Name: Valerio's Tropical Bake Shop
Address: 5033 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL, 60630
Telephone: (773) 295-1658
Price range: $

Valerio's Tropical Bake Shop

Super GemJefferson Park · Filipino Bakery Community-sourced, unverified

📍 5033 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60630

Valerio's traces back to a bakery Victor and Milagros Valerio opened in Manila in 1965; their children carried it to Southern California in 1979, and Ariosto R. Valerio formalized the Tropical Bake Shop name with a West Covina, California store in 1994.

A thicker, chewier cousin of a cheese danish with cream-cheese filling — reviewers single this out, with ube and coconut versions alongside the classic.

The Elston Avenue counter inside Seafood City is the brand's only Illinois location, one of a small handful nationally alongside stores in California, Nevada, Washington, Hawaii, and Ontario, Canada. ¶ The ensaymada is what reviewers call out specifically — thicker and chewier than a typical cheese danish, with a cream-cheese filling, and available in ube and coconut versions alongside the classic.

Chicken empanadas are the other most-ordered item, and the case also runs to puto pao (steamed buns stuffed with chicken, pork, or beef) and a cheese-and-ube pandesal that regulars ask for by name. ¶ Worth knowing: like its food-court neighbor Red Ribbon, this is a bakery counter built for a quick stop between grocery aisles, not a sit-down spot — and the exact suite inside the building wasn't independently confirmed in this research, so ask a Seafood City associate if you don't see it right away.

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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Valerio's Tropical Bake Shop

Valerio's traces back to a bakery Victor and Milagros Valerio opened in Manila in 1965; their children carried it to Southern California in 1979, and Ariosto R. Valerio formalized the Tropical Bake Shop name with a West Covina, California store in 1994.

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