Mancini’s Bread Company

Mancini bread is really delicious. You can find it everywhere in Pittsburgh. This was the first time I ever stepped foot in the actual store though. Preface: it is a polar vortex (whatever the hell that means) in the area/​country right now. When I walked into mancini’s, the door was propped wide open. I planned to enjoy my food there because I didn’t want to carry my hot meal on the bus all the way back to Oakland, where I was headed. But the door was propped open during the polar vortex. I am hoping they just burned something and were airing the place out. Otherwise that is pretty much the fastest way to effectively kick customers out of your store!
I got a roast beef a cheese puff pastry type thing. I thought it was a sandwich. I ordered it with horseradish sauce. It was quite tasty but very heavy on the bread, and not so much what I was expecting. I probably would not eat one of those again. Maybe I will stop in sometime for a breakfast sandwich. I was expecting a deli sandwich, I guess. My fault for the confusion.
That being said, the woman working the counter was very pleasant. I stopped in earlier that morning to glance at the menu to see if I wanted lunch there. She remembered me from the morning and said she was happy I came back. So that was nice!
I would probably stop here for just bread to take home. I’ll have to remember.

Mancini’s has incredible bread! I’ve previously purchased their bread at Giant Eagle, but this was my first time to visit Mancini’s actual store. When serving the knotted bread rolls that evening to friends, I kept getting asked, «Where is this bread from?!»
I visited the store around 2pm on a Wednesday afternoon and purchased the last two bags of rolls. I also noticed that a lot of other breads were sold out. Make sure to go to Mancini’s before noon if you want to purchase a particular item! Though nice that they are successful enough to sell out, I do find it annoying that they are open until mid/​late afternoon but may only have a few different bread options on hand after noon.
I love their products but was not impressed with the person who helped me. She asked me multiple times what I was ordering and became frustrated at me when she misunderstood what I said. Very unprofessional! Hopefully she is not indicative of their entire staff.