Chicago | A Bread Lover’s Paradise 🫶🏻

How can any bread enthusiast resist Bad Butter? The menu keeps evolving — here’s what I’ve tasted over the past two months: 💜 Ube Canele 🌟🌟🌟 A visual trickster — that vibrant purple looks almost painted on, but the ube flavor is subtle. Perfectly crisp shell, moist and fine crumb inside. Great texture! 🥕 Carrot Cake Bustock 🌟🌟🌟✨ Toast meets carrot cake — crispy edges, moist center, crumbly texture. Loaded with toasted walnuts and brightened with citrus cream. Quite sweet, best paired with coffee. 🥦 Giardiniera & Cream Cheese 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Light dough filled evenly with creamy cheese and tangy pickled veggies — no more bland bites! 😘 Crunchy, tangy, and nicely balanced. 👍 🍖 Ham & Cheese 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Flaky, buttery pastry with melted cheese forming a crispy base. Heated up, it’s even more fragrant. Savory ham, cheese, and mustard seeds — irresistibly delicious! ❤️ ☕️ Coffee & Caramel Cruffin 🌟🌟✨ Stunning cross-section! Coffee custard tastes like a strong cappuccino (or milk tea). Salted caramel is soft but sweet — removing some caramel helped. 😊 🍫 Pain au Chocolate 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Shiny, glass-like layers wrapped around 75% dark chocolate. Lightly warmed until melted — crisp outside, rich inside, not overly sweet. Pure satisfaction! 😘 🍮 Kouign Amann 🌟🌟🌟🌟✨ Sugar-butter bomb alert! Caramelized crust crispy like candy glass, interior soft like brioche. Surprisingly not too sweet! 🍒 Chocolate Cherry Pain Suisse 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Essentially a Black Forest in pastry form. Incredibly moist, boozy cherries with a hint of almond essence — enhances the chocolate perfectly. Can’t stop eating! 😍 🥐 Plain Croissant 🌟🌟🌟🌟✨ The true test of skill — textbook lamination. Crisp, dry shell with a soft, airy interior. Light as air with honeycomb layers and a hint of lactic tang. ❤️ Only wish the butter flavor was stronger. 🍯 Cinnamon Twist 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Thought it was just a cinnamon roll variant — but a delightful surprise! 😍 Flaky layers filled with cinnamon custard, fragrant with vanilla and warm spice. Chilled, it’s like ice cream — milky and sweet. 😘 📍 Find them on IG: 📍 Pick up at: The Emily Hotel #GlobalFoodieChallenge #FoodSavesTheDay #WorthTheTrip #HiddenGemEats #SweetTooth