La Chicanita Bakery

I love Mexican pastries so very, very mucho. I had a hankering for some today and after doing a quick Unilocal search, found La Chicanita about 10 mins away from my job. I stopped in and quickly made my tray and tongs ready to pick through the spoils that lay ahead.
There are 3 huge rows of pastries: bread-​like pastries, cookies, cakes, and more. There’s a chilled case with cake slices and whole cakes to go (tempting!) I opted for a few cookies, a slice of chocolate cake and a few of the Danish-​like items.
I think I got 8 things total, and it came out to $ 5 and some change. For real. This would have cost me about $ 20 if I went to a regular bakery. Plus, I did Spanish 101 hard mode and spoke to the cashier in Spanish. Next time I go, I am definitely going to try a slice from their chilled case.
For those that are having a hard time finding parking, go to the side of the building near Union. I found plenty of spots around 5:30pm on a Friday.

I bought their flan and very upset. It was very firm, it was just not the same from the last time. I complained over the phone and the guy I spoke with told me to call back. Never will be here again! Small businesses like this should know how to handle their business right. How can we support small businesses if they don’t know how to treat customers right.

This place is AWESOME!
I recently moved to Naperville, and have always gone to panaderias with my dad when I lived in Hoffman Estates. Naperville doesn’t have much as far as the Mexican community goes (fresh markets, taquerias, panaderias, etc) I often have to go to Aurora off E. New York Street to get anything authentic.
I had a craving for some Mexican sweet bread last night and came across this place, and decided to go, the other reviewers are not kidding when they say this place is always packed, I got there around 8pm and there were at least 10 people stuffed into this tiny bakery buying bread. I’ve gone to many panaderias but their bread here is incredibly moist and super delicious — the price is right too :) I got a bag full of pastries including 2 conchas, 2 cream cheese filled turnover (empanadas), a jelly filled turnover (empanada), 2 pig shaped cookies (marranitos or puerquitos) and cream cheese danish, another chocolate covered goodie for less than 7 dollars.
This place makes even the horrible road construction on 59 and New York St worth the trip!

Grab some tongs and buy some fresh bread and donuts!! The bread is super soft, fresh, and really cheap, I would pay double from what they charge. On Sundays pair up this bread with Carnetias, Avocadoe, re-​fried beans, and homemade salsa and you have yourself a helluva sandwich watching the Bears game.

Great bakery, but very limited parking. Got 3 large pan de muertos and a donut for like $ 6

This place is always popping. I can never find a parking spot in the small lot, so it’s easier if I go with someone that can wait in the car. I mainly come here for the tamales. They’re a little heavy on the corn, but still pretty good. There are 3 different kinds — red, green and mole. Oh wait… I think there is also a jalapeño one. I think they are all chicken, but I’m not sure. I tried asking ones, but there was a language barrier. 6/​$ 5 is a pretty good deal, though.
I picked up a couple of cookies and bun, all of which were good. There were so many to choose from! The ones I got were $ 0.70/each. I don’t recommend the $ 2 cotton candy, though. I gave one a try, and the first bite was good. But then there was this greasy after taste that came with every bite that was pretty strange.

We came here on a weeknight at around 9, and it was bustling! At least 5 – 8 customers were there, and there were 3 young ladies working at the counter, not including the employees working in the back. I’ve only been to one Mexican bakery before, in Elgin (which I absolutely adore), so when my awesome Unilocal friend Jesse recommended this place to me, I was pretty enticed at the prospect of checking this place out.
Even though it was late in the evening, they had a wide selection available, 20+. Pastries, cookies, cupcakes, donuts, bars, Mexican ice cream bars too. We picked 3 varieties — a triangular cheese-​filled pastry, a cheesecake cup, and a pink cake sandwich ball (sorry, I’m not sure what the names of these pastries are lol). For these 3, the total came to less than $ 3! Usually when I go to a bakery, a pastry costs at least $ 2 – 3 so I was surprised that these Mexican pastries were less than a buck each.
Triangle pastry — 3 stars. Soft outer bread with a not-​too-​sweet cheese filling.
Cheesecake cup — 3 stars. Same or near-​same cheese filling as used in the triangle pastry.
Pink cake sandwich ball — 3 stars. Tastewise, it was good but nothing outstanding to set it apart from the norm. Really cute though. Inside was an adequate layer of strawberry jam. The cake texture was closer to a light cookie than a soft cake.

What a great Bakery and happening place. We arrived about 7:00 on a Friday night and there were all kinds of happy people filling up their trays with sugary goodness. When you first enter, you should grab tongs and a tray which are on your left. Then fill that sucker up!
To the right are the cakes and I grabbed a slice of pound cake and one of red velvet, wham on the tray! Straight ahead were the smoothies which looked frothy and delicious but since I didn’t get one, that will have to be for the next visit!
To the left of the entrance are the buns, cookies and breads. We continued to pile treats on our tray, it was like we had won a Bakery fill up the tray contest. When we felt we couldn’t fit any more on the surface, we felt it was time to leave. The first register is cash only which we skipped as we were afraid we didn’t have enough on us. When our total came to 6.11 and we got two bags we were incredulous.
The rest of the weekend we sampled and delighted in our selections. But my favorites? Those pound cake and red velvet slices. However, to be fair, don’t you think we should try them again just to be sure?
La Chicanita, you’ve got two new fans in Frankfort.

Hands down best bakery in Aurora! The selection here is fresh everyday and way better than the crap they try and pawn off as bread at La France. The bolillo here is amazing. They always keep fresh ones on the rack, even at 9pm. The idea of this, and any Mexican bakery, is simple: walk in, grab a tray and some tongs and put whatever bread you want on that tray. They offer a nice selection of bread and pastries for a very cheap price. I usually walk out of there with two bags full for about $ 6. They have an area where you can buy smoothies and different fresh fruit drinks. The cakes here are to die for. I love their flan and pastel de tres leches. I recommend this place to everyone!
Ps– they’re open late so that’s a sweet bonus.