Leonard’s Bakery

This place is absolutely amazing. I went in just to grab a cannoli and I ended up spending $ 30 worth of baked goods. Everything looks so delicious. I’m definitely going back!

Got the almond coffee cake. It was super good, but loaded with brown sugar. They only accept cash so I had to use the ATM inside which charged $ 3 plus my bank charged me $ 2 (or the other way around I don’t remember). Either way, that is just insane, so make sure to bring cash. I thought this place would have more of a donut selection but it was more cookies and cakes than anything. I don’t know if I’d come here again. I don’t carry cash all the time and the coffee cake was way too sugary (still yummy tho, but makes me feel super guilty eating it).

Very nice people that welcome you into a bakery with a great tasting quality selection.

Great customer service. The workers are very friendly. The almond coffee cake was good and the rugelahs were tasty as well. The lady taking my order was really nice and since it was my first visit she gave me a small sample of cookies. Will comeback to try their chocolate coffee cake and bread.

It is a good bakery, it is kind of a small shop so there is not a whole lot to choose from, but what they do have is all very good.

I stopped in to grab breakfast treats for my corporate team — their sweets and donuts are absolutely delicious. So fresh and obviously made with care. I received numerous comments on how amazing they were. The service was extremely attentive and friendly. Nothing like a smile first thing in the AM and not to mention supporting a local business. I have finally found my go to bakery for morning treats for our morning meetings and home! Can’t wait to stop back to try their bread– they were beautiful!

Holy cow, best coffee cake on the planet.
This place is a staple and has been for 30 years.
Go today!

Leonard’s Bakery is a «Kosher Style» bakery. When asked, they follow the correct laws but have not been CRC certified.
They are in a small space but they pack it with lots of goodies. Everything they have is parve. (Nothing is made with any milk products.) but, you would never know it.
Their Challah was delicious. We also took home some rugalach. These were sweet, had plenty of tasty ingredients, but we’re a little doughy. They still tasted good.
Prices are reasonable. Make sure you get there early so everything you want is there and not sold out.

Wow! Beautiful high end pastries at affordable prices. If you’re looking for cupcakes for a wedding or just a nice sweet to bring for the office mates this place is great! I’ll be back again soon. :)

Coffee Cakes are out of this World! I especially liked the Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake. Great staff and atmosphere! No wonder this place has been here forever.

Ok Ill admit The bakery is better than the deli. Selections good & fresh, service real good. Coffee cakes excellence! Butter cookies ++! Do try. Worth ur time! Prices in
line with what ur getting. Adorable baker ladies remind me of a neighbors mom or grandma. Charming to the point of almost grabbing your cheek & saying that ur a good boy!

BEST COFFEE CAKES SOLD BY LOVELIEST STAFF.
Seriously. Come here and pick up a coffee cake and your co-​workers will both love and hate you. Love, because Leonard’s makes the most delicious coffee cakes on the planet. Hate, because they will eat a ton of said coffee cake (but really, what are calories anyway?).
My currently favorite is the Schnore — a s’more coffee cake with chocolate, marshmallow topping and graham cracker crumbs! I’ve also tasked myself with eating my way through all the varieties of coffee cake.
The bagels are also really awesome. You have to get the cream cheese next door at Once Upon A Deli.
Note: Cash only with ATM located inside.

Oh, Leonard’s! If only you shipped!

Came in looking for some smiley face cookies and ended up with lots more. Mark introduced himself and help me with several decisions. Its nice to go somewhere that you feel they take pride in their product. They will even bake to order if you call in ahead. Cash only and I love that. Small business’s need every advantage they can get. I will definitely be a regular

Another bakery with no seating available.
When I read «bakery», I envision breads and different pastries etc. but this place is mostly cookies and an unappetizing selection of pastries.
At the least, I tried different favors of tiny pastries. Honestly, the stuffing tastes better for the ones purchased from «target». Chocolate/​raspberry/​apricot stuffings were all st

I’ve tasted baked goods from Leonard’s Bakery many times before, as several of my colleagues regularly bring in the chocolate chip coffee cake and the chocolate babka. Scrumptious! Everyone in my office looks forward to breakfast treats from Leonard’s.
Today was my first visit to Leonard’s Bakery. The owner, Mark, greeted me warmly, introduced himself and asked me if it was my first time there. Indeed, it was, I admitted. He asked my name and took the time to tell me about the most popular items.
I selected some rugelach, a chocolate babka and some kichel. When I was checking out, Mark asked me if I liked cinnamon and when I said I did gave me a little container of cinnamon roll spirals and admonished me to take them home to my family and not to share them with the folks at work. Good advice indeed – they are heavenly!
Great service with a smile, and amazing baked goods! Mark, it may have been my first visit today, but I will be back!

Finally got a chance to check out this bakery and it was totally worth it! It’s a tiny space and was quite busy when I visited on a weekday afternoon, a very good sign. The staff is friendly, quick and efficient and the chocolate coffeecake is awesome-can’t stop nibbling at it awesome. I got a few other things as well, butter cookies-​better than average, black & white cookies-​good but I’m not sure I’d get them again, and what looks to be babka-​found it on the day-​old shelf and couldn’t pass it up.
The prices are very fair and I’m looking forward to the opportunity to go back soon.

I made it a point to immediately write this after visiting. What a nice little place. Absolutely delicious and you couldn’t ask for nicer folks behind the counter.

Super friendly atmosphere at Leonard’s! True story — the 1^st time I went in for some doughnuts and pastry (almost 2 years ago) I did not know that it was cash only; after ordering about $ 9 worth of stuff I gave all the cash I had in my pockets (about 6 bucks) & instead of putting stuff back that I ordered he said «pay me when you come back again…»; so my tab was written on a scratch piece of paper & I left with a whole bag of awesome sweets! Needless to say I am now a regular because of the quality & kindness offered at Leonard’s. Their raspberry coffee cake is truly fantastic! My wife loves their sugar/​cinnamon doughnuts. I have told many friends about this place & will continue to do so…

Stopped in to purchase some cookies, bagels, and more. Got a surprise when the person told me «Oh no, it is cash only» when I tried to pay with my credit card. They have lost my business because of this. So the .30 ¢ they saved on not accepting a credit card from us for this transaction means they have lost out on thousands of dollars of future business from me. How in today’s world do you not accept a credit card for a purchase??? Not a smart business decision!!! I suggest you start accepting credit cards for purchases in the very near future!

It’s in an outside mall area, a little off the beaten path, but there’s a certain charm that goes along with classic old school Jewish bakeries, and this place is the perfect definition of that. When you walk in you’ll immediately feel like you stepped into a bakery from your past. I can name one memory from my childhood as I’m writing this.
Here their specialty is the variety of coffee cakes they sell like Turtle with caramel, nuts, and chocolate. I only sampled a couple of their cookies and some rugelach, but if I want a coffee cake I’m willing to get in my car and travel for something extra special. It all just looked so yummy!
Other offerings include specialty cakes to order, typical baked goods like cookies, donuts, and cupcakes.
Oh, and if you’re in the mood for a killer corned beef sandwich, it’s connected to a Jewish deli, so maybe go there first and come back for dessert?
I’ll be back!

Next stop on my tour of Chicagoland bakeries is Leonard’s (you may be asking how Lenny G., could have waited so long before going to a bakery with such a great name). Hidden in a nondescript strip mall, it’s easy to overlook. It’s a small place without seats attached to the deli next door. The selection is great. They have a wide variety of Jewish pastries. The staff is amazingly nice. You couldn’t ask for more helpful people. The only reason they got 4 stars is that everything I got was incredibly sweet. Sweet to the point that I had to to have a plain bagel afterwords just to wash the sugar out of my mouth. Maybe next time I should try the sugar free versions. Oh and it’s cash only.

Upon arriving to Northbrook for a family visit, I immediately whip out the Unilocal app to find what’s good around the area. Unfortunately (or not?) I need to feed my sugar addiction every 2 – 3 days. Unilocalers seem to enjoy the coffee cake at Leonard’s and it was only a 5 minute drive from where I was staying so I decided to try it out!
Leonard’s is tucked away in a strip mall but easy to locate. I was overwhelmed by the variety of baked goods behind the counter — so many options that include bagels, cookies, and the famous coffee cakes as mentioned in other reviews. I looked lost inside, so Marc made a good effort to find out what I was looking for and is a very friendly and generous person! I ended up purchasing an almond coffee cake, a sour cream/​cinnamon roll, and some cinnamon kiddush cake (on the house because I’m not a local).
The almond coffee cake is not super sweet and full of almond flavor — delicious. It is a diet buster for sure! The cinnamon kiddush is definitely geared for cinnamon lovers like me! Based on my limited tasting experience — this bakery offers fresh and tasty goods with awesome service. Also, it is an independent shop located in the suburbs! I will be back next time my travels take me to Northbrook.
Thank goodness for marathon training wiping out these tasty calories.

Bakeries on Unilocal scores 5s way too easily, so much that a 4 star bakery is probably very mediocre, and a 5 is probably just above average.
But Leonard’s isn’t just a bakery 5. or a suburban 5. It’s a well-​deserved worth-​a-​detour-​to-​visit-​them 5. Fresh and well made treats at very reasonable prices.
The cookies are amazing! What kind of cookies are these? I expected a normal sprinkle sugar cookie and they are actually more like a really light shortbread cookie… very soft and light and crumbly, and not overwhelmingly sweet.
We split the Schnore’s coffee cake, which the guy said was the best thing in the store and looks like no cake I’ve ever had. It’s smores coffee cake topped with frosting and graham cracker bits. …YEAH. It’s super rich but still again, not overwhelmingly sweet and has enough of a coffee flavor to satisfy this coffee addict.
I’d call this place a «hidden gem» if that weren’t such a cliché… Plus, it’s definitely already a neighborhood staple.

Just dropped by this place on the way back to Evanston, and I loved it!
1. Gave us a free sugar cookie, and it was the most delectable, soft, crumbly cookie in the world.
2. Guy working the front was super sweet and helpful.
3. THE COFFEE CAKE. Demolished ¹⁄₃ of this giant monstrous cake in 5 minutes (hello heart attack) but it was literally the best coffee cake I have had in my LIFE. By far.
4. Great prices… The coffee cake was huge and it only cost a little over $ 8 for the entire thing. Their cookies are sold by the pound and for like $ 9 or so you can get 25 cookies.
AMAZING.

If you LOVE Dunkin Donuts, you’ll probably hate this place.
With their huge selection of FRESH baked goods and artisan techniques, the loss of the preservative taste you get from commercial-​offsite baking is really lost in the small batch, family run business.
Oh, and if you sit down in «that» chair… they’ll start calling you Leondard, because it’s his chair, and if you’re still half asleep, you may not understand the joke! :)
I can’t even name all the different items they have, but it’s way beyond donuts, stop in and be reminded that grocery store chains are not the place for great baked goods… but, I’ll tell you the coffee cakes are to die for!