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Ferrara Bakery
Cuisine: Bakery, Comfort Food, European, Italian
10Best Says
Salvatore Ferrara began this operation in 1908 and Ferrara Bakery is still turning out confections, pizza and pasta with fresh, pure ingredients minus artificial flavorings or preservatives.
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Salvatore Ferrara began this operation in 1908 and Ferrara Bakery is still turning out confections, pizza and pasta with fresh, pure ingredients minus artificial flavorings or preservatives.
The bakery offers an array of cakes, cookies, and cannoli but you can also take-out heavenly Italian dishes for lunch: hot and cold sandwiches; pasta; homemade soup and hearty salads; and authentic pizza by the slice.
Locals go for the meatball, Tuscan chicken and chicken giardiniera sandwiches; thin crust pizza; rigatoni alla vodka and shells Alfredo. Lasagna is very popular for catering and the most popular bakery items are the freshly made cannoli and the classic Ferrara Cake (rum soaked vanilla cake with cannoli cream on one layer, and fresh strawberry and custard on the other).
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EXPERT TIPS BY:
Jacky Runice
Chicago Local Expert
- Take Out: "You can get lunch items Monday through Friday, until close and there's a limited menu on Saturdays."
- Best for Take Out Because: When you need an Italian sub or a meatball with Provolone, get authentic Italian to go from Ferrara (doing it right since 1908).
