Where To Find The Best Bakery Treats In Chicago

Written by Cate Huguelet, 09.21.2014.

From an Evanston bakery making great bread to ethnic spots serving cookies and other treats, these are the the 10 best Chicago bakeries. Like many cities where diverse cultures have long met and melded, Chicago has a bakery scene that’s sizeable and varied—so sizable and varied, in fact, that choosing the best of the lot is no easy feat. Just what makes a bakery great in our book? It might represent a particular culinary tradition with a faithfulness that transports us. It might win us over on the merit of a single item, like paczki, crafted with mastery. In other cases, its power lies in some less precise quality, a capacity to nourish our senses and our memories with pastries and cookies. From a boutique bread shop to Georgian bakery, here are our 10 favorite Chicago bakeries….