Bakery restaurants in Illinois
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Bleeding Heart Bakery
With punk-rock posters, hot-pink wallpaper, the relentless Sex Pistols soundtrack and tattooed counter staff, owners Michelle and Vinny Garcia opened the country’s first wholly organic bakery. The ‘punk rock pastries’ are the draw, but smaller treats (many of which are vegan) and lunch sandwiches are pulled off with flamboyant flair.
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Alliance Bakery
Order your macaroons, red-velvet cupcakes and other creamy-frosted goodies in the bakery, then take them to the ‘lounge’ next door (or out to the sidewalk tables) and make like a local by hanging out, reading or tap-tap-tapping on your laptop using the free wi-fi.
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Pasticceria Natalina
A bright green awning announces the little bakery of Natalie and Nick Zarzour, who achieve the most authentic Italian sweets in the city by importing the hard-to-find ingredients (including pistachios, rosewater and Sicilian sheep’s milk ricotta) from the motherland. The creations change daily, though all are made with unfailing attentiveness. The luckiest visitors pick up cassata, a Sicilian liqueur-soaked cake filled with sweet ricotta cream, and a box of old-fashioned Sicilian lemon cookies – bites of buttery, crumbly goodness.
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Floriole Cafe
The chef got her start selling lemon tarts, twice-baked croissants and rum-tinged caneles (a pastry with a custard center and caramelized crust) at the Green Market. She now sells her French-influenced baked goods and ciabatta sandwiches – which use Midwest-sourced meats, cheeses and produce – in an airy, loftlike space punctuated by a big wooden farm table.
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Sweet Cakes
Try ‘the egg’ – a hard-boiled egg baked into a corn muffin – at this Ukrainian Village newcomer, where baked goods for breakfast, a spacious, shady patio and free wi-fi entice travelers to grab a quick bite and plan their day. When you head out, pick from the array of bite-sized cupcakes.
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Letizia’s Natural Bakery
Early risers can get their fix of fantastic baked goods here starting at 6am, and everyone else can swing by at a more reasonable hour for Letizia’s crunchy, toasty panini, slices of gourmet pizza and cups of mind-expanding coffee. The patio with plush seats wins kudos in summer.
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Swedish Bakery
Locals have been getting in line for custard-plumped eclairs, French silk tortes, chocolate-chip streusels and chocolate-drop butter cookies for more than 75 years. Free samples and coffee help ease the wait.
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