Cuisine: Dessert, American. Location: 1747 North Damen Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647-5508. Price: $11 for desserts, $6 for hot chocolate. I’ve already mentioned my nearly unbelievable Chicago burger hop, where I took down a whole five burgers in one day. Well, at the last leg of my journey, Hot Chocolate, I also managed to add in a...
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Cuisine: Sicilian Baked Goods. Specialty: Cannoli. Location: 5406 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60640-1210. Price: $7 for a medium-sized cannoli—and that’s not a typo. While in Boston, I had some amazing cannolis. Not only were they rich, overstuffed, and perfectly crunchy, they were about as cheap as baked goods can get. I...
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Bleeding Heart Bakery: Local, Sustainable Punk Rock Pastry. Specialty: Organic Baking, Cupcakes. Location: 1955 West Belmont Avenue, Chicago, IL 60657. Price: $2.75-$3.25 for the gigantic cupcakes. I’ve never been a fan of “organic” bakeries. Too often, bakeries use that idea of “organic” ingredients simply as an excuse...
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Cuisine: Chocolate Café. Specialty: Hot Chocolate. Location: Six Stores in America. Mine was at 951 W. Armitage (at Sheffield), Chicago, IL 60614. Price: $5 for a tall glass of hot chocolate. If there’s one weakness I have, it has to be chocolate. Whenever I enter a chocolate store, I always get swept up by all the...
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Specialty: Cupcakes. Location: 2536 N Clark St, Chicago 60614. Price: $2 for a normal cupcake, $3.50 for a center-filled variety, $0.25-$0.50 for toppings. When I left DC for vacation, I was relieved. I had finally escaped from the cupcake, that plague that has been consuming the DC baking scene little by little. That’s not to...
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Cuisine: American Baked Goods. Specialty: Cupcakes. Location: 1208 W Webster Ave, Chicago, IL 60614. Price: $1.95-$2.25 for standard-sized cupcakes, $1.10 for standard-sized cookies. Jumbo sizes cost a bit less than twice as much. Back when I was a kid, I used to love walking into colorful bakeries, seeing all the sparkling treats...
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Specialty: Popcorn. Location: All throughout Chicago. Normally, I only review places that are somehow recommended. While I was in Chicago, though, I kept on seeing this one chain I’d never seen before, and it was popping up all over the place. Even more oddly, it was just a popcorn stand. How a simple popcorn stand could be so...
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