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There are several things you can count on at this Puerto Rican café: hefty pressed sandwiches, the crusty bread stuffed with copious amounts of fillings such as sweet roast pork and grilled onions; strong espresso and café con leche; delicious pastries, such as a tangy-sweet Danish stuffed with crea

This classy breakfast-and-lunch spot near the Art Institute had its origins in Hinsdale, but it may as well have had its beginnings in Paris. The pastry case is full of all manner of European-style cakes, tarts and breakfast pastries…

Individual pies filled with earthy kale and mushrooms. Fried fish alongside crisp nubs of fries, Meyer-lemon tartar sauce to spare…

This scrappy retail operation consists of one woman, one small table of Belgian pastries and breads, and a little coffee kiosk…

This simple grab-and-go coffee outfit lacks the elegance of its sit-down locations, but look through the window behind the counter and you’ll know this is where the magic happens…

Rida Shahin’s soft and chewy salted ciabatta is good enough that you could eat it all by itself and have a perfectly satisfying lunch…

There’s plenty to nosh on at this Pilsen bakery: breakfast burritos, sandwiches and fair-trade coffee. But it’s outstanding tres leches that, um, takes the cake…

Former fine-dining pastry chef Paula Haney made a name for her pies at farmers’ markets and coffee shops…

No cupcake has ever tasted quite like the BLT concoction at this tiny Gold Coast cupcakery: Sweet cake is filled with salty pieces of bacon, smeared with a savory ranch “icing” and topped with fresh tomato…

Macarons from heaven. Fleur de sel caramels from someplace even better than heaven. Pastry chef Sophie Evanoff cranks out dozens of types of gorgeous French pastries daily…