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Letizia's Natural Bakery

Iconic/NotableWicker Park · Bakery/Cafe Community-sourced, unverified
📍 2144 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622

Maria Letizia Pietroboni Sorano was teaching Latin and Italian at DePaul while her husband Enzo worked as a neuro-radiologist at Cook County Hospitals — the two had moved from Rome in 1992 — before she admitted her heart wasn't in teaching anymore and opened Letizia's in 1998 instead.

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The front and back patios, complete with garden and fountain, turn a bakery stop into a real reason to linger.

The berry almond tart is the thing regulars actually order, alongside a turkey-Brie-honey-apple sandwich, homemade soup, and cookies made with unbleached flour; a full espresso bar runs on Caffe Umbria beans, and pizza by the slice covers anyone who wandered in wanting lunch, not dessert. The cakes are famous enough locally that they need to be picked up in person rather than delivered.

It shares its Division Street space with Enoteca Roma, the Soranos' wine-bar-and-dinner concept next door — one Roman-transplant kitchen running two concepts under one roof.

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Mon-Tue7AM-3PM
Wed-Sun7AM-8PM
🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 (773) 342-1011

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❔Wheelchair access: unverified

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