Artemio Bakery

LOVE IT!!! This has been my to go place since I was born! Lol well not since I was born but ever since i can remember. I love this place because of its prices. I have been to other good bakeries but no one beats their prices. I recently ordered a birthday cake and I was satisfied with what I got and with the price.

I had a HORRIBLE experience with this bakery! I was referred to this place by a local business and I thought I will give them a try. I had ordered the 3 milk flavored cake which was for a baby shower. BIGGEST MISTAKE EVER, apparently they added ROMPOPE which contains alcohol. The cake looked presentable but it tasted like CRAP!!! Who would feed this to their kids… I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PLACE TO NOBODY! Truly disappointed!

We spent a morning exploring Wicker Park, and serendipitously came across this awesome bakery. It’s nothing flash to look at, but gosh they had such an amazing range, everything was SO tasty and fresh, and we couldn’t believe the prices. Worth a look for sure!

Off the hook delicious. Had the salted Carmel macaroons and the peanut butter macaroons. Cooler was down so the lady working the counter had to carry out the trays for us to choose from. Double shot espresso was extremely good.

The young lady behind the counter was too involved in a conversation with her friend, that when I asked for a some recommendations… she just said «everything is good» and went back to her conversation.
I bought these to snack on as I walk around Damen and North (Wicker Park shopping district). Maybe I didn’t get the right cookies, but these were a disappointment. I broke a small piece of both to try, and then threw the rest away. I like to support local businesses, but I’m not sure if I’ll have the urge to give them another shot.

As a native south-​Texan, pan dulce was a cornerstone of my diet growing up. Artemio’s has some of the best product for the best prices I’ve seen in Chicago. I also love that they’re located only a few blocks from where I live! The empanadas, ‘pigs,’ and other treats are faaaantastic. Take it from me, I’m a Hispanic with a college degree. Impressed?!!

mexican sweet bread
cheap
fresh
delicious
conchas
cuernitos
bolillos
birotes
café
3 leches
flan
galletas
polvorones
roscas de relles
pasteles etc etc

Fresh baked pastries at very good price. Just to show you good food don’t have to be expensive.

Prices are great. Cookies are delicious. Wish they would sell them separately though.

For the prices, it’s a deal but the bread and pastries are really dry. There’s a vast difference between the quality but if you want something cheap and filling and a little desserty with a dry aftertaste, come here. You can get 3 pastries at the price of one.
I do recommend their cakes though. Very moist without being overly sweet.
I’d skip the rest.

Amazing prices, SO friendly, and I dream about those coconut macaroons.

Oh god, do I love this place! I stopped in with my parents once to get a cookie and have been coming back ever since. Call me plain, but my favorite things here are the big cookies that look like a checkerboard. And the apple turnovers are pretty delicious as well.
The drawback is that no prices are marked but don’t even worry about it. Your total order will be less than you expect it to be.
Also, the day I learned they have another location right by the Sheridan red line stop was the best day ever.

Totally walked by while trying to go to another place. As soon I saw baked goods outside the window I decided to go in. The price are unbeatable. Around 60 cents for most of the goods, accept for cupcakes and few other items. I love their cheese Danish. Soft and great. They have many selections. You get a tray and grab what you want and then go pay. It’s great! The woman took care of me didn’t really know how to speak English so another Spanish speaker had to translate for her. Definitely worth to check it out!
No sitting in though. Just a walk in place.

An authentic panaderia in the heart of Wicker Park.
Great prices for delicious pastries. Help yourself to a variety of sweet rolls, breads, cookies and more; though the more labor intensive options can be lackluster.

That sign. That delicious, yellow sign. I can’t escape it.
A friend brought me here some time ago, and I have her to blame for the pull. The staff is very friendly, the pastries are plentiful, and the prices are AWESOME. My friend promised me HUGE coconut macaroons and she was not lying. They’re pretty much the size of my fist; there was no way that I could eat one in one sitting. So these are perfect for sharing with a buddy. I also got a couple of shortbread cookies, one of which was shaped like a slice of watermelon (CUTE!).
The pastries themselves aren’t the best I’ve had, but I enjoy them. Especially for the price. Perfect with a good cup of coffee or tea.

I like this bakery and can’t wait to go again! They’re not the greatest-​tasting, but I got a large cookie and a brownie for under $ 2! This would’ve costed $ 6 at several other places but $ 2 is all the cash I had at the time and look what it got me! I agree with the reviewer who said labels need to get added to the displays.

I really need to stop telling myself I’m just going to window shop at the bakery, just never seems to work out that way. Giving in was worth it this time though. I can’t believe how cheap everything was. I was shocked when she gave me my total. Since we now live in a time where everyone thinks their cookies and croissants are worth $ 4. p. s. They are not! And they take credit cards. I got some croissant type stuff with pineapple, cream cheese, and cherry fillings. All really good. And the sugar cookies are good.
The only thing I would improve on is maybe adding labels to the displays. I felt bad having to keep asking the woman what certain things were, just makes life easier.

The cheapest (price-​wise) bakery in Chicago probably. Everything here is huge, and most of it is less than $ 1 each. Unfortunately, not everything the sell is good (taste-​wise). Their conchas are very dry and not at all like what a concha should be. Their jelly rolls are mostly dry cake with very little jelly. I feel like their other cake products would be the same, but who knows.
Everything else, though, is great, especially those fruit tart cups that are a foot deep (around 2 – 3 cm in metric/​real life units) and filled with the tastiest jelly ever (the kind they should be filling their jelly rolls more with!). Their black/​white cookies (not really a black/​white cookie, but close enough) are tasty, with a hint of chocolate. Their weird peanut butter cookies (?) are crumbly and dry, but they still have a strong PB taste, so I like crumbling them into ice cream. Their watermelon cookies (which were a huge disappointment when I found out they didn’t taste like watermelon) were surprisingly good (after that inital disappointment) (although I’m still more disappointed than pleased by them).
You can order a dozen items for less than $ 10.

What seems like ages ago, I was groomed to be the perfect Spanish housewife. This meant Abuela spent hours with me in the kitchen and I learned the art of making empanadas, bizcocho, Tarta Santiago — essentially a whole array of baked goods, among other things. [1]
Although Artemio does not specialize in sweets from Spain (the cookies and cakes are more of a Mexican/​Central American style), I sauntered in because I was craving bizcocho to go with my afternoon coffee. [2] Artemio had only the standard lemon-​based variety, so I bought a slice.
The bizcocho looked incredibly appetizing, but turned out to be very dry and bland. The hint of lemon was almost undetectable and the cake itself was very crumbly. (Pro tip to remedy the dryness: add a little bit of olive oil to the recipe.) I ate just enough to go with my coffee but couldn’t compel myself to finish the behemoth slice.
Everything is ridiculously cheap; I’m still in disbelief that I got such a huge slice of cake for under $ 1.
[1] Whatever I lack for a dowry I can compensate for with my cooking prowess.
[2] I’m not nearly motivated enough to bake myself an entire cake.

Kudos to the other reviewers for sharing good details. I was down the street at Pint over the weekend, getting my beer garden swagger on with a buddy. Took a breather to refresh his parking sticker and decided dessert was necessary before the next round of beers. Scoped the aisles a few times, I had no idea what to get. Pulled out the droid and started scanning reviews on Unilocal.Tres leches popped up a few times and that’s what I ordered. They sell singles slices in the refrigerator. I think it was less than three dollars.
No churros? No one mentions churros in reviews and when I inquired, they responded «no». So I’m not sure if that means they were out or they don’t offer them at all. The bakery is filled with these plastic, see through cabinets full of Easter colored baked goods. Not the most appetizing looking or it’s not that, it’s rather the plastic bins just look junky over time. Wear and tear has started to show. It’d be wiser if they had wooden bins with glass covers, easy to maintain and looks timeless.
Don’t expect typical on their toes bakery service. People come in, walk around, grab some stuff, pay minimal amount of pesos and exit. The goods are inexpensive. No one entrance or exit greets. People are doing their own things. You won’t be bothered about not buying anything or just coming in to look.
The Tres leches slice was perfect. Served in a plastic container on a doily. Once we took spoon fulls the sweet milk started to flow. At one point our server came out and said «so this is where you wondered off to!» She took a bite as well and agreed it was good stuff. I’ve been all kinds of bar hopping in this area for years and never once, paid attention to this little bakery. The stars are mostly for the slice, I would probably grab another the next time I’m spending an afternoon in Bucktown /​WP.