European-style Reno bakery and cafe carrying forward Josef Pasa recipes since 1980.
Josef's Vienna Bakery & Cafe works as two connected businesses: a European-style bakery and a place to sit down for breakfast or lunch. The bread used in the cafe comes from the bakery, tying the meals on one side of the room to the ovens on the other.
Keeping Josef's recipes in Reno
Vienna-born Josef Pasa founded the business in 1980. He died in 2000, but the bakery's own history says members of the team he trained continued his work. Owners Arlene and Luis Pierott told KOLO that maintaining Josef's food and identity was central to taking over the business with his widow Sonia's blessing.
That continuity appears in Austrian recipes, European baking techniques and the use of ingredients such as butter and whole eggs in the cakes. The bakery describes its products as made from scratch and continues to offer celebration cakes alongside the everyday pastry selection.
Breakfast from the bakery's kitchen
KOLO's visit documented breakfast scrambles incorporating spaetzle and French toast made with the bakery's baguette. Goulash was among the lunch dishes, showing how the cafe's German and Austrian influences extend beyond a pastry case. The current menu should be checked for the day's available dishes.
The bakery selection spans breads, cookies, pastries and desserts. Seasonal treats and custom cakes give customers reasons to return for holidays and family occasions as well as an ordinary morning. The business's website provides direct contact for discussing a cake order rather than relying on a stock supermarket design.
Josef's is at 933 West Moana Lane in Reno. The combination of a working bakery and a full cafe means a visit can be as brief as collecting baked goods or as long as a meal, with the same baking operation supplying both experiences.
Contact Josef's Vienna Bakery & Cafe
933 West Moana Lane, Reno, NV 89509
Phone: 775-825-0451
Visit the business website
Researched October 6, 2026. Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3. Independent researched listing; not an owner interview. For corrections or removal, email cody@702alliance.com.
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