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Fresh loaves of sourdough and rye cooling on a wooden bakery rack
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Before sunrise at Allegheny Bread Works

How a two-person bakery in Lawrenceville sells out by ten every Saturday, and what the rest of Butler Street learned from it.

About Allegheny Bread Works · Lawrenceville

More stories

  • Tiled dome pizza oven with a log fire burning inside
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    Forty-eight hours in the making

    Why the square pies at Ember & Dough take two days before they reach the oven.

    About Ember & Dough Pizza · Shadyside

  • Auto repair shop in South Side
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    A garage that shows you the old parts

    Keystone Auto Works built its reputation on one habit: written estimates and the old parts in a box.

    About Keystone Auto Works · South Side

  • Hair salon in South Side
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    Colour that grows out gracefully

    Inside the salon where balayage appointments are booked months ahead.

    About Copper & Comb Studio · South Side

  • Plumber in Lawrenceville
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    The plumbers who answer at 3 a.m.

    A burst pipe on a January night, and the family business that picks up the phone.

    About Pipeline Plumbing & Drain · Lawrenceville

  • Roses, ranunculus and delphinium in zinc buckets outside a flower shop
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    Flowers from twenty miles away

    Bloom & Branch buys most of its summer flowers from growers within an hour of the city.

    About Bloom & Branch Florist · Lawrenceville

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