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Pastries in Chicago
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Top 5 Pastries in Chicago
Editorial canon from Chicago's most-trusted food publications, weighted by cross-publication consensus.
- #1
Mindy’s Bakery
West Town
“Mindy Segal's James Beard Outstanding Pastry Chef bakery is Chicago's consensus top pastry counter, famous for salted-caramel hot chocolate cookies and laminated seasonal fruit pastries.”
- #2
Lost Larson (Andersonville)
Andersonville
“Bobby Schaffer's Andersonville Scandinavian-inflected bakery turns out Chicago's most lauded cardamom buns, kouign-amanns, and heritage-grain breads.”
- #3
Pâtisserie Coralie
Evanston
“The Evanston French pâtisserie whose mirror-glazed entremets, croissants, and macarons have made it metro Chicago's most technically serious French bakery.”
- #4
Roeser's Bakery
Humboldt Park
“The family-run Humboldt Park bakery that has been Chicago's go-to for old-school birthday cakes, paczki, and cream-filled donuts since 1911.”