"Founded in June 2018, Lost Larson — an Eater Chicago 38 member — debuted to great fanfare on Andersonville’s densely packed main drag, buoyed in part by owner and former pastry chef at three-Michelin-starred Grace, Bobby Schaffer’s fine-dining pedigree (he also worked as executive pastry chef at New York’s fabled Blue Hill at Stone Barns), as well as a void left by the 2017 closure of 88-year-old neighborhood institution Swedish Bakery. Hordes of fans descended on the cafe, forming long lines down the block for laminated pastries, princess cake, and cardamom buns." - Naomi Waxman