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Anton Grunner built the building in 1910 and operated it as a
bakery until 1930 when he sold it to Anton Herold who operated
the bakery until his son's death in 1957. The bakery was then
leased to the following: Fink's Bakery, Wholfarth's Bakery,
Albert's Bakery until Jack Dolan purchased it in 1961 and
started Party Cake Shop. |
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Jack became interested in baking in 1951 when he worked as a
clean up boy at Kribel's Bakery. He worked there during high
school as well as doing some home baking and selling of baked
foods door to door. Baking became his passion. He graduated high
school in 1956 and received a scholarship to the American
institute of Baking in Chicago. After graduating he
was offered employment in other cities but his dream
was to own a bakery in Pittsburgh. In 1961 he purchased the
bakery from Albert's Bakery and began his ownership of the
bakery. In 1965 the building was purchased from Anton Herold and
additions were added to bring the bakery kitchen up from the
basement to street level. With the help of family and especially
his brother George Dolan, the business began to grow. Jack
operated the Bakery until 2002 when he turned it over to his
brother George. Jack retired from baking in 2007. |
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| On April 17, 2007, a second Party Cake
Shop bakery opened in Mt. Lebanon, PA on Beverly Road. After
seven years of owning Party Cake Shop, George sold the business
to his cousin, Scott Smith and his wife Nancy Smith in late June
of 2009. George continues to work at Party Cake Shop several
days a week utiliizing his special decorating skills.
Scott originally was employed by Party Cake back in the late
70's. He left Party Cake in 1981 and worked for 24 years as the
production manager of the Breadworks on the Northside. He
returned to Party Cake in 2005 and has been the chief baker at
Party Cake since then. Scott received his baking training under
Jack Dolan in the late 70's along with 24 years of baking
experience from the Breadworks. Scott trained at the Dunwoody
Institute in Minnesota and received a diploma in Baking
Technology from The EFBA Baking Academy in d'Aurillac, France.
Scott and George are continuing the long tradition of creating
delicious cakes, breads, cookies, donuts and pastries that
you've come to expect. Both bakeries specialize in wedding
cakes, decorated cakes for all occasions, specialty cakes like
our famous Burnt Almond torte, fresh pastries and holiday
items. We have been a Brookline institution for over 49 years
and hope to be a presence in Mt. Lebanon for a long time to
come. |
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