Address: 5346-5348 N Clark St., Chicago IL
Website: http://www.swedishbakery.com/
Style: Swedish, North American
Price: $-$$
[He's back! I've had these photos on here since the summer and he's been stalling for awhile now, so here it is: two new posts on their way]
Swedish Bakery is a (no surprise) Swedish bakery in the Andersonville neighbourhood, which is supposed to be the Swedish neighbourhood, but this is the only thing there besides the Swedish-American museum. The bakery has lots of stuff like danishes and cakes, and everything that's traditional is marked with a Swedish flag, like almond and nut tarts. In my opinion, there's too much "junk" in the way of the Swedish goods like cupcakes, brownies, etc. and it would be better if they just stuck to the traditional baked goods. Everything is well priced and apparently the most famous thing there is their doughnuts, which we didn't see or try, because there was a sign on the door letting people know that the doughnut baker was on vacation.
So, I basically picked a bunch of the small, Swedish pastries (all are $1.65/each): the chocolate balls were pieces of wafer on the bottom with marshmallow, coated in chocolate. The pink slices was a sort of marzipan cake that reminded me of Dutch almond tarts (the ones we had from Burlington -- Mimi's note: they're here) with layers of white cake and then marzipan. On top there was more marzipan and it was coated round with chocolate.The green rolls were also topped with marzipan and chocolate, but I don't remember what was inside them. Finally, the last item was a sort of Swedish nut brittle with more chocolate around the edges.Everything was really good, even if the descriptions don't make it sound like anything exciting; I think Swedish Bakery is the best bakery I've been on my trips to the US. I'd definitely go back.
Rating: ***1/2
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