Azteca Bakery

This isn’t like any other bakery that I’ve ever been to. There are so many selections. You grab a tray and a pair of tongs. Which are visibly clean. None of them had crumbs or anything on them. You go around to each case and pick the items that you want. With the exception of cake slices those are in a closed case.
The prices are unbelievable! I left with 5 peices of cake and 6 cookies and numerous other items and it was only $ 16! The items aren’t small either! For what I purchased it would have been atleast $ 30 at any other bakery.
The employees are very nice!
Now the food…
The selection is amazing and tastes fantastic! When I went there were 3 flavors of Tres Leche… I opted for the chocolate and vanilla. Both fantastic! The custard in the custard cone was wonderful! The jalapeño and cheese roll was very tasty.
I can’t say enough how wonderful this place is! It’s a must try!

Can’t put this place into any other words besides dessert heaven! This bakery had the most fresh tasting conch as, churros, enpanadas, you name it they have it. Not to mention it is also a michoacana, it does get much better than that. But wait it does it has a clear window view of all the bakers at work making the fresh bread, can’t get more traditional than that. I’ve never been disappointed by any selection I have made their. Definitely gonna make it a tradition to go every week because there is always something new to try. It would be rather nice though if they had a seating area to enjoy some desserts over some coffee.

I’ve started a great tradition of coming here every weekend and just letting my kids pick anything their hearts desire. We never leave with less than 2 paper bags full of conchas, churros, and other assorted pastries. With that said I don’t think I’ve ever spent more than $ 20 here. Maaayybe $ 25. But point being, you get sooo much for your money at Azteca! And the quality of the pastries are on point, more so when you get there early. Specifically right when they’re rolling the carts out from the back. It smells sooo good and everything is still hot. You can’t leave with just 1 or 2 things! And don’t forget the michoacana side! It’s my go to spot for a mangonada, and occasionally an elote cup. That side isn’t AS cheap but hey, it’s not like I can readily make a mangonada for myself at home!
Now that I’ve completely gushed about this on a Monday night, I’m trying to decide how I can fit in a quick stop before work tomorrow for some breakfast pastries! I love Azteca!

It was the first time I was in a Mexican bakery. The food/​bread all looked good. I bought a few of the small pan de muertos to give my children the experience. They were good. Also bought a piece of dulce de leche mocha pastry. It was pretty tasty (kind of like tiramisu). The service was a bit slow and not very friendly, but not horrible. Just not inviting.

Over the last couple of years their prices have raised a lot. Used to be able to buy at least 3 conchas with $ 1.00 they were $ 0.33 each. Now one concha is $ 0.69 each. Most of the other pieces of bread are around $ 1.00.
Lately the size of the bread varies hugely. I know that every single batch is not going to be perfectly fine but come on sometimes the regular conchas look like the mini conchas.
Another huge let down a lot of Hispanic people complain is about the stupid plastic bags!!! What happen to the paper bag. What’s the point of getting warm pan dulce if it’s going to smash and get wet.

My sister told me about this place when we were visiting. It is amazing!

This is a cute little bakery located tucked away in a strip mall. Great sweets and the staff is super friendly. I went in there once and have been hooked ever since. The selection is enormous and the prices are great. Give this place a try. Too delicious!

EAT PAN DULCE, LIVE HAPPY!
I am always on the hunt for a good bakery. My definition of a good bakery:
Items baked on site (for freshness, obviously), sweet or savory foods that are baked in an oven, reasonably priced treats that will leave you wanting more.
Azteca meets my requirements and then some! I have been to several Mexican bakeries over the years and I have only found one other place that truly deserves 5 stars from me and that place is on the West side of Chicago and too far for me to frequent so I’m especially excited to have found Azteca right in my backyard.
Some of my favorite bakery items are not the prettiest things in the world and as much as I like cupcakes, donuts and cookies from other random places nearby, Azteca has just earned my business after one brief visit.
I have been wanting to get to Azteca Bakery for several months and tonight, I made a quick stop in since I just happened to be passing by and wouldn’t you know, they were open at 6:30 pm on a Sunday night. In fact, they are open until 9 pm every night of the week. I’m a fan of the hours!
The location is perfect for them located right next to an Aldi, a taco joint and a Fiesta Market, I can get all my Mexican foodie needs met at one small strip mall in Streamwood. Who knew?
The store itself is extremely CLEAN! I mean, eat off the floor, clean! The display cases are free of fingerprints and dirt. Management/​owners obviously take pride in their bakery. The staff is very friendly and not one single person is just standing around which I have seen in plenty of other places the like; Everyone is working, cleaning, putting fresh items out, you name it. These folks work hard here.
I selected about 12 or 14 items and left there for just over 7 bucks… ummmm, are you sure about that? I gotta admit I was a little afraid that the stuff wasn’t going to be that great because it was so cheap, but Dios Mio, you weren’t kidding, this place is fantastic! Unilocaltastic, to be exact.
I picked up a few rolls for sandwiches (3 for $.99…can you beat that?) that I’m looking forward to eating my sandwich on for lunch tomorrow. I also selected several Polvorones and a chocolate cake slice that was calling my name. I nibbled on the Polvorones tonight after dinner and I must say Azteca, you have made this picky little lady a very happy one!
Looking forward to returning for more treats soon. Maybe next time, I’ll bring my hubby or sister along.
Damn it, these places are the reason I’m a round little Mexican lady! ;)
Adiós!!!

Drove all the way down here because word of mouth said that this place had a good tres leches (which is normally unheard of) so we decided to give this place a try. Definitely regretted the trip, the gasoline wasted, and $ 9.99 wasted on a round so called «tres leches» cake. To begin with the cake was dry like the Mohave, I didn’t even see a drop of moisture on the plate after eating it. A true authentic tres leches is supposed to be soaked with 3 MILKS (hence the name), and have a spongy, moist type texture. But instead we got a sandy regular yellow cake mix type of cake with a pound of lardy icing and cream on it. How about laying off the cream and instead pouring some milk over the cake! Truly disappointed. A disgrace to a Mexican community such as Streamwood/​Hanover Park. I am not trying to be rude but I am just sick and tired of trying to find a place with authentic tres leches. Guess I have to stick with the Whole Foods tres leches, seems to be as authentic as tres leches can get around here! I hope this place tries out a new tres leches recipe for their cakes, I would definitely be willing to come back here if they would have authentic tres leches .
But on a positive note, the conchas were delicious! Fresh, soft, and sweet!

I’m gonna sound like a real Benedict Arnold here, but imma try to be real with my feelings and just say it: I don’t think white-​folk bakeries hold a candle to that of Mexican (also Asian) bakeries.
Sorry, white people. Step up yo game and stop serving me those dry-​ass little cookies. Ain’t nobody like those. Old people only buy them because their taste-​buds are all dried up and they like to save the metal tins to put butterscotch candies and other knick-​knack in. And that’s just a fact.
Don’t pretend like you don’t know what I’m talking about.
I filled up a tray and half chock full of pastries and puffs, cakes and cookies, doughnuts and more — seriously had to have grabbed like 18 different things — and while I was expecting our total to be something at least in the $ 20-​range, probably verging on $ 30, the girl behind the counter announced that our total came out to a dainty $ 7.10.
JawDropped.
InsertCaramelAppleEmpanada.
ClingToCounterAndBegMyPartnerToLeaveMeHereToDieHap­py.
FINALLY. A bakery with cutesy, gourmet items that I can afford. Sorry, white people and your $ 4 cupcakes. I mean, they’re good, but far too rich for my blood.
The pretzel rolls, the softest baked breads ever, sheet cakes, individual birthday cake slices, popsicles, multi-​flavored churros, cookies, pastries, bacon bread, cheese dough, gelatin cakes, unicorn tears and everything in between. So many goodies.
The selection was uncanny — even on a late Sunday evening when the store was arguably packed (a lot of the crowded-​ness may have come from my incessant running back and forth with excitement over what to get), this place was stocked and still baking more fresh buns. The girls behind the counter were so sweet and only encouraged my ravaging their tres leches selection while my partner attempted to pry my face from up against the glass case. Normally when I do this I can hear people semi-​audibly mouth the words ‘pinche’, ‘gringa’ and ‘loca’, but not here. Here, they are all about crazy, saccharin-​starved, white girls.
While everything I had here was majorly scarf-​able (less one of my doughnuts that I forgot about in the back of my fridge until a week and a half after the fact) and sold for less than anything you’d find at even a Sara Lee outlet store.
And if you’re a coffee fan, do get the mocha tres leches. Ours only lasted for as long as it took to walk back to the car — then I pulled out my handy center-​console-​stored chopsticks and spork and dug right into that B.
My only regret is forgetting about that doughnut in my fridge for so long and not getting a slice of the two other available flavors of tres leches. All the more reason for a three-​peat visit.

walk in, grab a red tray and tongs, and you’re like a kid in a candy shop. i went straight for the delicious dollar churros (with the option of regular, vanilla, or strawberry). they have a huge variety of baked goods, so it made it hard to choose. we ended up with an apple empanada, cheese rolls, and elotes — all of which were great. the cheese ones were my fave. we left with about 6 different things for under $ 5. steal. they have carts straight from the oven in the middle of the store with freshly baked and still warm goods — great idea.
staff is friendly and festive — all wearing santa hats. will definitely be back for more!

Definitely the go-​to place for our bread and pastries! I try something different everytime and have yet to be disappointed!!!

Clean, fresh, and always a wonderful value for bread, pondulche, and sweet treats! Compares to my childhood chicago neighborhood places! You gotta check this place out

My boyfirend and I come here at least a couple times a month to get some pastries. If it wasn’t for him i wouldn’t have discovered this great little Bakery that is tucked away in a small strip mall. I really enjoy coming here for my sweet fix. The staff here is always extremly friendly and the selection is great. I really enjoy the cookies and pastreis. They are great with a cup of coffee for breakfest. It is nice that everything isn’t overly sweetened. Everything here is also very reasonablly priced. Skip Panara and Starbucks and come here, much better pastries and value.

Hidden Gem!
We try to stop in here a few times a month. They are hidden in a strip mall.
Very, Very clean! Very friendly and very helpful! We’ve been beyond happy with every item we’ve purchased.
Their Tres Leches cake, is out of this world! We actually ordered on, for a wedding shower we were hosting. Everyone LOVED it! Very moist, good amount of milk and topped with fresh strawberries! Yummy! We often stop in on a, Sunday morning to get some fresh donuts, which are always nice and fresh. Great variety of goodies… including fresh baked bread and rolls.
Not to mention, they have very reasonable prices.

Delicious cookies! Clean place that is well organized with a grand selection of deserts, breads and other savory and sweet goodies in the Mexican tradition. May be difficult to get a parking place in this very popular strip mall, but so well worth the effort!

Yummy sweets for my tummy
what a way to Finnish off a great day then to stop at your local Mexican Bakery and get some Pan Dosa (Sweet Bread) we got a few Churro’s, Cookies, a Pumpkin Empanada, (was happy to find this) as the last place I was able to get Pumpkin at told me it was to expensive to make them so he stopped making them
got this jelly tart that was to die for and a huge ass fresh Ding Dong it was almost as big as a small cake
I want to go back and get some Flan and the Chocolate Rat, yes I said Rat it looks just like one not sure what it is filled with but I will eat it up it has Chocolate
they had all kinds of breads and cookies here and as always cheap too, well the Flan wasn’t all that cheap but hey it looked worth it