Ava did an amazing job with the wedding cake! My granddaughter had a bakery selected, but when they went in for taste testing-the cake was not what they wanted. I went on "The Knot" and found Ava! Wow did she deliver with just over two weeks notice! read more

Love to stop here for a pick-me-up while waiting in the terminal, though my purchases have been limited to the cakes. There's always a handful of cakes to choose from and miscellaneous pastries too. Most recently, I've tried the tres leches cake, and it was moist, light, and hit the spot. read more

Let Them Eat Cake - tres leches cake - Desserts Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I stop here for coffee, a soda, and a bagel when I travel through Chicago's airport. It's tiny, out of the way, and no one seems to know it is there. The service is always helpful AND quick for the airport. I don't want to let this secret out. read more

Let Them Eat Cake - Caaaaake - Desserts Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Let Them Eat Cake is a cool name for a bakery. Spotted this place after disembarking from our plane. Told myself that when we came back to Midway airport, I would stop in. True to my word, I stopped in the other day. Did not live up to my expectations. The cakes looked okay in the display case, but nothing stood out. Vanilla bean cheesecake was what I picked. Costed almost $4 for a thin slice. Tasted alright, but that is the best I can say. May stop in again in the future, but would not go out of my way for them. read more

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Not amazing. Not horrible. Justin and I stopped by here for some coffee before a late evening flight. We needed a little coffee & cookie break. Justin was on a caramel kick so we shared an iced caramel latte. It was ok. Wasn't too sweet, but couldn't really taste the coffee either. Justin stated, and I quote "well... it wasn't Starbucks... but it was ok." We ate a reeses cookie that was created by another coffee/airport goods company called barista express and it was really good. As always with airport food though, it was overpriced. It was an awesome concept though with a painting from Marie Antoinette who Justin taught me coined the phrase "Let them eat cake." It was also cool to see a bar inside a bakery :D so there were lots of people having drinks while watching wheel of fortune and everyone looked like they were having an awesome time! read more

Let Them Eat Cake - Desserts Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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2 stars for actually being open at 4a, 1 star for passable coffee and decent pastries. The woman working the crack of dawn shift was beyond awful. She never looked at us and actually asked - as we stood at the counter and she stared at the TV - if we wanted something....yeah, hence why we are standing here. Like I said 3 stars is generous, but it is beyond security and open at 4a, so it is a-ok. read more

Normally, I believe in the maxim: "Job placement is never random." But today I learned a new lesson: "employer idiocy is just a question of degree." Here's the scene. I exited the men's room at Midway and saw something to drink on the shelf in Let Them Eat Cake: a bottle of water. I put the bottle down on the counter with my debit card. The quite charming, elderly counter attendant said to me: "Uh, oh. Oh, my. I knew that would happen." "Knew what would happen, dear?" "Plastic." "And the problem is?" "I don't know how to run the machine." "You don't know how to use the credit card machine?" "That's right. I don't usually work here." "Do you usually work somewhere that's cash only?" "No." "So,...uh...the problem is?" "This credit card machine is so old fashion I don't know how to use it. It has steps you gotta take. I only know how to use the machines where you swipe the card and the machine does everything." "I see." "I'm so sorry. I don't know what to do." "Would you like cash?" "Oh, sir. Please. Thanks you so much. I am so sorry." "Not your fault. Your employer is a fool." read more

The worst airport food ever. So, my five hour flight was delayed and I knew there would be no food served on board. Having little choice in the airport for a simple salad or sandwich I chose Let Them Eat Cake. Imagine my surprise several hours later, 10,000 feet high, to discover my $5 bowl of grapes had a veneer of fresh fruit across the top and a weeks old moldy mess hiding just below. I tell you it was completely disgusting and definitely had the air of being an arrangement -- that is, someone determined that they would put a 'decoration' of healthy fruit on the gray and crawly growth below. My sandwich was made up an assortment of foul and unpleasant ingredients: disgustingly soggy croissant, dried out ultra salty turkey, more soggy with the lettuce, more more soggy mealy tomatoes and cucumber slices that were tired, limp and transparent. The success of this establishment must rest in the fact that their customer base is transitory, if they relied on repeats they would have died away long long ago. And, I am in completely agreement with Ally A. -- if you are going to give franchises like Starbucks a miss, which I can understand, then at least make sure the independents you select have some sort of quality standard. This place definitely does not. read more

I literally just finished getting coffee here and cannot believe how rude the staff was. We asked for a coffee and while one woman poured it, the other barked at us to tell her what we ordered. We told her that we'd gotten 2 coffees and wanted a pecan roll as well. She made a big deal about us ordering from her, despite the fact that the other woman hadn't exactly hung around to hear our full order. After paying, the other woman saw our coffee cups and loudly exclaimed that we hadn't told her that we had ordered large coffees and had charged us for smalls. The other woman said "They told you they got smalls?" and she replied, "yes." We angrily replied that we had done no such thing, we had answered her question and she hadn't clarified which coffee size we'd gotten, even though she could easily have looked behind her for 2 seconds or asked us for clarification. Remarkably rude staff, meh coffee and pecan roll. I don't normally recommend this but seriously, just bypass this one and go straight to the Starbucks. read more

This place gets a bad rep and I know why. You have a bartender/cashier who was probably here the day this airport opened and you have a 400sq ft business with a bar trying to serve coffee and alcohol. The bar even has a alcohol dispenser so you don't over pour for your patrons. It looks like a Hollywood movie set, yet peddlin them airport wares. The lady was fast, on her toes and took care of us and made some shots in a jiffy. Payed and we were out. Goodluck trying to get anything else, this place is jammed packed because it only holds about 10 or less people total. Weirdly enough I did not see any cake. read more

I mean what else are you going to do at Midway?!?!? It's a small 6 seat bar that you can order cakes and other snacks at while you have a drink. I believe the expression "have my cake and a drink or two" is in order. What you've never heard of such a thing, just wait, it will catch on. The one older lady working there is extremely sassy and I believe would give you a good slap if you talked back to her. Seriously what are you expecting people it's an airport, they all suck! read more

Like a lot of people, I was stuck in Midway just after the 2014 new year. After a long and tiresome couple of days of travel and attempted travel, getting stuck in such a dirty and small airport was particularly unappealing. However, after a 2 hour wait at a Southwest counter, I was excited to learn that a place that sold beer was still open, even if that place was actually a pastry store. It's an odd combination, beer and pastries, but the service was friendly and fast. This was especially nice and unexpected considering the quantity of people stuck in the airport at the time. They were out of draft beer, but they still had some bottled. Of course, that's only if you want to pay nearly $15 for two Heinekin's. Airport pricing will never be acceptable to me, no matter how common it is. Three stars for good service and hours. read more

Omg I love this cakes. I remembered I worked here just for a day. I could not learn to build the boxes. The cares are nice and pricy

I travel often, so I get that airport food is over-priced, but my breakfast here consisting of a Chobani yogurt, small banana and small coffee cost more than a tasty breakfast sandwich and small coffee at Potbelly across the way. To add insult to injury, my coffee was lukewarm. Take my advice and go anywhere else at Midway but Let Them Eat Cake. read more

Stopped in to grab some hot tea. Opted to get a cinnamon roll as well. Line moved fast, service was friendly. Cinnamon roll was actually quite good. Tea selection was small. read more

Let Them Eat Cake - a display of cakes and pastries - Desserts Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

How is this place still in business? Oh yes, thanks to ignorant travelers, like me, lured in by the promise of baked, French delicacies... And beer. What could go wrong? Hmm... Let me count the ways. 1) Horrible customer service 2) Horrible "delicacies" 3) Five dollar beers, three dollar cups of hot water 4) Tiny tiny spaces where the old lady behind the bar yells... A lot. And talks on the phone. I think four is enough to convince me never to come back here... And four is enough to quietly finish my beer, pay my insanely high bill, and move on to the next bar. read more

Bought a sandwich here and asked for a cup of hot water with lemon and honey, since I was coming down with a sore throat and wanted something to soothe my throat before a flight. I was told that they didn't have honey or lemon and that a cup of hot water is $2.50. I totally understand asking customers to pay a little bit for hot water, but $2.50 seems absurd, particularly when the customer is paying $7.50 for something else. Skipped the hot water out of principle, and the sandwich ended up being bland. Highly not recommended. read more

Whenever you are in an airport you always expect to overpay for bad products with bad service but this place really takes the cake. I was craving some coffee while waiting in the airport and thought this looked like a cook little place to try and grab some coffee. I asked the lady at the counter if they had caramel flavoring and she moved out of the way and pointed to the bottles. She didn't say anything and just pointed. I informer her that I could not read the bottles, and she with an annoyed tone replied that they do. Why couldn't she just say that before? Then or ordered my coffee and without saying anything else to me she went and made me my coffee, handed it to me, took my credit card and cashed me out with not another word to me. If I didn't insist on asking her what flavors of coffee they had I would have assumed she was a mute. Upon getting my "large" coffee I was quiet surprised to find out it was only 16 ounces. I buy coffee all the time from all sorts of places, a standard large is 20 or 24 ounces, I have never heard of 16, that's just ridiculous. Then comes my next wonderful surprise, the coffee was room temperature at best. If you are waiting in the airport and want to pay $2.66 for a small coffee that's room temperature and handed to you by a rude employee than check this place out! If you want better service treat yourself to McDonalds a little bit further down haha. read more

The tres leche cake is zomg moist! Prices surprisingly LOW. Not sure why prices are normal for an airport. There is a weird pizza sandwich. Didn't finish because of White Castle. Didn't finish my Monster energy drink. I'm stuffed. read more

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9.24 for a long island iced tea and a bag of chips wtf. BUT, Holy crap that is one strong Long Island Iced tea. I was feeling pretty slammed after not sleeping and drinking a couple of sips. Bartender who's here during Monday nights until 6AM is super friendly and she likes to make her drinks stronggggg. It's a good place to hang out if your flight gets cancelled and you don't feel like just sitting on a couch. They had American Dad on while I was here, and the other patrons were pretty much talkative because they were in the same predicament as me. Oh, and they also sell baked goods. read more

The name of the place makes me so happy and the logo is pretty cool.....then you walk in and it's just utter disappointment. I don't want to waste time explaining it but the silver lining here is that the piece of cake I had (yellow cake with chocolate fudge) was exactly what I expected and didn't upset me. It was a 100% Betty Crocker cake with 100% Betty Crocker icing and I was okay with that for an airport dessert. read more

Let Them Eat Cake - Me enjoying my Betty Crocker yellow cake with chocolate fudge. - Desserts Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

OK, just by the name this place should have a lot of potential... you would think! Located on the SW concourse, in the corner, by gate B3 and B4. I was irritated that I only had two decent sandwich choices... turkey and ham, and I didn't have a choice about what bread they were on. I got the ham on some type of foccacia bread (picked the tomatoes off the top). I did like that there was some nice greens (kale-like, but softer) and cucumbers, as well as a very light italian dressing (note, I said very light... would have liked a little mayo to go with). Bread was not worth the calories and ended up wrapping the ham in the lettuce. A cute little spot that should really get their act together for the "grab-a-quick-meal" crowd that doesn't want to hunt down a meal. None of the food (including desserts) looked very appealing, but I didn't have time to hunt, and had a flight to make. My advice is to anyone coming in here is to check out the food court a little further down, if you don't have much time, there's a McDs further down towards B10. read more

The cakes look way better than they tasted. Ordered the "Du Monde" cake. It glistened with a dark chocolate icing. However, for $4.99 you get a very DRY, piece of cake, making one wonder how old this is. The slice was 1/2 the size of usual cake slices. Don't go for the watery iced coffee. McDonalds is across the hall and has better coffee and price. Maybe their other fare is better. read more

Nothing special here. Move along. Overpriced(although what isn't at an airport?) and very average pastries and beverages. read more

I am appalled at the name of your establishment. Do you not know your European history? Did you not do your research? Anyone with a basic education should be appalled as well. I will never visit. read more

Sour waitstaff made for sour experience. cheese pocket was ok, my husband liked his cheesecake. Coffee, so, so

I was ignored for like 10 minutes which should have been my cue to leave but noooooooo. Once I was dryly acknowledged, I ordered a slice of strawberry cheesecake. She acted as if she was just sooo busy and just really displeased with being there. I don't know what was up with her. On another note, I really dislike that faux strawberry gelatinous concoction that this and many many places use as a topping. I usually make it a point to ask beforehand but on this day I was tired and just wanted to take it and go. So the service was subpar and the cake was disgusting. Needless to say, I won't be back. read more

Let Them Eat Cake - Desserts Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

On my way out of Midway, I wanted to get a couple slices to celebrate. I got the Du Monde (sp? It's a chocolate ganache covered chocolate cake with white chocolate and milk chocolate mousse in between the layers of cake) and a White chocolate Mousse cake. I found both of them to be cloyingly sweet (and I consider all of my teeth to be sweet teeth otherwise) and the cake didn't taste fresh at all. The quality overall was sup-par and not worth the price tag. It looks like a cute cafe but please save your money and skip this place. read more

Ok! Not a bad place for a cake. There was a sweet tooth urge and the white chocolate mousse cake did satisfy that. read more

Let Them Eat Cake - White Chocolate mousse cake - Desserts Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

At 4:30 AM it's hard to complain about the lack of options. Let Them Eat Cake had a line that was ridiculously long...sensing it must be good I waited & didn't consult Yelp. :( The baked goods looked amazing but we're only average; the coffee drinks were pedestrian...but it got the job done Jozefa was working solo and was very pleasant, although slow. I'll skip this place next time if there are more places open read more

Hands down, most amazing bakery in Chicago for coffee cake!!!

In an effort to reduce waste, I asked an employee for coffee in a coffee mug I brought from home. Every airport restaurant I've done this at has been okay with this - potbelly's and McDonald's to name a couple. Here, the lady said she could not due to "health department" policy. The coffee mug was clean and rinsed out. But she insisted. So I declined the coffee. Supporting ethical companies which are environmentally conscience is most important to me. I'm not convinced Let Them Eat Cake is that. And airports produce so much waste as is, every little helps. Midway can find better restaurants to lease its space to. read more

The service is horrible. There were 6 staff standing around and it took 15 minutes to get a bagel and cream cheese, with only 2 customers in front of me. They had one person running one of the three registers and then without warning they did a shift change. It took them over 5 minutes to change out the registers and the person in front of me had to ask if anyone was checking people out. The staff needs to be cognizant of their location and realize that most customers are time sensitive. I fly through midway on a weekly basis and will not consider this establishment again. read more

Sandwich was absolutely awful. Dry and NO meat. also no condiments. NEVER AGAIN!!!! read more

grossest. bagel and cream cheese. ever... wha? how?! threw it in the trash. the blonde lady at the bar has a major f*ckin attitude too. ruined the fact that they made a decent latte. BYE. read more

I was bummed that I couldn't find a Starbucks at Midway (or at least by my terminal) and this was one of the few coffee shops. I went in to get a latte and was happy to find they carried several options for dairy free milk. I ordered a vanilla soy latte, and at the last minute, grabbed a cranberry orange muffin. It was typical airport pricing, and the staff were nice. Two ladies were running the store, one on the register and the other making drinks and food, and they worked efficiently and quickly together, especially since it was early in the morning and the line was out the door. My latte was delicious (a little sweet, so if you don't like super sweet, ask for only one pump of flavor, I think they added four!) and the muffin was fresh. Next time I fly through Midway, I'll probably stop in for another coffee! read more

I sat here for 25 minutes trying to get a cup of coffee. There was one worker and she took care of everyone but me. I ended up walking down a few stores to Miller pub and ordering it there. Avoid this place unless you want to risk missing your flight. read more

I had to fly in the morning and so wanted something a little more breakfast-ish than hot dogs, Mexican, or Greek food at 7:30 am. I went to Let Them Eat Cake, thinking that if I were going to get a bagel, a bakery would be the best place to get a DECENT one. Nope. I ended up wishing I had just gone and gotten a Chicago dog. I ate less than half of the bagel, and it might even have been tolerable had they given me real cream cheese. It was the fat free stuff, which I don't think you can really count as cream cheese. I ordered a hot chocolate, and thought the girl behind the counter was going to drop dead of annoyance. I'm sorry I stumbled into a facility selling hot drinks and *gasp* ordered a hot drink. She was rude and the bagel was awful. The only good thing, was that the Ghiradelli syrup hot chocolate was actually pretty decent. read more

The cashier handled bagels with her bare hands. She also touched money from a million tourists and travelers. Absolutely not sanitary. Wear gloves! read more

Two locations at MDW. Cust serv is terrible at the big one, better at the small one. Neither location knows how to make a cafe au lait. But lattes & mochas are no problem. Srsly. read more