Jean-Marc Chatellier's French Bakery

04/06/2026

A little bakery humor for the back to work Monday morning blues.
PS. It was one of Jean-Marc’s favorite pastries.

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03/25/2026

“All’s well that ends well” - WS

02/28/2026

02/28/2026

Well that’s a wrap. Now Jean-Marc and I feel discombobulated and we will spend a day or two reorienting ourselves in space and time. There isn’t a word in English or French to describe how much we felt your love these last couple days.
Here is a Birds Eye view of the line courtesy Brian Wolovich of New Sun Rising. I’ll never forget when Brian strolled in after the 2004 flood and said “I’m thinking this town needs a library and I want to start one “. And that he did. Along with his brother Scott they have done so much for Millvale.
It all starts with a vision. Be true to your vision. If anyone has photos to share we’d be glad, and I think others would be glad, if you’d share them in the comments.
Peace

02/28/2026

6 pastry maximum today

It’s a bit dark to catch this but the side for voucher people (those who waited over two hours yesterday and got nothing)is on the side where the Eiffel Tower and fake flowers are.
All others please form line on other side. (It will go back to where Pamela’s diner (Lincoln pharmacy ) is.
Voucher people know they need to get here early

Jean-Marc said “I still don’t know how this is going to work “. Let’s show him our Pittsburgh “”can do” spirit!
ESPRITS DE CORPS!

Thank you

02/27/2026

THE SHORT VERSION
IMPORTANT
most likely if you come tomorrow you will wait a long time and not get anything

LONG VERSION:
IMPORTANT!
Croissants, Danish, Kouign Amann and Palmier are the ONLY pastries we will have tomorrow Saturday 2/28.

NEXT IMPORTANT THING
When we ran out after 10:30 today there was still a long line of people who had waited over 2 hours. One person said “why don’t you do a voucher thing”. So we collaborated as a group and I gave people a number and our gold label on a sheet of paper. They will show up and understand they need to be here by 8 but we will wait on those people before anyone else. And they know the limit is 6 (at first we said 12 but then had to change it to 6 when we realized the number we’d have available wouldn’t meet that)

WHO IS TO BLAME?
Well we already blamed each other, and it’s still a toss up on that one.
Honestly, I think it may have been John Shumway and KDKA, who contributed to the last minute surge with his coverage. But this attests to how many people follow Mr Shumway. And we really do appreciate the time and attention he gave us. Also Tribune Review
And WPXI added to the coverage and we also thank them.
But the problem is:
We have only so many racks, so many ovens and hours to bake off all Jean-Marc made. In fact he kept worrying about what we would do with “all the leftovers” !!

I hope you guys can get the word out. I will update on Facebook our status as we are getting thru the voucher thing.

I hope this doesn’t become a cabbage patch doll situation.
(1983. Just kidding)

02/26/2026

Coffee guy!

02/26/2026

Another Pittsburgh media legend, John Shumway, came to talk with us Thursday morning. Once when John was standing in line on a busy Saturday morning, Jean-Marc pointed to him and said “You. Go away. You bring floods”. Stunned for a moment, for once not knowing what to say, customers staring at him, his 13 year old daughter stepped in and said “I’m not with him”. He said they still talk about that funny moment to this day. The flood John “brought” (covered) was in 2004 when Jean-Marc threw a cardboard sign on the window that said “mud pies for sale”. That flood was a doozy. But it was a good excuse for us to throw away the bread cutting machine and advise people to just use a serrated knife. Jean-Marc said it floated down to Allegheny River. Which actually could have been true as we witnessed furniture and dumpsters floating down North Avenue. Thank you John for all you’ve done for us and Pittsburgh.

02/25/2026

Countless visitors have told us they were inspired to make the trek to Millvale after watching Rick Sebak’s video.
We will have the Palmiers discussed in the video when we open
Friday 2/27 8-5
Saturday 2/28. 8-2

Jean-Marc Chatellier has a world-class French bakery in the small town of Millvale, just outside the official city limits of Pittsburgh. It's a bakery that e...

02/25/2026

It was an epic day, 22 years ago, when David Byrne of Talking Heads strolled in looking for a special treat for his birthday. He had just finished up a tour of the Maxo Vanko murals in St Nicholas church. He generously waited while Katie turned off the mixer, ran to her apartment over Attic Records, and retrieved a CD for him to sign. The birthday cake he refers to is the Breton Shortbread. He said he was born in Scotland and his mother made it for him each birthday. The Breton Shortbread is similar to a Scottish shortbread because Brittany France was Celtic before becoming part of France.

We will have Breton shortbread this weekend
Friday 2/27 8-5
Saturday 2/28. 8-2.