Potomac Bakery

I like to stop here in the morning on my way to the trolley. The iced sugar cookies are so good! I also like the donuts and thumbprints.

Cream Puffs for my B!@ch%^
Parking is a stress elevator when stopping here. WOOP WHOOP traffic traffic looking for my chap stick. Good Luck Good Lord, Please find a side parking lot on the interweb and walk. I love string on my Cannoli Box.

I think their cakes taste amazing, and I could live off their smooth, creamy icing. They also have great hours so if you need to pick up something early, you can get in and out quickly.

I have rediscovered this Bakery visiting it once a week for the past 2 months now. I have switch from the Starbucks pastry with runs over $ 3 to their most delicious bearclaw probably the best I’ve ever had for a dollar in possibly some change also you can skip Panera because the wheat bread sold by the Potomac Bakery is soft and delicious is much more delicious than even Panera it’s time to drop the chain addiction and support this Bakery. Not to mention the donuts and donut holes yum yum yum. Get there early to get the best selection and don’t forget to get a bag of donuts yesterday’s donuts for an unbelievable cheap price like 2 or $ 3 a dozen.

Potomac Bakery has been on my «To Try» list for many years, and I stopped in while in Dormont this past weekend. I ordered a Vanilla cupcake with vanilla icing ($.70) and a mini heart-​shaped glazed doughnut ($.40?). Clearly, the prices were great, and the baked goods tasted amazing as well. The glazed doughnut was perfect, and the Vanilla cupcake was just the right amount of sweet. Another highlight was the crazy inexpensive day-​old bread! I wished I hadn’t bought a fresh loaf the day before because there were a ton of options with unbeatable prices.
This is a great bakery and worth a stop.

This bakery is. How do you say. The bomb!.. They have the best variety of cookies, donuts, pastries, and cakes I have encountered. I have ordered a cupcake cake for my sons baptism, that was absolutely amazing, and a couple other cakes that were very very good.
My favorite thing there is a chocolate delight. Its made with chocolate cake, topped high with buttercream, then covered in chocolate ganache! Absolutely mouth watering!
I also had a chance to try the apple dumpling. They might as well call it mount dumpling! The idea of it is like a Dutch apple pie. However, the crust is like any other delicious crust, but inside is something I’ve never seen! It’s a cored whole apple filled with cinnamon and brown sugar glaze! It was by far one of the best apple deserts I’ve had in quite some time!
The lady lock is very good as well. And the raisin stick is also very good. It a mix between a glazed donuts and raisin bread. The cherry stuffed cooky and raspberry heart were very tasty as well, both made from a sugar cookie like dough and then the cherry and raspberry glaze.
Best bakery around! Thumbs up! Pictures to follow!

Apparently, Potomac Bakery doesn’t read their reviews… the cutout cookies are still over baked and way too dark. If they weren’t over baked, they would be the same perfect cookies they used to be but alas… nope. $ 7+ is ridiculous for burnt cookies. There, I’ve said it again. On the upside, the young girl that handled my transaction was a sweetheart – a great improvement over the one there the last time I visited. I guess I’ll wait another year and a half to see if things improved. This used to be a bi-​monthly stop for me… at least!

I’ve stopped by a total of 4 times to this bakery while attending to business in the area. I usually opt for their brownie bites– moist pieces of brownie with chocolate frosting at 0.50/piece to get some quarters for the street parking meter.
I’ve tried their cupcakes and donuts, but nothing stood out to me. Their donuts are usually discounted by the end of the day.
Service is a hit-​or-​miss. They do accept CC.

Like frozen cake? How about horrible customer service? If so Potomac is the horrible place for your next event…
Long time customer and disappointed to say will not buy from them again. Bought a specialty cake for pick-​up over the weekend for my 3yr. old son’s birthday. Went to cut the cake for the birthday party and it was frozen in the middle. I called to let them know and they told me they would have a manager call me on Monday and there was nothing they could do for me that day since they didn’t have any other cakes unfrozen. Not the end of the world I thought and we would just have to eat the cake the next day. Then about 15 minutes later received a phone call back from Potomac telling me I had to return the uneaten portions of the cake and get a partial refund– I was floored. They messed up here not having my cake ready yet I had to return the cake for a PARTIAL refund for what wasn’t eaten??? Absolutely horrible way to treat a customer when they were the ones in error. I explained that I disagreed with this policy and they should be making an effort to correct the situation of sending me a cake that wasn’t ready, they explained that this was their policy and were not willing to work with me.
I expected a call Monday from management apologizing for their staff handling the situation incorrectly but never was called. Apparently they feel that frozen cakes are acceptable for events. Sad part is that I have always loved their cakes and pastries but based on their views towards their customers will NOT be going back.
Thanks for the disappointment to me and my son!

It’s unfortunate when you really try to like a place and it just let’s you down. This place is on my way to work and I’m a sucker for cheap sweets so naturally I’m supposed to love this place. Now I’ve gotten a few good thing from here but more bad than good. For a while I was stopping there every so often before work for some sweet pick me ups. The older lady’s are pretty crappy with you if your aren’t purchasing in bulk (for parties) like your a waste of valuable time. Time spent doing what? I ask becAuse 90% ok what I’d get tasted old, stale and left out. So for a longgg time I boycotted this place after the last time I went nothing was good and the lady was terribly rude. Today tired of the same old song and dance of places to grub by work I remember I had some bruggers bagels cream cheese at work. But low behold I was bagleless. So I decided it’s a bagel, how bad could they mess it up? The answer, so bad! Definitely a day or two old. If it isn’t I’m shocked because it falls apart as I’m cutting it and tastes like old bread. It’s all cheap but that’s not reason to be terrible. All in all. Shoulda stuck to my guns and left it boycotted. I’m gracing them tl with 2 stars because the younger lady’s that work there are nice and their pumpernickel breads are pretty darn good. Only once was it under par.

This is definitely my go to bakery! Their cakes always look beautiful and taste wonderful. Staff is super friendly and make ordering easy. Plus my daughter always loves stopping in for their cookies. It always hard to pick because everything is so good!
Thanks Potomac Bakery :)

Honestly I wish I could give them more stars!!! Purchased a birthday cake for my daughters party. It was exactly what I had asked for and soooo delicious. I must admit I am a big birthday cake fan, I love it and I love this cake. Everyone at the party wanted to know where the cake was from.

I used to live in Germany and have been looking for a place like this since my return. It’s been nearly a decade, but i found it. There are even cobblestones just around the corner.
Have only been once since moving here – grabbed a couple donuts and brat rolls this morning (all fantastic, by the way) – and I see this becoming a staple of my morning routine. I imagine their wares as incentive to getting my little boy out the door in a timely fashion. He’s going to love it.
Now, if only I could convince them to make a killer cappuccino and set some café tables out front… I’m sure I’d never leave.

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A Dormont treasure! We love their cookies and pastries, going there for goodies is a time honored special treat.

Their baked goods are simple and DELICIOUS. The taste speaks for itself, no frills necessary. Potomac is the best bakery in the South Hills.
Lifelong regular here and I will always be!

We were having a Gender Naming Party for our first baby and we were excited to share this moment with friends and family. When we went to pick up our cake we were extremely disappointed in the way the staff handled our order. The mother to be on picking up the cake found out the gender of the baby! Without her husband! This was supposed to be a surprise at the party but it was on the receipt. How terrible! They knew when we placed the order that this was supposed to be a secret. When confronted with their error they were dismissive, condescending, and there was no effort to compensate her for her pain in finding out the gender at the bakery. We have done wedding cakes here, and many special events over the years. Never again! Potomac Bakery you should be ashamed.

Ok, SOOOO I feel the need to try these places ! Please let me know if you agree ?
I just made a stop here on my way to work this morning as my first Donut challange.
These guy’s KNOW how to make a big man SMILE !
What A NICE selection, great people, Excellent yummie donuts.
All I can say to Potomac Bakery so far is WOW !
I intend to try the other Bakery’s on CBS’s list, and I’ll keep ya updated.

If you love your sister as much as I do, you’ll get her a German Chocolate Cake for her birthday from Potomac Bakery.
Its chocolate buttercream icing was richer than finding out that your jerk of a co-​worker has just been fired, the cake itself was so moist it glistened in the light, and the candied crumbled nuts that surrounded the cake accentuated it beautifully like a sort of granola, combining with the crisp, creamy coconut filling to create a texture that was at once plush and crackling. ‘Twas the zenith of German Chocolate Cakes.
Happy Birthday, sis.

I stopped in after breakfast at The Dor-​Stop to see what they had to offer. Potomac has yummy pastries at a good price. That’s pretty much all I can say. They have a wide variety of goodies to choose from, something to make everyone happy I’m sure. It seemed like every time I asked, «What is that?» I wouldn’t even let the woman behind the counter finish her description before I would reply, «I’ll take one of those.» I will definitely return.