BomboBar — Restaurant in West Chicago Township

I was influenced to visit BomboBar after seeing pictures shared by Yelpers - Sarah P and Helene K. What kept it relevant in my mind after having been on my to-visit list for some time, was the thought of how the desserts are presented. When planning to make my way out I felt giddy-like, even sharing pictures of items with my coworkers. With how hyped I was to visit, I got humor out of it being a 75% match of me possibly liking it, per Google! I thought to myself, really? Google just does not know me like Yelp does, so we will see about that because I love any place that presents desserts how BomboBar does.

If you drive, I recommend not visiting BomboBar late in the evening or you will be driving around looking for a parking spot. I say this because I ended up prolonging my visit until I got a better grasp of when to visit the area because Fulton Market District is a foodie's heaven! I ended up planning to visit when it was not as crowded, hoping that I could find a parking spot within the area. Luckily, I found a spot along W Randolph St, right in front of the Madewell clothing store.

It felt surreal walking up to its exterior being that I had a few failed attempts to visit because of parking issues. BomboBar is a walk-up-to-the window spot that has several stools and a few tables within its patio. I loved that there was heat available within its patio area which was sheltered during the time of my visit due to seasonal weather change.

Since the monitors were not working, and some of the pictured items of my interest shared on Yelp were not available, an employee helped me with ordering. The employee shared with me images inside of a clipboard of what is featured. The chocolate peanut butter shake - gelato shake was the item that captured my interest. At the time, it was what my tastebuds craved other than something featuring a brownie. Eventually, I would like to try more on their menu whether it be another gelato shake, one of its hotter chocolates, a housemade gelato, or some of its bomboloni selections featured. Likely, the s'mores - hotter chocolate would be what I would order on a follow up visit due to what it consists of.

I surely cannot complain about the service. My chocolate peanut butter shake was completed in a reasonable time. I had the biggest smirk on my face after taking every sip of its chocolatey peanut buttery taste, and as I tried to eat every single bit of reece's pieces at the bottom, hehe.

Now that I have finally visited BomboBar and had a pleasant experience, I am quite positive that I will re-visit when in the...

Donut was ok. It was cold, pretty plain, but decent I guess. I'm only coming on here to leave a review because of the rude girl working at the register when I went last week.

I took a bite out of my donut and when I was about to take a second bite, I noticed there was a long, BLONDE HAIR (I'm a brunette) inside the donut (not just on top, but it was inside the dough). I went up to the girl at the register and politely said, "excuse me, there's a hair in this donut." I wasn't expecting a free donut because honestly I didn't even like it, but I thought she'd at least say something like "oh wow I'm sorry that's gross." Instead, she looked at me like I was inconveniencing her, and didn't say anything so I asked, "...did you hear me?" She said, "what do you want me to do, you took a bite out of it." I said, "nothing, I'm just telling you there's a hair IN the donut, can you take it back and throw it out, I don't want it." She repeated again, "well you took a bite so I don't know what I'm supposed to do" in a very rude tone. At this point I got frustrated so I said "can you just take it and throw it away??" She rolled her eyes and responded with "isn't there a trashcan on the street?" and shut her...

We came to hang out in this area because it's in the Fulton Market area and I wanted to go to some bars/restaurant in the area.

Bombobar is a pretty cozy space that is built from extending the side of an adjacent restaurant. The area is a big tent, but feels pretty cozy. To order the food, there's a window kinda like take out that places and calls out your order.

My friend got the s'mores one and I got the vanilla cream custard bombiloni. Both were so good! For the taste, the actual bombiloni was warm and soft yet chewy- just like the Italian deal. For the presentation, both of them came in a cute box with a hole in the middle to hold the large pipette (the filling of the bombiloni was held in the pipette and you can squeeze it to DIY and add filling vs. already having the filling squeezed in usually which makes it fun! The s'mores one was so pretty with a huge marshmallow and chocolate drizzles. There was also a bar table of seating that could maybe seat 10 so it was nice to be able to sit and enjoy.

The hot chocolate and other items also looked really good. Recommend for a unique take on this Italian donut and for a fun but...