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Name of European-style bakery on NW side
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    Post #1 - August 20th, 2012, 10:47 am
    Post #1 - August 20th, 2012, 10:47 am Post #1 - August 20th, 2012, 10:47 am
    Every year as my wedding anniversary gets close (it’ll be 23 years on 9/16), I start reminiscing about our delicious wedding cake. For the life of me, though, I can’t remember the name of the bakery. Perhaps someone here can help.

    Here is what I DO remember:
    • It was a German or Austrian bakery that had been in business many years (this was 1989)
    • It was on a major east-west street on the NW side of Chicago, perhaps Addison or Belmont, no more than a couple miles east of the Kennedy
    • I’m 90% sure it was on the south side of the street
    • It was next door to or a couple doors down from a video store that specialized in old movies and independent films. This video store also had a huge collection of old movie posters.

    A friend of mine who knows the city fairly well believes I am thinking of Lutz Café on Montrose, but Lutz seems larger than what I am remembering. And Lutz is on the north side of the street.

    Can anyone out there help jog my memory?
  • Post #2 - August 20th, 2012, 10:57 am
    Post #2 - August 20th, 2012, 10:57 am Post #2 - August 20th, 2012, 10:57 am
    Could it have been west of the Kennedy? I was thinking of the Pastry Shop, now closed @ Addison and Long? Cant remember the name right now
  • Post #3 - August 20th, 2012, 11:45 am
    Post #3 - August 20th, 2012, 11:45 am Post #3 - August 20th, 2012, 11:45 am
    Could it have been Rolf's? They used to be on the northwest side before moving to Lincolnwood and ultimately going out of business.
    Steve Z.

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  • Post #4 - August 20th, 2012, 12:19 pm
    Post #4 - August 20th, 2012, 12:19 pm Post #4 - August 20th, 2012, 12:19 pm
    Yeah, it was definitely on Addison, around 5400 W on the south side of the street. I used to go to that old movie poster shop there too. What I remember of that bakery was they allegedly had the best Napoleons in town. Sorry, I can't recall the name, but I'm pretty sure it's gone now.
  • Post #5 - August 20th, 2012, 12:57 pm
    Post #5 - August 20th, 2012, 12:57 pm Post #5 - August 20th, 2012, 12:57 pm
    Vienna Pastry Shop, closed within the last decade.
  • Post #6 - August 20th, 2012, 1:17 pm
    Post #6 - August 20th, 2012, 1:17 pm Post #6 - August 20th, 2012, 1:17 pm
    Rene G wrote:Vienna Pastry Shop, closed within the last decade.


    Bingo! Thanks, Rene.

    From what I see on Google Maps, looks like the building is now a Farmers Insurance agency. Sorry to hear the bakery's been gone for a while. But, considering the results of my last cholesterol test, maybe that's not such a bad thing. :?

    Thanks to all who contributed ideas.

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