El Nopal Bakery — Restaurant in West Chicago Township

i have been going here since the early 80's. My favorite all time cookie are the triangle shaped ones flavored with the chocolate, vanilla and strawberry! When I moved away from the neighborhood my parents remained. i would visit my folks house and when i had time i would stop by El Nopal and buy my special cookies. Sometimes i had to buy and eat them in private!! So good not so share!! My heart dropped when they closed. Couldnt find another place to match that cookie. A few years ago, my sister texted me and she saw on social media that they were reopening!! Guess where i went the next day?..Yep!...you guessed it!! I've made it a habit to aleast go there every 6-8 weeks. I get about 6-8 of my favorite cookies and get the conchas for my family. (I have to distract them so that they dont beg for my...

I really don't get why they refuse to accept the Link card. Especially in this neighborhood,what I mean is pretty much 97% of the bakeries,grocery stores,food marts,corner family owned food stores accept it! And,there's alot of people hurting financially around here,myself included! I can understand NOT accepting it for their cakes made for special occasions.But for basic breads cookies,donuts?! Come on,you're losing business! It would be to your benefit to start accepting it! Oh,well I can always go to Rosy's (also on 26th,about a blk.W. of Kedzie,S.side of street) grab a treat AND get a decent cup of coffee with the SNAP card.They even have assorted...

I've come here for some time and I like their cookies among other pastries, there was only one other person in the bakery besides the employee so it was an easy in and out, the bread is done in the morning so by the time I got here in the evening the bread was still good. They do have a restaurant side for fast things to consider, tortas like El chavo Bleu, Maestro ta ta ta, Chilipollo, wingamon, kikotenders, popinachos, jaimichurro, la vecindad are the names of what they have. Paid parking in front and around the place. They do have a couple of chairs to enjoy there but it...