Drop your cynical pose and eat a cupcake. Lots of people are skeptical about the cupcake trend and its (of course) late arrival in the 'Burgh.
This is place is (1) much, much better than New York's Magnolia and (2) one of the best cakes readily available in Pittsburgh. (3) Because it's a cupcake, you pay for and get a portion for one. Smart.
This place is especially good if you like your cake "dry" as I do. So much better than so many other cake options on Murray Ave.
Has no one mentioned that Dozen has vegan cupcakes? Well, they do. Or, more my style, they also have a support-local-dairy-farmers cupcake now.
Update: And, um, regarding the blind taste test run by the Post-Gazette? That the newspaper found a number of Pittsburghers who prefer the taste of Giant Eagle's chemical rich "bakery" concoctions to Dozen's good buttercream frosting surprises me, sadly, not at all. To each his own.