Levain Bakery
Bakery · West Town
840 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60607
Highlights
Signature huge, gooey cookies; popular East Coast brand now in Chicago
Signature huge, gooey cookies; popular East Coast brand now in Chicago
"Angel Chavez, the pastry chef at Bistro Campagne in Lincoln Square, uses his employer’s kitchen to bake pastries and pies for his own biweekly pop-up. Key lime, banana cream, and chocolate cream with an Oreo crust, all topped with glorious freshly made whipped cream, are the stalwarts, but check the weekly menu for seasonal specials. Look out: Chavez is close to opening his own bakery." - Naomi Waxman, Ashok Selvam
"A limited collaboration pairing Honey Vanilla ice cream with Vivian’s salted bourbon chocolate chip cookies, combining super-soft, rich ice cream with buttery, salted-bourbon cookies for pints sold through the ice cream brand’s locations and at Whole Foods for a month-long special treat." - Nadia Chaudhury
"A cult cookie brand whose Chicago debut drew long lines and hometown buzz; for the holidays it offers a Winter Wonderland assortment of eight cookies (perfect for an eight-night Hanukkah gift) with flavors that include seasonal dark chocolate peppermint, chocolate chip walnut, dark chocolate chip, dark chocolate peanut butter chip, and oatmeal raisin. The brand has expanded locally with a second Chicago outpost." - Naomi Waxman
"When Levain Bakery first debuted in Chicago in 2022 with its West Loop shop on Randolph, I watched locals form lines in 16-degree temperatures, a sign of how eagerly the city embraced the popular New York-based chain and of the buzz that now surrounds each new Levain opening." - Naomi Waxman
"New York export Levain Bakery made a splash with its fall 2022 debut in the West Loop, where Chicagoans lined up in 16-degree weather for the brand’s famed cookies — mound-shaped baked creations available in five flavors. These include chocolate chip walnut, oatmeal raisin, and dark chocolate-peanut butter chip." - Naomi Waxman
