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Beacon Donuts

Wicker Park · Sep 6

Beacon is like…. It’s not guaranteed to be good, but it has a pretty high chance of being good. 80-90% hit rate. This baby? Classic donut, crusted in crumble, drizzled in caramel? A hit

sweet great texture Pillowy danger elevated
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Freya’s Bakery

Wicker Park · Sep 6

This is called a boller, made by Freya according to Freya’s husband at the farmers market booth. Flavorful and more subtly sweet, I would absolutely have this for breakfast

sweet good texture Fluffy danger elevated
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The Brewed

Avondale · Sep 5

The Danish was pleasant, luv when they glaze the dough so the whole thing is a little sweet instead of just the filling. The brownie was HEAVENLY just so dense and bitter but sweet and fudgey The donut was… fine. Perfectly fine.

sweet absurd texture Fudgey danger critical
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Eli
That brownie was about as good as you could possibly get in…
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Casey
Casey liked the Danish, and then he got to the cream cheese,…
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Allez Cafe

Bucktown · Aug 19

Allez Cafe assures me the monkey breads are usually bigger than this, but I happen to think this is an adorable size for a monkey bread (imho) Oh no oh my god I shouldn’t have bought this it’s the platonic ideal of monkey bread and it’s right down the street and I cannot unknow this

sweet great texture moist and fluffy with delicate cinna crisp edges danger containment failure
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Ip Sento

Wicker Park · Aug 16

Ip Sento is too hip for me and I’m always kinda disappointed by these but they’re so cute I keep trying them

sweet good texture Dry danger moderate
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Matcha Moo Tea

Wicker Park · Aug 16

Matcha brownie was pleasant. I can’t say amazing, but quite pleasant! The mango matcha was not as sweet as you might expect and quite a lovely drink

sweet good texture Moo-ist danger moderate
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Eli
Not the absolute most scrumptious moist brownie but I’ll cer…
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Matilda
Pronounced acceptable. Didn’t cry when we finished it… which…

Old Fashioned Donuts

Roseland · Aug 15

An apple fritter is a special treat, so a special fritter is a special-special treat. The edges crispy and melty with fat and glaze in every corner, and it’s so cool to see the guy working the dough in the window

sweet absurd texture Crispy melty danger critical
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Casey
We gave him like 5 donut holes why did we do that
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Matilda
Her little precious excitement giggle when I handed her the…

Umbria Cafe

Logan Square · Aug 11

There is truly nothing better than a GOOD chocolate chip cookie… the perfect treat

sweet great texture Chewy with the crisp edges, the good stuff u know danger moderate
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Donistry

Wicker Park · Aug 9

You know……… they’re good. They LOOK like they’d be amazing, but you try them and they’re, you know… good.

sweet great texture Pillowy briochy danger moderate
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Casey
Obsessed
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Matilda
Cried until we gave her the pistachio, fully rejected the ra…

Lutz Bakery

Lincoln Square · Aug 8

Look at it. It’s bad. Do you need me to tell you it’s bad? It’s an old school Italian bakery get the cannoli Eli cute tho

sweet good danger negligible
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Casey
Well he stopped crying for a while