A twisted chocolate swirl bun on a white plate (stock photo)

Bakery · Manville, Somerset County

Manville Pastry Shoppe

A family bakery in Manville since 1966, still run by the Karpinski family on the original machines, baking sourdough rye, babka, Danish, doughnuts, pies and cakes.

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Vince Karpinski, known to the family as Ojciec, Polish for father, opened the Manville Pastry Shoppe in 1966, and his family still runs it with his recipes and the same machines. The case holds doughnuts and crullers, Danish and fruit buns made with local fruit in season, apple fritters and bear claws. Breads include French bread, sourdough rye and hard rolls daily, with challah, babka and Irish soda bread to order or in season. Fruit, pumpkin and coconut custard pies, cheesecakes and layer cakes rotate through the week.

What’s here

Made here
Sourdough rye and French bread · Challah, babka and Irish soda bread, to order or in season · Doughnuts and crullers · Danish, fruit buns, crumb buns and apple fritters · Pies: apple, peach, cherry, blueberry, pumpkin and coconut custard · Cheesecakes and layer cakes · Fruit cookies and linzer tarts · Custom and wedding cakes

This season

Year-round bakery. Sunday specials include long johns, crullers and cinnamon swirls.

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