Name: Red Ribbon Bakeshop
Address: 5033 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL, 60630
Telephone: (773) 295-1658
Price range: $

Red Ribbon Bakeshop

Super GemJefferson Park · Filipino Bakery Community-sourced, unverified

📍 5033 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60630

Red Ribbon's Elston Avenue counter, tucked inside Seafood City's food court a few steps from Jollibee, was a genuine milestone when it opened in December 2016: the brand's first store in Illinois and the first anywhere in the Midwest.

The flagship cake that built Red Ribbon's reputation — three layers of chiffon under a mango glaze — available at the only Red Ribbon counter in Illinois.

The chain itself goes back to 1979 in Quezon City, where Amalia Hizon Mercado and her husband Renato turned a family cake-order side hustle into a shop on Timog Avenue; it crossed the Pacific in 1984 with a first overseas location in West Covina, California, and Jollibee Corporation bought the company outright in 2005, which is the real reason this Red Ribbon and that Jollibee counter share a building. ¶ The Mango Supreme Cake is the one to know — three layers of chiffon under a mango glaze, the dessert that built the brand's name across the Philippines and the diaspora alike.

Butter Mamon is the top-selling everyday pastry, Cheesy Ensaimada is the savory-sweet option worth grabbing for later, and a Chicken Empanada covers an actual lunch. ¶ Worth knowing: this is a bakery counter, not a sit-down spot — grab a cake on your way through the food court, and if you're ordering a full cake for an occasion, call ahead, since those are made to order.

Hours

Grocery-store food court hours (check Seafood City hours

Mon-Sun8AM-9PM)

📅 Reservations not available 🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 (773) 295-1658

Amenities & accessibility

🚶Walk-in only, no reservations

❔Takeout: unverified

❔Wheelchair access: unverified

🙂Kid-friendly

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Red Ribbon Bakeshop

Red Ribbon's Elston Avenue counter, tucked inside Seafood City's food court a few steps from Jollibee, was a genuine milestone when it opened in December 2016: the brand's first store in Illinois and the first anywhere in the Midwest.

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