Sugar Hills Bakery

They are tasty, no doubt. I tried some delicious samples of tiramisu, opera cake, and something else. A little overpriced for me with small portions (cake slices, sandwiches), I can’t hang…:-/

Ive been trying to come last FOUR times and every time they were closed when it said on Unilocal they were open! They have no hours on the door either. Every time I came by was anywhere between 3 – 6 pm when I know before they would be open at these hours!!! I mean the least they could do is update their new hours so we don’t waste our times coming there

I had been wanting to check out Sugar Hills Bakery for quite some time as I live 5 minutes away. About 6 months ago, Unilocal Chicago had a fun pop up event there and I was able to try a few things. I just loved the bakery’s staff, nice seating area and tasty baked goods & breakfasts so I’ve gone back several times since.
Macarons…wow! Some of the best in Chicago. The filing is always creamy delicious. The cookie is so soft and you can bite right through it with just the right amount of chew and a tiny crunch. Macarons will run you $ 1.60 each.
Cake pops are $ 1.75 each and they have about 7 flavors of which I’ve tried the chocolate, red velvet and peanut butter. All are good options and I like them but wouldn’t go as far as calling them the best I’ve ever had.
Their classic breakfast sandwich is money! They have some good breakfast options which may surprise you! It’s a very viable option to pop into for a quick and tasty bite to eat in the morning. They have more lunch geared sandwiches, as well, but I have yet to give those a go! So many things to try, so little time~~~
I’m happy to have this sweet bakery in my hometown ‘hood of Avondale!

UPDATE: They have addressed all deficiencies I mentioned before. Everything is fresh. Delicious breakfast panini. Delicious coffee. Delicious desserts. Great place with soft music in the background. Love having such a great place in the neighborhood. With free parking, no less! Highly recommend.

We went through Sugar Hills Bakery for our wedding cake, since they are partnered with the Lido Banquets on Milwaukee Ave.
There were so many options to choose from, and they gave us a nice big book to look at a couple months before our wedding. My husband and I already had an idea of the cake we wanted… so we took a risk and asked if they could do it for us! The manager was so awesome in accommodating our request, and I thought it would be difficult, since we had a Beauty and the Beast themed wedding. I printed a picture of the cake from the movie, and showed him our cake topper, and he said it would be no problem!!!
Two weeks before our wedding, I dropped off the cake topper, paid an awesome price for our three tiered cake, and when I saw it on our wedding day, it couldn’t have been more PERFECT.
Thank you Sugar Hills, for making our wedding cake as beautiful as we imagined it! All of our guests absolutely LOVED the raspberry lemon flavor, and we ate ALL of it! haha.
Luckily, my parents live down the street from this bakery, so I will be coming in to eat more of their French Macarons and other amazing sweets that they have in there. Thank You for being amazing!!! ^_^

We found this hidden gem close by to our house. A beautiful clean streamlined bakery that has lots of assortments to choose from. Chris and I had the opera cake, blueberry mojito and pistachio macaroons and the brownie cheesecake. All were amazing!!! The cheesecake was moist and balanced well with the chocolate. The macaroons were soft and melted in our mouths! Delicious!!! Not only did they taste great but we’re all executed perfectly! Really shows jakes caliber as a shed! Definitely worth a drive even if you are not in the areA!!!

Their Intelligentsia brewed coffee tastes just like it does at Intelligentsia. I know that’s probably blasphemy, but it’s the truth. They do a great job at keeping the flavor of the coffee. Same goes for the lattes. I had a mocha and it was the perfect balance of sweet.
I have not had a lot of their bakery items, but their Almond Croissants are amazing and the muffins are quite tasty. I’ve lived in this neighborhood for a long time and have wanted a nice coffee shop close by. It took me a while to give this place a chance (it’s location next to an auto shop leaves much to be desired), but I’m glad I did! Will definitely be returning.

Eye popping baked stuff and their hip store is something you would not expect off of Addison St., in a strip mall and across the street from a White Castle. The presentation of the baked items are just too cool to describe.
We’ve tried the cake pops and tiramisu and were pleased with both items. The cake pops are very rich and two can probably satisfy you but be careful because the cake pop can easily fall apart after one bite. The tiramisu was non-​traditional and was a little on the dry side. I suppose I’m use to moist lady fingers.
I’ll definitely be back to try other cakes and pastries.

Sugar Hills Bakery is a perfect stop for a coffee, tea, cookie, birthday or wedding cake. If you thinking about getting really original, elegant, funny, colorful and very very yummy piece of cake that Bakery is definitely that kind of place.
The staff is always nice and Jacob, the owner he is my sweet little sugar. Always there and always smiling. Just feels good to be there. Jacob got a great taste and its shows there. Love the conference room. Love those coffee mugs. Very sophisticated.
See you guys soon!
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Exceptional! The café was modern and cozy, the employees were helpful and friendly. I can’t believe I didn’t know about this place earlier. It’ll be my new café place to come and enjoy a cup of coffee and chats with friends.

Went here to check out a new local bakery and was highly disappointed that the check in offer expired over 2 months ago, but was still on Unilocal.The pastries all looked fresh and delightful. The bakery even offered breakfast panini sandwiches. The staff was friendly and welcoming. Maybe I will purchase something next time, but was turned off by the expired offer.

I rarely 5 stars but I truly feel like this one deserves it.
Drinks: Serves Intelligentsia coffee and fantastic organic teas. Like, I’m talking high quality, organic teas and tea blends. I had their jasmine green ($ 3 with tax) and oh my gosh I will be coming back to find out who makes that tea and how I can get some of that for myself.
Pastries: Every single pastry I’ve tried, from their chocolate chip cookies, blueberry muffins, paninis or their stuffed breakfast pastry thingies which i don’t remember the name of now, are all really delicious. Honestly I though their blueberry muffin was the best I’ve ever had. Ever.
Interior: They have tables and a HUGE work table that’s just great.
Free wifi.
The outside/​front is deceiving. It’s not impressive. That’s honestly what kept me away in the beginning. People kept telling me how great this place was, but it’s in the middle of a strip mall where the Jewel is. It’s kind of hard to see and the signs are pretty plain. But believe me, this place is a gem. They make all of their goodies. ALL in-​house. I’m definitely recommending this place and will definitely be coming back!
TIP: $ 5 minimum to use a debit/​credit card!

Although I came by for an event, the space was serving its normal list of confections so I’ll write this up as normal.
First, I wish Sugar Hills was closer; as is, it’s perfect if my young child is up early so I can take the highway up to the location. Otherwise, this could be 25 – 30 minutes away with traffic… and I love baked goods, but not that much.
Second, the food here is incredible. Tried the spinach savory croissant, double chocolate mousse bomb, sugar cookies, glazed donut, lemon vanilla iced cake pop, and butter cookies. Would get all of them again and the prices were mostly fair. This definitely has the European bakery feel, right down to the staff; all of the treats feel light and very fresh, and we didn’t even try the larger cakes and pies but that will be for our next visit.
Very friendly team here and if I’m up in the area again, I will certainly be back!

I am in this area… a lot… I’ve seen the sign for Sugar Hills and to be honest, I thought it was just going to be a cookie-​cutter (no pun intended) neighborhood bakery. Another lesson folks, don’t judge a bakery by it’s location.
I made a stop on my way to brunch thinking I’d just get some cookies for me and my son for later. But instead of a regular cookie/​cupcake kind of display, I was met with a gourmet case of croissants, muffins, cookies, cake pops, cupcakes, cakes, mini tarts and *gasp* macarons!
There is also a menu board of other breakfast sandwiches… damn if I wasn’t head to brunch with the gals I would have ordered a sandwich and sat myself down in their sleek and bright shop.
I opted for a cup of Intelligentsia coffee and got some pastries for later. Let me tell you, later in the day and even the next day the goods were still great! The banana nut muffin was huge, soft and full of flavor. The spinach croissant was also a great choice – the croissant dough was flaky, soft and buttery. The filling tasty and a perfect marrying of savory in a usually sweet pastry. The macarons – sadly I only tried one as my son ate the other three because «macs» are his favorite. But the strawberry basil macaron was light and airy. Their macarons are on the small side – one could probably pop a whole one in their mouth. They had about 12 different flavors to choose from and all so colorful and cute.
SHB is a great place to hang out or meet folks – the space is idea for folks who need to work on their own thing for folks to meet up over a cuppa Joe and a pastry. I can’t thank Chicago CM Danny W enough for pointing us in this direction. Like I said, I am in this area a lot and I’m glad I stopped. For sure I’ll be stopping in regularly. Croissants anyone?

Great way to start off a beautiful and let’s not forget warm Sunday in Chicago! Decided to check out Sugar Hill Bakery’s Unilocal Event and glad I did. With a check in you got a free cup of coffee and bakery items up to $ 10. Decide to go with the savory items of a delicious egg, spinach, tomato and turkey bacon sandwich and spinach and feta croissant. The sandwich was delicious, the bread perfectly crisp and just enough melted cheese! Let’s not forget they serve intelligentsia coffee! That’s always a plus. Nice large seating area inside along with a large parking lot. I’ll definitely be back when I’m in the area for a sweet treat or savoy lunch item! Way to go Unilocal on picking a great place to show case!

Ordered Pear Almond Tart and Latte. They are very tasty and the owner and staff are all friendly;)
Great Unilocal event (a cup of coffee and a bakery item up to $ 10 free) gave me them for free! Amazing customer service! Want to try other items next time

On a beautiful warm sunny November morning our family visited this bakery called «Sugar Hill Bakery. It was beautiful scene of a comfortable modern European bakery. We are greeted with smiles by their staff, and the owner and manager, Jacob had a warm friendly smiled and it made us excited to check out their goodies.
We had several amazing decadent, delicious baked goodies.
My two older daughters had baked Donuts, one with raspberry filling and the other one had custard filling. It was so pillowy soft, sweet and had sprinkles! The girls love sprinkles on donuts. I have how the donuts while they were yeast donuts they were not at all fried. It was a great eating yeast donuts that aren’t always fried. Healthier way to go I think and the girls couldn’t tell the difference.
My youngest daughter who is only 3, looked delightfully at the cupcakes and so I asked Jacob to pick me out a chocolate cupcake, it was so pretty with orange and yellow sprinkles. It brought a lot of giggles and a big smile on my little one. She ate the frosting like ice-​cream and enjoyed every bit of it.
My husband and I had Tomato & Spinach savory croissants. They were beautifully created and the spinach and fluffy crispy croissant that had delicious savory filling makes for a good breakfast/​lunch/​snack. I also got to have a lemon bar and it hits every notes for a lemon bar craving. My husband also had a baked donut as well it was filled with cream and it was so good!
We got two cups of hot medium size coffee and it was excellent coffee you don’t need a lot of creamer or sugar for this coffee. I like how the coffee doesn’t taste too bitter it goes down smooth. I would love to come back here and order a birthday cake from them. Support the local businesses in the area, because this place is a gem! I hope they stick around the neighborhood for a long long time.
One more thing this bakery isn’t over priced. You can get a lot of goodies including drinks for about $ 10. So if you want an afford bite and also treat yourself go to Sugar Hill Bakery.

Updating my review for the fabulous customer service here! Delicious chocolate croissants (eating as I review! Lol). The owner is just downright lovely! I am a sucker for their pecan tarts and cranberry apple tarts. Yum!
Oh BTW there is a great Unilocal deal today here. Free coffee and menu item to get acquainted with their business. Delicious deal!

I always send Mama J. over there for their macarons! My favorite is the raspberry. Mama J. and I came together this morning since SHB partnered with Unilocal for their promotional event. I had their cake pops, and they were delicious! I recommend the peanut butter cake pop. Trust me… you won’t be disappointed.
SHB is within the same shopping plaza with Jewel-​Osco and Chase, so communal parking is available. It’s also accessible via #152 (Addison) bus.

I really like their adult brownie since it’s dense, moist, airy and has just the right amount of punch from the rum. However, the tiramisu was very lackluster and I would not order it again. I would only come here for those special brownies but call in advance since they only have it on some days!
I wouldn’t want to get work done here either. It doesn’t seem like a place to chill but rather get something to go.