Came here after we checked out of the Holiday Inn across the street. Very good! It reminded me of Panera, but with a small business feel. Definitely worth it, and will come back again. read more

Good selection of sandwiches, soups, and salads, and some nice vegetarian options (plus the meat ones I saw looked delicious). No organic options, but hey, it's Skokie. They get huge points for the friendly, laid-back staff who let us plug in our laptops and work from their patio (with our dog at our feet) the ENTIRE workday. (As a result, we bought the whole day's meals there, and their "meal" food is as good as their breakfast items). It's a little pricey for sandwiches, but they really are gourmet sandwiches and you get what you pay for. Also, I felt like my money was funding the nicest employees ever, so it was okay. read more

Just visited Corner Bakery and had the most delicious lentil soup and a spinach salad with fresh strawberries. I would love to get the recipe for this soup! Dressing was pomegranate vinaigrette and just I could have dressing on the side and that is exactly how it was served. read more

I L-O-V-E love their Chicken Pesto on Ciabatta Ficelle sandwich. It is so tasty and worth every bite. However, the service is a bit rushed and the staff mood was on the sullen side. I do love their sandwiches!! I wish that for the price your paying you can get more for your money. I go there ever so often when I have the money to splurge! If the staff looked a little more happy to serve you maybe my star rating would have gone up! read more

Just ate here tonight. I accidentally ordered the wrong sandwich by combining two of the sandwich names. The manager was nice enough to have the right one made for me and then sent me home with the first one (since they would have to throw it out anyways). read more

Wow! Such a warm and inviting place! The food is great, salads,and panini are awesome!The staff is very nice, smiling all the time... The Manager stops by and asks if the food is good or if you have any issues.... I go there all the time for breakfast and brunch! If you are close by do not hesitate to try it out! read more

I have been going to this corner bakery for over 10 years especially for breakfast. Food is good and staff are very nice. The location is great with a lot of parking spaces available the view is very relaxing too. The only problem is that they don't open early enough in the morning often time you see a lot of people waiting outside at 8:00 am in the morning before they open. You see , sometimes I have to go to Panera because they open early Please consider opening an hour or tow earlier read more

corner robbery is more like it! i cant believe i paid that much for a bland sandwich and a 1/4 cup of soup.

This place has really good pastries (brownies and the dream bar are to die for) and their sandwiches are really good too. The staff are friendly and the restaurant is usually a nice place to sit and read or relax. read more

The food is fine, basic short-order, breakfast fast-food. They really are a bakery, so all the bread is fresh and the confections tasty. I came here for the free wifi so I could work away from home. Though it's free, it's spotty: it would cut out every 20 minutes or so and I'd have to refresh or disconnect until service resumed or just sit around waiting for the system to catch up. I mean, it's free so I can't complain, but it's aggravating. That being said, they're better than Panera who is also spotty but cuts you off after 45 minutes during "peak periods" (peak being 11a-2p and 4p-7p). The coffee is plentiful and good (hazelnut) and the staff was efficient and polite. read more

Incompetent and rude manager alert! My daughter and I went in for a couple of Club Panini's, but when we were in line my daughter looked at me and said boy this doesn't look like this is going to go well. There was mass confusion in "mission control" with a lot of staff standing around looking at each other in bewilderment, but I figured what the heck it's just couple sandwiches how bad could it be? Boy was that a mistake, after wait about 25 min. for two sandwiches they showed up with only half of a sandwich that was burnt (black) for my daughter which we sent back. Of course I was going to wait for my daughter to get her sandwich before I ate mine but while waiting looking at the club "thingy" which is supposed to be turkey and bacon, it turned out to be ham only? So I brought the other incorrect sandwich up to the counter only to see the manager berating the girl that had taken our order. You would swear to God by the way he was treating her in public that they were trading in gold bullion, not in 4 ounces of lunch meat and burnt bread! The disturbed manager charged me at the counter demanding and really loud aggressive tone that I present my receipt! I said you know what just give me back my money for two sandwiches and two soft drinks and let me get out of here. I thought to myself, "I really don't have time for this kind of nonsense and drama, I just want to sit down with my daughter eat a sandwich somewhere peaceably." The manager got rather bullish with me demanding that I produced a receipt, which is a big mistake! "Really? You're managing a sandwich shop not NASA mission controls get over yourself already!" I looked for the receipt back at the table, only then to find out that the girl who took the first sandwich back took the receipt with her. The girl that took my receipt gave it to the manager and he basically threw money at me without apology for being such a jerk. But I guess if you're a jerk that's what you do! So do yourself a favor and avoid this corner bakery, but if you do go there guard the receipt with your life! read more

They are out of ALL types of the COFFEE, I am waiting for them making coffee for 8 minutes now. This shows poor management and low employee dedication. While waiting for it, I see two employees joking around at the back, one register open with a long line of people, this whole thing is Not acceptable. Still waiting for the coffee after I writing this review. read more

I usually stop for lunch at least once a week. As the other reviewer I like the Chicken Pomodori. The Roast Beef sandwich is good too. The soup & 1/2 sandwich special always make the most sense for me. All the soups are good especially the Chedder Broccoli. read more

Baily H. I sent a note through the link in your reply and have heard nothing from the company. It gives the impression CB doesn't care.

The customer service, even during busy times of the day, is good. I would like to thank Priscilla who took care of my take-out order. I was waiting a little over the time it was going to be ready and she made sure I knew I wasn't forgotten. She was super friendly throughout my short time there. read more

I would give zero stars if that was an option. I just had the worst experience at this corner bakery. Usually a go to for a quick breakfast, I waited 25 mins for a simple order. When I inquired about it, they put in the order just then with no apologies at all. They just kept saying they have it. They brought the wrong order to the table. I even spoke with the manger and he did. It even say he is sorry. Next time we will go to sanders across the street since we waited an hour for this meal anyway. This place sucks!!!! read more

Great environment! Good people running the place and I always enjoy my visit. Food is also great.

Always tasty, fresh food. They get really busy at lunch, so try to come a little ahead of the crowd or a little late for lunchtime. Free parking lot. They have added outdoor seating, but that is very cramped because they have too many tables and chairs for the space, read more

The staff is friendly but they arent the creators of their menu. The food is a notch down from similar places like panera but the prices are a notch higher. Not a fan. read more

This was easily the worst experience I have had with a fast/casual restaurant in a very long time-- and I was only there for about 5 minutes! Hoping to pick up some dinner, I ordered a broccoli cheddar soup and a vegetarian pesto pasta to go. The person at POS read my order back to me very quickly, but she said "mozzarella and cheese sandwich" instead of what I wanted, so I clarified: I wanted a broccoli cheddar soup and a pesto cavatappi without any chicken in it to go. She rang me up and within the next few minutes, I was ready to go. However, when I checked in the bag, there was a mozzarella and cheese sandwich-- the exact thing I said I didn't want. I told her for the third time that I wanted a vegetarian pesto cavatappi and when she took the order back into the kitchen, she looked as if I had personally offended her. Then, when the correct order was finally complete, the container was thrown into the bag and barely covered with its top so that some pasta and sauce spilled all over the bag when I left and found out that it wasn't even closed properly. I didn't even get an apology or a "have a nice day." The next time I want to go out for a quick fix to a bad day, I sure as hell am not going to go to Corner Bakery Cafe in Village Crossing. read more

Waited 20 mins for a bagel and power flat and the food came cold and soggy. Never again coming here.

While there sometimes may be a slight wait, it's worth it. The manager and the other staff couldn't be nicer. And the variety of things on the menu make it suitable for anyone to stop by. read more

I've been coming to this Corner Bakery for years and I have observed the gradual indications of cutting production costs as evidenced by the shrinking sandwiches. My favorite sandwich is chicken pesto. It used to be bigger, filled with a chicken breast and tomatoes and pesto. Now it is half the size of my palm (which is not big to start with), with a few shreds of chicken that did not have any flavor, some pieces of arugula and tomatoes. I did not taste any pesto at all. Will most likely not come back to Corner Bakery anymore. I'm wondering if this is true across the board in all other Corner Bakery locations. Sad. read more

Amazing food here, ordered Wonton salad and I loved it ! The staff was really nice. The dining area is lovely and the food tasted really fresh. Definitely coming back to this cozy place read more

Food here is always good but we were very disappointed with the level of service on Sunday the 19th of June. The food took way too long to prepare and when my husband inquired at the counter, it turns out there were 6 staff behind the counter and our food was all sitting on a tray yet no one was making an effort to get it to our table. In fact most were talking and laughing with each other. What's worse is the way the manager was flicking her hair near the food and gave my husband an unpleasant look when he asked if someone could please bring the food out before it was cold. Too late we had to send the flat bread sandwich back because it was cold. We kept the cold Mac and cheese because our 9 yr old was hungry and ok with it being cold. This restaurant performs much better when there is a crowd. read more

2 stars because of some of the people working here. I was checking out with Kathleen and it only took her awhile to figure out how to use the computer, but she didn't even hear me order drinks. I then asked, what about the drinks and she dared to say "no you didn't" how dare you tell me no. Waste my time. Fire this clueless idiot from here. Hire quality people. read more

damn, i ordered a minute before my girl and got my food in less than 10 min, she ordered the same thing as me and keep in mind its dead in here atm. got here in 20 min, pfft. forgot to mention my soup was barely warm read more

I hate when people post negative reviews based on one experience but this has not been the only negative experience. I used to love this place! I still actually like this place if the order placed is what I asked for. This used to be a quality restaurant but has slowly been on the decline. Walking from Barnes and Noble there were table after table of empty plates and garbage. Trash all over and one poor guy busting his butt bussing all the tables by himself. There are many employees behind the counter but not much going on otherwise. So, we placed our order. One kids breakfast (pancakes and bacon), one panini, one kale Caesar salad. I send my daughter and father to get drinks. No ice in the ice machine, the soft drink my dad wanted empty. After a slight wait, our food comes out by the poor lone buss boy. My daughters pancakes look great! No bacon... My dad's food was fine. My very sad kale salad has no kale. So the buss boy brings it back. The kitchen says it's a kale salad. Ok, I don't want to cause any drama so I poke around in my salad and there at the bottom are a few little pieces of kale. The romaine lettuce was limp and old and the kale nonexistent. This is not even on a weekend. This was one in the afternoon. Everything should be fresh. I might give it one more try but I am highly disappointed. read more