deliver my soul unto Kretchmar’s.
Facts are facts though, and fact is, Kretchmar’s is pretty hunky-​dory as far as bakeries go.
Let’s see, what all did I walk out of there with…
4 Red Velvet Cake Donuts-​These came complete with a cream cheese icing that made the donut. The cake donut itself was crunchy on the outside. I don’t prefer cake donuts, but these were solidly appetizing, and they were half-​off!
3 Chocolate Drop Cookies-​Not bad, not bad. They were teeny-​tiny little bites of chocodelight.
1 Gourmet Chocolate Chunk Cookie-​One mega-​cookie was more than enough for me and Kay to split. It was a very good cookie, but wasn’t as soft and gooey as I like. Personal preferences aside, this was monstrous and more than pleasing to the sweet tooth.
1 Gourmet Chocolate Madness– Likely the most fearsome looking cookie I’ve ever beheld. If the Raiders or Norwegian black metalists Dimmu Borgir endorsed a cookie, it would be this chocolate beast. It is studded with walnuts, making all the scarier. Hell, I had impressions in my fingers from the thing. Taste-​wise, it was about as good as the Chocolate Chunk. Kay couldn’t finish her half.
2 Brownies-​These looked like they could have been served in a Beverly Hills boutique being that they were so ornate. Each brownie had some sort of chocolate candy stuck to the top of it, as if a designer put her own brand on it. They were pretty good ‘n fudgy ‘n all but were a little small.
2 Chocolate Petitfours-I’m not the biggest petitfour fan, but these made me a believer. Rich icing, moist cake… oh yesss…
1 Napoleon-​I split this with Kay also. Normally I do not go nutters o’er these. They are good, but the ones I have had before were just a little difficult to eat, that puff pastry being indestructible to any utensil other than a steak knife. You can pick them up and just chomp into them, but then the filling shoots out from all sides. This results in disaster. Kretchmar’s version uses some rectangular puff pastry with whipped cream and chocolate sauce inside.
The trick is to just take it apart and eat each half like many do Oreo cookies. The whipped cream was amazing and cloud-​like. The choco sauce almost tasted like a ganache.
I have been told that you can’t judge a bakery until you try their cakes, which I may do at some point, but based on what I partook in, Kretchmar’s is worthy of their hype.
Hey, they beat any of Pittsburgh’s Dozen satellites like they stole somethin’.