CCB is by far The absolute BEST place to grab my morning pastry and coffee! I adore Stacey the manager & whomever else is helping her that day. Staff is always personable, friendly and accommodating! read more

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Amazing bakery!!! A must-try if you're coming in from Chicago O'Hare. Delectable bites and great service. The bakery decor seems like it's original charm - so sweet! read more

What do five stars taste like? If it's from Continental bakery, that's what five stars tastes like. If you're of Austrian, Hungarian, German or Polish heritage, Continental Bakery is one of the last places left in Chicagoland to get most of your familiar baked treats in one shop: kolache (kolacky), strudles, kringles, Warsaw logs, St. Joseph's Day zepoli, as well as dozens of traditional American pastries, breads, cookies, cakes, donuts, rolls and pies. The shop is filled--stuffed--with every imaginable pastry and candy, and they accommodate special orders of every imaginable preference and scale. I was amazed to learn from one of the bakers that customers will order special desserts weeks in advance, especially myriad gingerbread houses during the Christmas season. That's smart planning, as Continental Bakery can be a very busy shop. I've never had to wait more than 10 minutes; the shop girls are helpful and keep things moving at an efficient pace. read more

Our wedding cake came from Central Continental and we could not have been happier with it! Their cakes themselves are absolutely delicious and their butter cream is amazing! Their bakery is the best of old world European baking and care! Our design consultation and tasting went wonderfully! We got to try a variety of their cakes and fillings! They have traditional flavors and some more non-traditional (their banana cake was quite tasty). Our wedding was in September and our initial consultation was in early March. Their designers seemed really on-top of their game. They were going to create a cake for us with frosting cherry blossoms. We initially did not want to use fondant. However, cut to the end of August. I was checking in to see where our cake topper needed to go and was told by a new designer they could not do the cherry blossoms in frosting. I was a bit upset, but we had enough wiggle room in our budget to upgrade to the fondant. I would have appreciated knowing sooner about the need to change the design. It turns out they had changed designers in the time between our consultation and wedding. Just a reminder to always check-in with your vendors! Besides that hiccup, I was pleased as can be with Central Continental! The cake was absolutely beautiful and tasted amazing! Really, the one negative I had was nothing compared to the positives! Highly recommend them! read more

Absolutely delicious cake. The picture doesn't do it justice, sparkled in the light. Needed a cake with short turnaround for a few May birthdays. read more

Central Continental Bakery - "Gemini" cake - Bakeries Near Me - Mount Prospect, Illinois

Our wedding cake was through Central Continental Bakery as part of our wedding package at Medinah Shrine Center. I was thinking that since it was part of the package it would just be a simple cake. I was also nervous when I went to their temporary location in April that they would keep the cake for my 300 guests simple. I was very pleasantly surprised that I was wrong about both things. Our cake ended up being a beautiful and delicious 5 layer cake with alternating shapes, details and flavors. Every other layer was yellow with chocolate or white with strawberry bavarian. I really felt like the flavors pleased everyone's tastes, and the cake standing in the middle of the dance floor when we walked in was stunning! read more

Central Continental Bakery - Our wedding cake on 6/28/14. Beautiful! - Bakeries Near Me - Mount Prospect, Illinois

Seems like the food is not made fresh, went in at like 8 am and our strawberries were white , they told me they were made fresh but I dont understand how strawberries turn white when they are fresh, they also seem to use low quality filling and over priced, overrated. read more

Not the best option for local baked goods. There are better donuts to be had. Apparently they do a good job on cakes.

We absolutely loved our wedding cake and so did our guests! We received many compliments during and after our wedding. Our cake was fresh, moist, and full of flavor. Jeanie was very attentive to what we wanted and responsive to all my questions and emails. Our cake was so good, we couldn't save our top tier until our 1 year anniversary and I look forward to asking if a mini replica can be made next year. read more

Central Continental Bakery - Bakeries Near Me - Mount Prospect, Illinois

I walked into Central Continental Bakery today with my 89 year old mother who has lived in Mt. Prospect since 1969. I've been there 100s of times and have been a good customer. There were more employees than customers when I walked in and I was planning to buy a cake for my daughter's 18th Birthday. No one said may I help you and when I did ask if there is someone to help with the cakes she said did you take a number? It wasn't really crowded enough for numbers and she should of said someone will be with you shortly. Instead she made it like I did something wrong. Won't be back any time soon. I counted 6 workers. I know they were not all counter workers but someone should have seen me looking at the cakes and acknowledged I was there. If you have high prices you especially need excellent customer service even if you have a good product. I am now on my way to Francos in Schaumburg. They are nice there. read more

Absolutely stunning job on the custom cake we ordered. The frosting and the chocolate mousse filling were light and fluffy. Everyone in our office raved about it. read more

Central Continental Bakery - Bakeries Near Me - Mount Prospect, Illinois

We ordered our wedding cake here (actually through our caterers) and it was wonderful. We went in for a tasting and brought picture of what we were thinking and the final product that was delivered was all that I could have wanted. It was beautiful and delicious! read more

Love this Bakery. Everything is fresh and delicious. Best Bakery in the Northwest suburbs.

The service was amazing and very helpful. I loved the banana cream pie. Has a cool old school look and atmosphere. Definitely coming back for more desserts. read more

Had a beautifully decorated custom birthday cake. No sugar in the cake. Cornbread and buttercream

There is a short amount of time when Paczki's are available before Fat Tuesday. Tried them from Continental Bakery. Although they had an amazing variety, they were just Meh. Also tried some long johns and those had a strong greasy taste. Yuck. Had to toss them. Oh well, makes giving them up for Lent much easier! On the other hand, their signature cinnamon pecan coffee cake is pretty damn impressive. read more

Amazing... best bakery in the area, try the pretzels, donuts, min sandwiches, oh deserts for parties oh and the COOKIES.

I had a bakery CANCEL on me the day I needed a very specific cake design. I called about 10 bakeries in the area and no one could make a cake on such short notice. No one EXCEPT Central Continental Bakery. Not only was the cake beautifully decorated, it was delicious as well! They really saved me and also gained a new and loyal customer. I also bought the butter cookies which were melt in your mouth delicious. Thank you CCB for coming through for me and thank you to the fabulous decorator. read more

Central Continental Bakery - Custom Harry Styles cake. - Bakeries Near Me - Mount Prospect, Illinois

Poor service and bad manager but great food. I came in and purchased cookies and wanted to order cupcakes for my child's birthday. Some younger girl supposedly manager said that they are closed and I can come back tomorrow. I said I am in already and you are opened and my son's birthday is tomorrow. She said she doesn't care. Obviously, she is not the owner since she is okay with passing larger order because it's a minute after 5 pm. Bad service from horrible employee... read more

Absolutely fabulous cakes and went above and beyond with this special order. The detail was perfect and was delicious. read more

Central Continental Bakery - Bakeries Near Me - Mount Prospect, Illinois

It's a great place to buy a dozen plain donuts for around $40.00. Perfect for reducing one's cholesterol. Price is beyond the pale. Quality is high though. read more

worst sugar cookies with sprinkles I ever had. Tasted like they used cleaning chemicals in the ingredients. And agreed by 3 other people at the 4th of July parade read more

Central Continental Bakery - Bakeries Near Me - Mount Prospect, Illinois

So I'm told, THIS is the place to go for paczki, kolacky and other Polish treats. It's also the spot for all kinds of cake, donuts, pies (mmm, they have strawberry), fresh-baked breads such as challah, cannoli, funnel cakes (OMG yes!), pastries (creme puffs as big as your head), a variety of cookies including the decorated sugar ones, muffins, cupcakes, brownies and still much more. There's a small cafe area in which you can relax with your selected sweet before the kill along with a hot cup of coffee. They also serve sandwiches and soup on the cafe side. This entire slice of real estate smells so good that it was almost torture hanging out with my small group of lovely ladies for 3 hours. Probably the best thing about Central Continental Bakery? You won't pay city prices. And, they have daily specials including $2 slices of pie the day I was in. Just like Tarantino wrote: "any time of day is a good time for pie." *Psst city folk: CCB is right off the Metra! read more

The paczki at Central Continental Bakery were recommended to me by Ericka A. and Aimee M., and these ladies are spot on with their recommendation! CCB has the biggest variety of flavors of paczki I've seen anywhere or can even comprehend. I placed an order online (pre-ordering is THE thing to do if you have your heart set on any flavors in particular). The gourmet flavors are a little more than $3, but totally worth it compared to those grocery store hockey pucks they try to pass off as paczki. My favorites were the Lady Godiva (chocolate dough, chocolate filling, chocolately without being sickly rich and possibly, perfect), the Key Lime Pie and the Salted Caramel. I also tried their cream cheese but it tasted more like custard and lacked the sweetness that cheese pastries usually have. The dough is also really good. When I got home I transferred the paczki from their cardboard box to glass Pyrex dishes with lids to keep them from drying out. I picked mine up on Tuesday, ate one Wednesday evening, and they showed no signs of drying out. If you are picking up on Fat Tuesday, be prepared to meet a crowd of people. They only had one line for everyone, but it moved fast. At 9:26 a.m. (my order was for 10:00 a.m.), I was #68. I looked up and saw they were serving #15! Surprisingly, I was in and out of here in approximately half an hour. And while crowds are usually cranky, the fatties on Fat Tuesday were all in pretty good moods, even the ones that were going to be late for work. Next year I plan on making the 1 hour+ trip again to CCB to try other flavors like the Root Beer Float! read more

Well all I can say about their Cannoli's... HORRIBLE. Three times I've been there to buy them and three times they've been bad. These people have no idea how to make a cannoli. I don't know about the rest of their food but I'm not a fan of this Bakery. Buyer beware read more

Our caterer reached out to Central Continental Bakery for our wedding cake when our prior baker went AWOL a week before our wedding (ahem, http://www.yelp.com/biz/rolfs-patisserie-lincolnwood#hrid:ATBBxaoKimUrOQztC3f-wQ). They delivered a replica cake that was pretty, yummy, and exactly what we'd designed inside and out. One year later, we were able to enjoy the top layer and it was just about as good as the day it was made. Four stars for saving the (big) day and making a great cake! read more

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My mom and I walked into the bakery, and we weren't greeted, however were asked if we were together. The two young women working looked mad that we came in. My mother asked for an apple danish, and she ended up putting a cherry one in the bag. I ordered a large danish with three flavors, and she seemed to be irritated I took a few minutes to decide, but there was nobody else in the bakery. I'm disappointed, and was just excited to try this place out because of the reviews I saw online. read more

Great local bakery! They have awesome staff that is very friendly and helpful. I even forgot a pickup one day and they let me come in after hours to grab it since they were still cleaning! Delicious Paczki's too! read more

I saw this place had a ROTD, and I'd totally forgotten that I've had it before. So, here it goes. My aunt got married and had her reception at Arlington Park Race Track in 2009. The cake was from Central Continental. HOLY CRAP. I'm not going to lie... it was the best cake I'd ever had. Vanilla frosting, with Vanilla cake and a buttercream filling. I had 6 pieces... it was SO GOOD (Note: this was right after my huge weight loss event, and I've kept it off since. Moderation is key... it's okay to go nuts once in a while!) I raved and raved about this cake continously thereafter. As a result, My aunt, one of the greatest ladies of all time, actually ordered the same cake, on a smaller scale, for my birthday, later in the year. STILL AMAZING. I can't speak about anything else at Central Continental, but if anything else comes close to their cake, well, I'm glad I live far away because I'd be here way too often. Highly recommended! read more

Girlfriend surprised me with 2 donuts (cinnamon sugar and chocolate frosted) and a slice of cake. The donuts were dry/crumbly and on par with Dunkin Donuts. Do-Rite and Stan's donuts are far superior. The cake was a pile of cloyingly sweet coconut frosting layered between thin tasteless layers of chocolate (?) cake. I like coconut but the filling was so gunky, I could only eat 3 forkfuls before pitching it. If anyone can eat the whole piece of cake, shame on them. It was probably 2000 calories. No wonder many Americans are overweight. read more

Central Continental Bakery - Layers of thick coconut gunk between flavorless cake. The nuts on top were the best part. :-( - Bakeries Near Me - Mount Prospect, Illinois

I have been to so many little Northern European style bakeries over the years, and it's been a while since I've been back to Central Continental, a bakery I adored when I lived in the 'burbs. I had a chance to return last week, and I just have to say: NO ONE does it like they do. Homemade marzipan - delicious, sweet, great texture. Diples that drip with honey and flavor and amazing texture. So many options for pastries, but the flavors at this bakery outshine any of those other li'l mom & pop places I've been. Love this place. read more

Central Continental made my wedding cake and all of the sweets and treats we had on our dessert table at our wedding. Our cake was delicious and beautiful. We had 2 layers of vanilla and three layers of chocolate each filled with fresh raspberries. It couldn't have tasted any better. I've been to several weddings since that have had raspberry in the cake, but none of them compared to how our cake tasted. The decoration on the cake was classic and elegant. We simply dropped off the ribbon we wanted to use and they took care of the rest. It looked beautiful. The dessert trays were wonderful as well. It included napoleons, petit fours, cream puffs, mocha eclairs, chocolate dipped strawberries, little cheesecakes and a bunch of other goodies. It was slightly disorganized when we went in for a tasting, but I appreciated the fact that they let their cakes speak for themselves and we didn't have someone there trying to oversell us. read more

The best bakery in Chicago. There are no preservatives in the baked goods. The coffee is delicious. The baked items are baked fresh daily and everything is fresh and delicious. Anything you order will be spectacular. read more

I'm befuddled; I'm falling over myself; I'm drooling - because of the sweets offered at Central Continental Bakery! I went to a Polish wedding last night that had THE BIGGEST sweets table I've ever seen, catered by the Central Continental Bakery: (Group AA found here: http://www.centralcontinentalbakery.com/productDetail.asp_Q_catID_E_96_A_subCatID_E_84_A_productID_E_79). Imagine trays upon trays of chocolate coated strawberries, cream puffs, strawberry frosted with cream puffs with strawberry flavored whipped cream, chocolate coated cream puffs, mini cheesecakes, mini fruit tarts, turnovers, strudels, pecan caramel rolls, pastry bees (long cream puffs), AND the BEST eclairs I've had in my life! I'm happy to note that Central Continental is located right off of the Mount Prospect stop of the UP-NW Metra. It gives me another reason to go to the suburbs! read more

Threw a baby shower for a friend over the weekend, and she's got gestational diabetes... needed a sugar free cake so she could eat some of her own cake... Central Continental had no problem meeting my needs. And best of all... the cake got RAVE reviews from the guests. Moist cake, and fresh berries... sugar free whipped cream, it was also just as beautiful as you would expect from Central Continental. I was so amazingly pleased! Have a friend or family member than you want to celebrate, but they have special dietary needs... I say give Central Continental a call and see if they can help! They certainly helped us out and got rave reviews on the outcome! read more

One of everything, please! I could not decide. Croissants did not disappoint. Noither did the cheese pastries. Cannot wait to go back!

After a second failed attempt to get my shizz done at the social security office, I was kinda in a pissy mood. Let me tell you what a difference some paczki and a coffee will make!! It's an unassuming facade, but you walk in and it's paczki heaven!!! But not only that, danishes, king cakes, donuts, bread, pies... you name it and I will bet it's there. There is a whole 2 (maybe even 3!!) cases dedicated to the almighty paczki, so this is no joke. Tiramisu, black forest, pina colada??? Dang. The husband and I got 3 paczkis- strawberry whipped cream, Swedish flop and apple. We also got a glazed donut, a glazed french cruller and a raspberry danish. Everything we tried was fresh and tasty. The strawberry whipped cream was ridiculously good.. the whipped cream airy and light, the strawberries were fresh and not too sweet and the donut sandwiching the innards were fluffy and soft. Even the coffee was surprisingly good. I will definitely make my way to this store everytime I'm out this way!! And, free parking on the street!! I left a happy woman... til I realized I have to go back to the social security office for the third time. DOH!!! read more

*** The following is written by a reviewer who typically doesn't like sweets. *** This place is amazing! You walk in and suddenly become a kid again- all the smells, the bight colors and so many, many great things to choose from. This is one of the finest bakeries I have ever had the pleasure of patronizing. It's absolutely superb. Don't believe me? Ask any one of our wedding guests. After tasting one of the three cakes we served from here, they ran out afterward to visit this place on their own. Here's a tip- if you love apple pie, try the apple slice. It's just perfect and in guilt-free size. Enjoy! read more

My brother's wedding had a sweets table catered by Central Continental. Boy were they a hit. The cake from another bakery was really good but wow those pastries were amazing. I'm usually disappointed by pastries. The little napoleons and cannoli were especially good. Anything with puff pastry was a close second. They even tasted great the next day! My extended family has been talking about these pastries and it's been 2 weeks since the wedding. My Uncle Sam had his table cleared before he could try them. He really missed out. Looking at the other reviews it looks like I may need to check out their other selections at the bakery. I may have to take a ride out there. I'll use the excuse that my Uncle Sam hasn't tried them. I'll update when I do. read more

We got our wedding cake and cannoli's from Central back in 2009. It was fantastic! They were great in letting us order a bunch of samples (they were $6 back then) and even putting 2 different kinds of filling in 1 sample. We continue to go back every year for an anniversary cake and every year it is delicious! We will continue to order our cakes from Central! read more