Valerio's Tropical Bakeshop
$$ • Bakery
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5033 N Elston Ave, Chicago
(773) 685-5115
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Valerio's Tropical Bakeshop Reviews
Many items are very good, but all of them are simply overpriced. The bike is delicious and gluten-free.The puto is not gluten-free, which is very disappointing. There is another bakery in the same plaza that makes puto the traditional way and even makes their own rice flour in-house. See my other reviews if you cannot find this bakery / restaurant on your own.They charge 7¢ per bag. This is a food establishment, which is exempt from Chicago’s bag tax. They are not enforcing...read full review
They almost always have something fresh here and often very baked goods. The ube biko I recently tried was delicious though did not taste like ube at all, maybe it was labeled as such, for the color. Kutchinta is always on point. And if you were thinking about trying the nilupak, you should beware, you can get addicted! ;)
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Hours
| Monday | 8AM - 7PM |
| Tuesday | 8AM - 8PM |
| Wednesday | 8AM - 8PM |
| Thursday | 8AM - 8PM |
| Friday | 8AM - 9PM |
| Saturday | 8AM - 9PM |
| Sunday | 8AM - 8PM |
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If you're from Miami and miss having those mini bocadito rolls that you'd find at every baby shower and kid's birthday parties come here and get the PIMIENTO BULILIT. Tastes so nostalgic even though I'm not Filipina. Also, if you want that perfect chewy cookie grab a pack of Ube Crinkles. I'd love to make icecream sandwhiches with these, I think a calamansi sherbert with very little sugar and a sprinkle of fancy salt would make this refreshing and adorable. My only regret is that...read full review