Cafe Chocolade
 
Best vegetarian restaurantRestaurant Guru 2020
Best interior
2020
Cafe Chocolade
Restaurant Guru
Best interior
Cafe Chocolade Restaurant Guru
2021


Thank you for visiting Café Chocolade!
We hope you will enjoy taking a look at our website.

We are a dedicated gluten free bakery & plant based friendly Bakery, Café/sit down restaurant.
We make all of our items in small batches & everything is made from scratch.

 We have a wide array of European pastries & we roast our own coffee.

If you need a wedding cake or just something special, we offer special occasion cakes & pastries also.

 Please take a look at our lunch special page as our menu changes weekly.

 If you need a private party at our business or catered at your home
we can make a perfect menu just for you.

 We also offer gluten free lunch items, pastas, pizza crust & the best gluten free breads you will find
​& of course the best gourmet cakes & other sweets in the Burgh.



Triblive
​Top 5 best pierogis in Pittsburgh
2025

Lux LifeMagazine
Best Gluten Free in Western Pennsylvania
2025
 

The best dedicated gluten-free restaurant in and around the Pittsburgh area
by marquis who’s who out of ny
2024

Nextdoor
Best Restaurant in Oakdale
2024
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Lux LifeMagazine
Best Gluten Free Bakery in Southwest Pennsylvania 
2024
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The strip magazine 
one of the top twenty restaurants outside of the city
​2024

Lux LifeMagazine
Best Gluten Free Bakery in Southwest Pennsylvania 
2023
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Top five in the West and South of Pittsburgh
By Triblive 2023
All around Restaurant
 
Top five in the West and South of Pittsburgh
By Triblive 2023
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Top five in the West and South of Pittsburgh
By Triblive 2023
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Top five in the West and South of Pittsburgh
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Candy
 
Top five in the West and South of Pittsburgh
By Triblive 2023
Catering
 
Top five in the West and South of Pittsburgh
By Triblive 2023
Local Coffee Shop
 
Top five in the West and South of Pittsburgh
By Triblive 2023
Mexican Food
 
Top five in the West and South of Pittsburgh
By Triblive 2023
Outdoor Dinning
 
Top five in the West and South of Pittsburgh
By Triblive 2023
Sushi
 
Top five in the West and South of Pittsburgh
By Triblive 2023
Takeout
 
Top five in the West and South of Pittsburgh
By Triblive 2023
Pizza
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best cafe in Robinson township 
restaurant guru 2023

Best breakfast snacks 
nextdoor 2023

Best Coffee Shop
Nextdoor 2023

Best Dessert Shop
​Nextdoor 2023

Top 5 best Bakeries in Pittsburgh 
Pittsburgh City Paper 2023

Top 5 best Dessert Menu in Pittsburgh 
Pittsburgh City Paper 2023

Top 5 best Gluten Free in Pittsburgh 
Pittsburgh City Paper 2023
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3rd. All Around best  Restaurants in South and West Pittsburgh 
Triblive 2022

Top 5 Bakery in South and West Pittsburgh 
Triblive 2022
 
2nd. Best pizza in south and west Pittsburgh 
triblive 2022

2nd. Best take-out in south and west Pittsburgh 
trublive 2022 

Top 5 Burger in South and West Pittsburgh 
Triblive 2022

2nd. Best Candies in South and West Pittsburgh 
Triblive 2022

2nd. Best Coffee Shop in South and West Pittsburgh 
Triblive 2022

Top 5 Mexican Food in South and West Pittsburgh 
Triblive 2022

Top  5 Sushi in South and West Pittsburgh 
​Triblive 2022

2nd. Best outdoor dinning in south and west Pittsburgh
triblive 2022

Top Ten  Best Chefs in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh City Paper 2022

Top Ten Best Burger in Pittsburgh 
Pittsburgh City Paper 2022

Top Ten Best Fries in Pittsburgh 
Pittsburgh City Paper 2022

Top Ten Best Coffee in Pittsburgh 
Pittsburgh City Paper 2022Top Ten Best Bakery in Pittsburgh 
​Pittsburgh City Paper 2022

top ten farmer’s market vendor in Pittsburgh 
​Pittsburgh city paper 2022 

Top 5 Vegan restaurants in Pittsburgh 
Pittsburgh Magazine 2022
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One of the top 10 best gluten-free, plant Based café/restaurants in the USA
By lux magazine 2021

Top Ten Best Chefs in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh City Paper 2021
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Best Vegetarian Restaurant 2020
West Side
By TribLive 

LUX GLOBAL HOSPITALITY AWARDS 2020
BEST GLUTEN FREE AND VEGAN BAKERY
IN THE USA!

​LUX Global Hospitality Awards 2019
Best Gluten Free Dessert Bakery 
in the USA!


James R. Kaufmann
CEPC CCE
(Certified Executive Pastry Chef, Certified Culinary Educator, certified gluten free)
 
I started my Kitchen experience in Sonora California in 1981. I worked in two hotels in the Sonora area as well went to a two year Hospitality Management program. In '84 I moved to Lausanne Switzerland to learn French. I then moved to France to go to the Cordon Blue in Paris. I finished the Culinary & Pastry program. While I was in Paris I did my apprenticeship at Hotel Lutetia & Chez Fouchon. I moved back to California in '86 & work as a chef in a hotel in Sonora then later that year I moved to Napa Valley & over the next 4 years I worked as Pastry Chef in a couple of locations in Napa Valley (Domain Chandon  & Auberge du Soleil). I later moved to the Santa Cruz area then to Carmel. All locations I worked as Pastry Chef . In 1994 I moved to Hungary & worked as Pastry Chef for a large company in Budapest. In '99 I moved to Portugal & worked as a Pastry Chef for a large Hotel in Moncarapacho.
​I moved to Pittsburgh in '99 & worked at a local Culinary School as a Pastry Chef Instructor for 10 years. In my 40 + years of travels I have gone to school & worked or taught in USA, France, Switzerland, Germany, Portugal, Canada & Hungary. I have won a number of culinary medals & awards some of which are best bakery in Budapest 4 years running for Café Mozart. Best Bakery in Budapest by the Mayor of Budapest, Café Mozart. I have made the birthday cakes for the President & Parliament members in Hungary. I have done lecture demo's at the New York city Chocolate Show. I've made birthday cakes for a US President. I have also won a number of ACF culinary competition medals & one of the top 13 bakeries in Pittsburgh for 2011 (Best Bakery Party) as well the Best Gluten Free Friendly (Best Restaurant Party, one of Pittsburgh's top 50 restaurants) also one of the best of the Burgh (Best of the Burgh Party) 2012, by Pittsburgh Magazine as well the Savor Pittsburgh Party also one of the top 10 best cupcakes in Pittsburgh 2012 (WPXI), as well one of Pittsburgh's top Gluten Free by Find Me Gluten Free 2012, also from www.gfreek.com, 2012 we have won in Pittsburgh The Best Gluten Free Restaurant and Bakery, best kept secret Pittsburgh Magazine 2013, Top 50 Restaurants, Pittsburgh Magazine 2013, Best of the Burgh 2013 by Pittsburgh Magazine in two categories Best Carry out and Little bites, best restaurants 2014, third place in gluten free bites, by Pittsburgh magazine, people taste choice, by let them eat cake and Best of the Burgh Carry Outs by Pittsburgh Magazine and Best Worth the Drive and second best gluten free in Pittsburgh by Pittsburgh Magazine 2015, WTAE channel 4 Pittsburgh Dec. 2016, KDKA 2017. I have even taught classes in Pittsburgh's Craft Beer School, and the list keeps growing.
 
Aniko Kaufmann Medical Esthetician, Nail Technician

I was born in Cegled, Hungary. In Hungary I completed an esthetician school after that a nail technician school from 1993 to 1995. In '95 October I opened my own spa in Szentendre & also got married. In '96 I went to a medical esthetician school. At the end of '98 we moved to Portugal, then in '99 to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I worked at two different spas & I’m very proud, because I learn a lot from the spa owners. But my dream was to always have my own spa. In 2006 September I found a location in Oakdale, Pennsylvania.  2007 February we transferred into a full-service spa.
Aniko's Hungarian Skin Care and Spa. http://www.anikosspa.net/
2007 December we purchased the building to expand.  
2010 November we opened Cafe Chocolade - European Bakery.
2012 we were the Best of the Burgh, Best Day Spa in Pittsburgh. 2013 Best Day Spa & Best hair Salon by Pittsburgh Magazine, newly Best Day Spa in Pittsburgh 2015 by Pittsburgh Magazine.