Pi Bakerie

Pi Bakerie, an artisan Greek bakery in New York's Soho

Pi Bakerie is an artisan bakery with Greek and Mediterranean inspiration located in the Soho neighborhood of Manhattan. It opened in 2014 and is the creation of Brooklyn-born Regina Katopodis, who was co-owner of the well-known Greek bakery Artopolis in Astoria. The company also maintains a second location in the FiDi (Financial District) area, according to the structure of its own website.

Its offering combines inherited traditional recipes with a contemporary approach to baking. The company states that its recipes come from different regions of Greece and southern Italy, and that it fuses those flavors with current baking techniques. The shop presents itself as a space with Mediterranean aesthetics, with copper trays turned into tabletops and shelves with olive oil bottles, Loumidis coffee, and Greek honey.

Pastries and dishes with Greek inspiration

The savory and sweet offerings include homemade preparations such as cheese pie, spinach pie (spanakopita), pastitsio, moussaka, bougatsa, diples, melomakarona, and mini chocolate baklava. For lighter options, the establishment offers traditional Greek salad and a selection of quality Greek yogurt with various toppings to choose from.

The menu published on the website organizes the dishes into several sections:

• Breakfast: chocolate croissant, ham and cheese croissant (with kasseri cheese, arugula, and Kalamata extra virgin olive oil), bougatsa —hand-rolled phyllo dough filled with pastry cream, sprinkled with cinnamon and confectioners' sugar—, traditional Greek koulouri with salmon, tomato, and lettuce, and koulouri with yogurt and cucumber.
• Lunch and dinner: Zucchini Pi (kolokithopita) with shredded zucchini, feta, kephalotiri, kasseri, eggs, and fresh Greek herbs, served with salad; Chicken Pi with chicken breast, leek, scallion, carrot, kasseri cheese, celery, and homemade phyllo, with salad; pastitsio with penne and ground beef in caramelized tomato sauce, light béchamel, and kasseri cheese, served with salad; and moussaka with baked eggplant, ground beef, and potatoes in caramelized tomato sauce with light béchamel and kasseri, also with salad.

Coffee shop

The establishment has a section for hot and cold coffees. Among the hot ones are Devocion Toro Blend, espresso, cortado, cappuccino, latte, and Greek coffee. The cold offerings include cold brew, iced latte, iced americano, iced mocha, freddo espresso, and freddo cappuccino.

Catering and events

Pi Bakerie offers catering and event services, as well as online orders through the order.online platform. The company states that it carefully selects ingredients because it considers that what goes into its recipes determines the final result.

Two locations in Manhattan

The company operates two locations in Manhattan: one in Soho and another in FiDi. The website allows switching between both locations to view the information corresponding to each one.

Location and contact

512 Broome St., Soho, New York City, NY 10013-1608 · Phone: 212-226-2701 · Email: info@pibakerie.com