Maybe it's the giant pie sculpture in the window here that seduces you and draws you in. Or maybe it's the fact that eating at this charitable café is an easy way to support an org that provides hunger relief…

At Brendan Sodikoff’s doughnut shop adjacent to his Gilt Bar, cooks using the noms de plume François and Henri Gras put out batches of vanilla glazed, chestnut, buttermilk old-fashioned and other doughnuts of both the cake and yeast variety…

Chances are good that when you walk into this tiny, morning-only doughnut shop from Lettuce Entertain You, you’ll find people milling about, waiting for the bacon doughnuts to be ready. You can join them if you want…

The all-day bagels-and-pizza joint from the Telegraph crew is a casual coffee shop by day—so casual it feels almost cafeteriaish—and only slightly less casual at night, when proper table service kicks in…

The sister restaurant to the Publican does a lot of things: It’s a butcher shop, a sandwich joint, a grocer and a bread bakery…

Expertly made doughnuts, available 24 hours a day. Is there any doubt why this South Side shop has become an institution?…

Does the world need another cupcake? Does Chicago? No and no. And yet this New York–based chain has brought its cupcakes here nonetheless, and so far appears to be doing just fine.

The name of this Rogers Park bakery is far from a smoke signal. In fact, it references thin, slightly chewy coils of joy; chimney cakes are a Transylvanian treat baked on a stick (hence the cylindrical shape)…

Ann Sather is not the best dinner, lunch or breakfast in town. It may not even be the best diner food. But that doesn’t matter, because Ann Sather has the sweetest cinnamon rolls in the Midwest…

Not content to limit the early-morning experience to a mere meal, this River North restaurant also offers a private meeting room, a shoe shine and pastries from Bennison's Bakery to go…