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    ECBG Cake Studio

    4.5 (39 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

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    Megan B.

    I placed an order for the most expensive cake I've ever purchased for my sister's birthday and it was worth every dollar! She sent me an inspo photo of what she wanted and ECBG somehow managed to make it 10x better and exceeded my expectations. I paid $289 for the 8" cake for a party of at least 30 guests and still and left overs so the cake was massive in height also! Kelly was amazing and helped me through the ordering process via email. She got back to me so fast and I was able to get the order in super quick. Cake size & flavor: 8" Lemon Filling: Raspberry whipped mascarpone Frosting: Italian Meringue vanilla buttercream (subtly sweet) Thank you ECBG team for making this happen!

    Epic cakes!
    Christina R.

    The best cakes you will ever have! The entire team is amazing and led by a strong kind female boss, Erin! I've put in some quirky requests and they're always perfection! Also, don't listen to bitter Dennis K's review below. He leaves one star reviews everywhere asking for refunds, ruining the reputation of small businesses. He should buy his cakes from the grocery store and find a hobby outside of leaving Karen reviews.

    Colleen C.

    We hired ECBG to make the cake for our March 9 wedding. I had seen a gorgeous cake on Instagram and saw they were close, so we decided to do a 'to go' cake tasting, which was so much fun and I highly recommend. We loved every cake and frosting including the vegan options. We were so excited that we were able to pick a different flavor combination for each layer (our guests loved that as well). We ended up getting a three tiered cake to feed 100 people and a dozen vegan cupcakes. The cake was huge (in the best way), gorgeous, so yummy and so amazing! I already have had three guests ask me where the cake was from because their family member is getting married and needs to get their cake from there. My mom also requested a cake from here for her birthday and couldn't stop wishing we had more for weeks after the wedding. I wish I wrote down every compliment we got for the cake to share here, but basically, every guest loved how stunning AND delicious it was. You don't always find a place that makes food you want to look at and can't stop eating! I highly recommend ECBG. Not only was the cake one of our favorite parts of our wedding, but they were so kind and easy to work with. ** two notes -definitely listen to the directions about taking the cake out of the fridge before eating -if you get different flavors be sure to let the caterer/person cutting it know**

    Matthew N.

    Was disappointed. I know we ordered almond, but it had an overpowering artificial almond flavor. The cake was cooked weird, being soft in some places, and crumbly in others. Also we found the layers to be too thick, especially with the frosting. Finally, you wouldn't believe that awful aftertaste! This didn't ruin our ten-year anniversary, but we were hoping we'd be comparing them to the cake place that was there before (Amy Beck, they were fantastic). Unfortunately I can't eat another bite, and it's not because I'm full!

    Lindsay W.

    ECBG is a pleasure to work with. And her cakes absolutely live up to the viral Instagram pix. From the smooth communication, to the creativity (all I said was I wanted a vintage wedding cake with my color scheme and they ran with it!!), to the actual quality of the cake - everything was amazing! To note, there is a minimum price you have to spend to get delivery so I sent a trusty family member to pick it up from the bakery and drop it off at my venue. It was so fresh that they were finishing up decorating when they picked it up! Would definitely recommend ECBG!!!

    a black and white wedding cake
    Kassandra B.

    ECBG was one of our first vendors we booked for our wedding. We did one of their at home tasting kits - which was perfect and so fun to do at home together. We worked closely with Sarah on what our vision was and she was so kind and responsive the entire process. When we finally saw the cake on our wedding day, WOW!! It's not every day that a cake can steal the show at a wedding, but it was a head turner in the best way possible. Beyond that, our guests loved the cake and we got so many compliments on it throughout the evening! Don't believe the wedding blogs that say "cakes are a waste of money" - it's a statement piece and if your use ECBG there will be very little wasted cake as we only had a handful of slices left over (which my father graciously took home as a lover of all things buttercream icing and cake). The entire team is incredible and we loved working with them!

    Ariana A.

    We ordered a cake for our wedding and our engagement party from ECBG, and I still dream about how delicious they both were! Erin's incredible artistry to create the wedding cake of my dreams was so beautiful and we are so grateful! Highly recommend and will be ordering from her again.

    I ordered a Chocolate Cake with Buttercream frosting.   Not a Buttercream Frosting Cake with a bit of Chocolate Cake.

    For my wife's birthday I ordered a Chocolate Cake with Butter Cream Frosting. As you can see by the attachment I received a Butter Cream Frosting Cake with a bit of Chocolate Cake. I sent an email to ECBG the next day saying I would like to talk to someone about the cake. I did not hear back and followed up again and this is the response back I received from the owner Erin Martin. Wow!! ============= Hi Dennis! My name is Erin and I own ECBG Cake Studio. My Order Manager, Izzy has let me know you were unsatisfied with your order over the weekend. Thank you so much for your feedback. It means a lot to us to try to make each and every experience exceptional. I did take a look at your attachment and your order form to see that it was consistent with what you ordered. My personal recommendation for fillings is something like cream cheese or chocolate pastry cream since the buttercream is always on the outside. A lot of our signature style cakes are done with artist discretion, like color of message, font of message, placement of disco balls etc. - and I am so sorry that was not to your liking. I understand the amount of filling we provided, which is consistent with all of our cakes and to our standard, may not have been your preference and that is okay. Hopefully the guests were still able to enjoy their night! I hope you have a great week! ================= Wow this is customer service... I think not. This was for a birthday imagine if this was for a wedding and you cut into this disaster of a cake at the reception. Anyone reading this please don't make the same mistake I did by ordering a cake from ECBG Cake Studio's. Dennis K.

    We were SO HAPPY with ECBG! Erin was wonderful to work with for our wedding cake - very good, clear, and quick communication. Our cake was beautiful and most importantly...DELICIOUS! We had a hard time narrowing down from the fabulous take home tasting box provided (which in itself is super cool and handy since we live out of town) so Erin suggested we just do 4 layers so we could have them all! We asked the kitchen to box up whatever was leftover so we could take them home and enjoy all of the flavors. It was still delicious a few days later at home. We enjoyed out wedding cake for a week after! They also made our dog and had him "taking a bite out of the cake," which was one of my favorite things of the day. I was dragging everyone to look at our beautiful cake and precious pup next to it! I cannot recommend ECBG highly enough...and am already looking forward to our 1 year anniversary when they do a special cake to mark the occasion.

    Everything I asked for and more
    Cassie V.

    I would totally recommend and order from this bakery in the future for any event. I gave them enough time and asked for some different colors, and they honored my request with no problem. Customer service was A+. Thanks again. By the way, the cake exceeded my expectations. It was sooooo good.

    Erin and her team are amazing! We were introduced to ECBG by a friend who highly recommended her for our wedding cake. We initially ordered a cake tasting box, and were wowed. We have since purchased several cakes from ECBG. Our wedding cake was absolutely incredible, Erin worked with us for weeks until we found a stencil that matched exactly the look we were going for. Delivery was smooth, our cake was stunning, delicious, and people are still raving about it. Would choose Erin and the ECBG team over and over again!

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    Tracy H.

    We ordered our daughter Sweet Sixteen Birthday cake from ECBG and it was beyond our expectations. I ordered it online and described in the notes that our daughter was a Bridgerton fan and that her birth stone was ruby and she liked gardening. Our cake was vanilla with chocolate ganache filling. Love their less sweet frosting and the cake was moist. Will order from them again.

    It has been 2 years since the team at ECBG made these cakes for our daughter's first birthday and I'm still thinking about them. They were exactly what we were hoping for and everyone thought they were delicious. We will definitely be reaching out to ECBG for our future cake needs!!!

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    Incredible cakes crafted by incredible women. The customer service is amazing and the cakes are even better!

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    Jennivee’s Bakery - Ube dark chocolate cake

    Jennivee’s Bakery

    4.4(715 reviews)
    2.9 miLakeview
    $$

    I've been to Jennivee's twice now and I also got my college graduation cake from here last year for…read morepick-up! They did a beautiful job. For my graduation cake, I chose the tres leches and it was so creamy, moist, and delicious. I basically ate half of the cake by myself lol. This most recent time, I needed a snack and wanted something sweet. Everything here looks amazing and I'm sure tastes amazing too, so it's hard to choose. I chose to get the berry chantilly cake slice since it was a hot day, and it was the perfect refreshing treat! It was soooo good.

    If you have a sweet tooth, you've got to treat yourself to a cupcake from Jennivee's! A friend and…read moreI came here for an afternoon pick-me-up and it did not disappoint. We got two cupcakes to share -- the purple velvet and the main squeeze. The purple velvet is ube butter cake, ube mousse, and ube cake crumbs. The ube flavor is both sweet and nutty and the mousse topping was light and delicious. The main squeeze is lemon cake filled with lemon curd, cream cheese frosting, and a buttercream lemon on top. Both were incredible, but my favorite was the lemon! I loved that the lemon flavor was light, and the cream cheese frosting balanced it out really nicely. The space is so cute inside! It's also a lot larger than I was expecting. We grabbed a seat at one of the tables inside to enjoy our treats. I will definitely be back with my toddler for a cupcake date soon!

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    Kasama - Lumpia Shanghai

    Kasama

    4.5(1.4k reviews)
    1.0 miWest Town, Ukrainian Village
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    I hate to say it, but absolutely worth the hype. We got in line around 8am on a dreary Sunday…read moremorning, and we were still the 20th party or so in line. The line moved fairly quickly, I think we got seated at 9:20! Even though the wait was pretty diabolical, the brunch was absolutely worth it. The pastries were delicious (had a hard time choosing, they all looked amazing), but the breakfast sandwich... perfection. Salty longaniza, fluffy egg, and soft brioche. Perfect for impressing out-of-town friends and a brunch that's a whole experience!

    My boyfriend is Filipino so we had to try this spot while we were visiting Chicago…read more we used the preorder link at 8:50am and the items were ready for pickup at 11:15am we ordered: -- ube basque: 7/10 it didn't really have much ube flavor -- chocolate caramel tart: 7.5/10 the tart was perfect but the chocolate and caramel together makes it a little too sweet - the pieces on the top unfortunately didn't add to the taste -- truffle croissant: 10/10 wow this was amazing! I actually don't like truffle or croissant but this was flaky, and the rock sugar (I think that's what it is?) on top is so addicting. the cream truffle filling was flavorful but not overpowering -- longanisa egg sandwich + hashbrown: 7/10 just wasn't a standout for me -- mushroom adobo: 8/10 it was flavorful - I would order again but not sure it's worth almost $20 for drinks, we both got the hot yam but my boyfriend got it iced and I got it hot -- it tasted better iced but it was still lacking in ube flavor. the coffee also didn't taste strong enough for me personally honestly I really wanted to like this place more but for almost $100 for everything and the long wait, I expected at least half of the items to be perfect but I felt like only the truffle croissant felt like a 10/10 for me I will say the staff was very sweet though -- maybe it's a better experience dining in, so I think next time I will wake up early to eat inside and hopefully be able to give a higher rating :-)

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    Goddess and the Baker, 33 S Wabash-Millennium Park - Cinnamon Roll (~$7)

    Goddess and the Baker, 33 S Wabash-Millennium Park

    4.0(1.8k reviews)
    1.8 miThe Loop
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    This was my fiancé and I's first stop once we arrived in Chicago. It was recommended to us from a…read morefriend. I was skeptical at first because it is a local chain, rather than a singular location. However, it lived up to the hype. Service: it was extremely busy when we came in. The line was almost out the door. They have a system in place for ordering and seating so it worked well and fast given how busy they were. We didn't have any questions on where to order or where to stand when waiting for a seat. The staff were friendly and helped us find a spot to sit at. Ambiance: classic cafe in a city. Loud chatter, but it's a vibe. Very colorful and fun interior with cool textural elements. We had a seat that was facing the street so it was fun to people watch as we sipped and ate. Food: amazing breakfast selection! We ordered the morning sandwich and barbacoa bowl. The morning sandwich had THICK scrambled eggs which were super soft and tasty. I could've used more salsa verde on it. The bread was barely toasted. I'd rate the sandwich a 3.8/5. It got the job done. The barbacoa bowl was "really good" according to my fiancé. A great source of protein, fresh ingredients, nice flavor, and great portions. He would rate it a 5/5. Coffee: I am a coffee snob so I am quite harsh when it comes to reviewing it. Their machine is a cute La Marzocco. Appropriate sized "for-here" glasses according to the drinks. Plus, they were really cute. Wide variety of drink selection from your standards to the more girly-drinks (if there is such a thing). We ordered a cappuccino and small hot mocha. Latte art 4.5/5, temperature 5/5, flavor 4/5. The espresso didn't stand out to me, very standard flavor profile. However, the chocolate in the mocha was delicious. It's more of a rich, dark chocolate. Nice thin layer of foam. Would recommend to try at least once when you're in Chicago! Glad to have stopped in.

    I walked over from my hotel right at the time they opened, and it was raining. There was no line,…read moreonly a handful of people waiting for their order. I got the pistachio croissant, shakshouka pastry, and berry crunch oatmeal. It took about 20-25 minutes, which made no sense because the pastries are in the case and the oatmeal......is oatmeal. I suspect they opened without having all of their prep done because the delay made no sense. Their staff looked frantic. The croissant wasn't filled, it just had pistachio cream on the top with a couple of nuts. I would order the shaksouka pastry again. The egg was cooked well, and the tomato was very good. They were supposed to heat it up, but it wasn't warm.

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    Seats are hard to find .. busy spot!

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    Sugar Moon Bakery - Espresso cornflake cookie

    Sugar Moon Bakery

    4.8(112 reviews)
    3.9 miLogan Square

    Glorious. One-of-a-kind. Amazing. Definitely some of the best pastries I've had in Chicago…read morerecently. If you haven't made it over to Sugar Moon yet, it's well worth a trek out of the way! We visited around noon on a Sunday, and after reading the reviews here, I wasn't optimistic there would be many pastries left. Maybe I should play the lottery, because luckily there was no line and a pretty good selection of pastries left. The staff were super friendly and there were so many unique flavors of baked goods. We decided to split several and opted for the blueberry cloud cookie, chai cinnamon roll, banana pudding croissant, espresso cornflake cookie, and potato focaccia. The shop was more of a small take-out operation, so we took the pastries to a nearby park to eat. Everything was absolutely divine! The group favorite was the focaccia- the creamy potatoes and cheese brought a rich flavor that was perfectly balanced by the fluffy bread. The chai roll was perfectly soft and delicately spiced, completed with that soft cream cheese frosting and gooey center we all like to see. My personal favorite was the banana pudding croissant- the dough was so crispy that I'm pretty sure others could hear the bite, and there was a generous amount of filling with fresh bananas and visible vanilla beans in the whipped cream. The espresso cookie was super soft- while I couldn't taste the espresso very clearly, I absolutely *loved* the caramel-coated cornflakes topped with sea salt. Super unique and would definitely order again. Despite their decadent appearances, none of the pastries were too sweet. Already plotting a return visit and can't recommend this shop enough!

    There is a reason this place is soooo popular and has a line out the door right when they open. It…read moreis AMAZING! All their pastries are fresh and made with seasonal ingredients so you will always be getting something new. I got there 30 mins after they opened and had to wait outside for around 15 mins but the line does move fast. There is very limited seating inside so plan to just grab and go. I tried their banana pudding croissant and raspberry scone. The croissant melted in my mouth, it was so flakey and buttery. The raspberry scone was soft and sweet enough. Awesome spot in Logan Square! One of my favorite bakeries in Chicago.

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