Lakeview Kitchen & Market

This is a gem in Lakeview! There is a wide selection of savory and sweet treats to choose from and they change daily. Also to note, all have been prepared by local chefs.

I asked about any eggless or vegan items and was told there were none. NONE. The ladies laughed about how they use butter and eggs for everything in the kitchen. I think they didn’t even really try hard to check but if what they say is actually true I hope that they consider adding some vegan items. It’s really not that hard to do.

Amazing experience! We hosted a New Year’s Eve party at our house and decided to take the planning pressure off ourselves by ordering in food from Lakeview Market. The food was priced perfectly and delicious! The sizes were exactly what we needed and everyone raved about the food — we got empanadas, meatballs and pigs in a blanket. We live right down the street and love that shopping local = amazing quality and experience. Thank you so much and definitely going to use the Kitchen again :)

A new place since summer 2015: I was walking to the Bagel for lunch and stopped in briefly to see what’s new. At first glance there were not a lot of goods but the staff was very friendly, and in asking them about the place it turns out that this is a cooperative kitchen where multiple people can cook in a large kitchen in the back and sell their goods up front. We sampled the «surprise it’s gluten free» cookies which were surprisingly similar to gluten-​y goods (I’m not on this fad but hey it’s something to do) we took home a savory and sweet scone for later. What a nice surprise to taste these later and realize that they are some of the best scones we have ever had! Definitely keep an eye on this place, what we tried tasted amazing and the concept is fun.

Have tried the peach cobbler, and scones. Great bakery! You can taste the quality, and freshness. Not a large assortment of baked goods, but definitely worth trying what’s available.

This place is so much more than a shared kitchen… who knew you could get an entire meal from amazing local chefs and bakers in one place? Well this was it! Had what I am sure was the best Pierogi of my life (short rib by Chow Brothers) followed by goat cheese and pickled heirloom tomatoes (Hinton Cannery) followed by multiple, multiple desserts from Velvet Dessert (Did she train in France? Those croissants are out of this world), CookieYum (the name says it all) and Cheshire Cat. This place makes me want to move to the city!

Lakeview Kitchen and Market is kind of a co-​op where people in the food industry can use the kitchen in the back to…
Oh, I don’t care about the business in the back.
I only care about the deliciousness in the important part – the front, where the sugar is. I said sugar. That’s where my office is and where I do my work – like Gretzky behind the net.
A placard on the sidewalk listing available cookies drew me in to this establishment. When I walked in I saw 90% bare shelves but then focused squarely on my quarry.
Lemon sugar cookie.
Snickerdoodle cookie.
$ 2.50 per cookie.
And then the soft, chewy and sweet evidence was devoured on Broadway and Surf over the course of approximately 300 footsteps like it never happened. Oh, but it did. It so did.
A huge shout out goes to Cookieyum, the progenitor of these particular cookies. I will be back for more of your cookies and will keep my eyes peeled for your pop-​up locations. I’ll look forward to trying an espresso cookie and a blueberry sugar cookie soon. You rock. Don’t stop.
Five stars.

My boyfriend and I live nearby, and we were anticipating the opening of this kitchen for weeks as we walked past the storefront. They opened about a month or so ago, and we were excited to see a big menu out front with their offerings. Since it is a shared kitchen, the owners said that the menu would constantly change.
On our first visit, we tried the Vegani Jerusalem sandwich, which was delicious. Being vegetarians ourselves, we were excited to see food items on the menu that were approachable to us. We also sampled some spicy chicpea salad and vegan ‘chicken’ salad, which were both tasty.
It’s hard to recommend certain items here as they are always changing, but I recently stopped in on a weekend and had one of the best croissants that I have ever had. Having lived near an authentic French bakery prior to moving to Chicago (and being a pastry junkie), I am so happy to be able to walk around the corner and get really, really good pastries that are locally made. The only thing I have to be careful about is not eating too many of the huge selection of pastries I see them offer every day. Good thing that sometimes they have samples. :)
All in all, would definitely recommend this place: the owners are great, the food is great, and Lakeview Kitchen & Market is an awesome concept.

This is a new place and, as far as I can tell, a new concept for Lakeview – a shared commercial kitchen. The way it works, I gather from my visit, is this – small bakers and food providers prepare their wares in the back in a shared kitchen, and then the goods are sold in the front. Chances are the specific offerings will change from day to day, but the categories – baked goods, lunch items and so forth – will be constant. The concept may evolve, so stay tuned. I sampled what I thought was a tofu wrap, but maybe I misunderstood – it seemed more like a granola and raisin wrap, and I wasn’t sure if it was meant to be sweet or savory. No matter, next up was a good-​looking peach and rhubarb tart – this I am certain was dessert. It was delicious and had a nice flaky crust. 4/​5-​ths of the cases were empty, so I am sure there is a lot more to come. Check it out! And report back on Unilocal,please.