Alliance Patisserie is a sister cafe to the Alliance Bakery, both are owned by the same chef. Alliance Patisserie focuses on French pastries. It's located next to Adagio at 615 North State Street. The patisserie is filled with beautiful and tasty macaroons and French desserts, the bakery is also a cafe with limited seating in the back and [...]
Category: Bakery
Oak Tree
Oak Tree is a restaurant and bakery located in the 900 North Michigan Shops at 900 North Michigan Avenue. They serve breakfast all day while their restaurant is open. I went with a friend who has been going there with her family for a long time and ordered tea and french toast. We didn't go [...]
A Baker’s Tale
A Baker's Tale is a cafe/bakery with a whimsical Alice and Wonderland theme located at 2127 West Division Street in Wicker Park. I met up with a friend for lunch and of course a cup of tea. I loved the story book fairy tale atmosphere with the blooming tree in the window with it's tea cup [...]
Nadoz cafe
There are a couple Nadoz cafes in St. Louis. After some shopping we popped into the one at 12 The Boulevard Saint Louis, Richmond Heights. The Nadoz Cafes serve breakfast, brunch, and lunch with crepes, soup, quiches, sandwiches and drinks. They also make desserts and have a bakery. I ordered their turkey and cheddar quiche and the Grinch [...]
St. Louis- The London Tea Room
Located at 3128 Morgan Ford Road The London Tea Room is a bit of Britain in St. Louis. A friend told me about it before I left to visit my sisters. The London Team Room is broken up into two different rooms, one is for people who have reservations for high tea/afternoon tea, and it's [...]
Toni Patisserie and Café
Toni Patisserie and Café is a European inspired pastry shop and cafe located downtown Chicago at 65 East Washington Street and in Hinsdale Illinois. When a friend and I stopped in I decided to try their eggnog macaroons since I love eggnog. It was rather busy for an afternoon on a weekday, but the warmth of the [...]
Mitsuwa
Mitsuwa is a Japanese marketplace in the suburbs of Chicago at 100 East Algonquin Road in Arlington Heights. There are several other Mitskwa's spread out in California and one in New Jersey. Mitsuwa includes a bookstore, video shop, grocery, food court, and bakery. On weekends they tend to have special events. Books Kinokuniya I always [...]
Pompidou
On our last full day in London we only had one tour on our list and ended up with too much time to spend standing around outside waiting for it to start but too little time to go do something else. Since it was cold and we were tired we decided to kill time in the cafe Pompidou [...]
Greggs
One of the places my cousin wanted to go to while we were in London was Greggs. So after getting a bit turned around after leaving Westminster Abbey we searched for the nearest Greggs and went for a bit of a hike. The way my cousin explained Greggs was that it was cheap food, essentially a [...]
Aux pains de Papy
One of the first places I noticed from our hotel was this little bakery called Aux pains de Papy. But the first time I saw it I thought it was closed, due to this building next to it. Aux pains de Pappy is a cute little French bakery located near our hotel. It's open from [...]