IL Giardino Del Dolce

"Bright Italian bakery with old-school roots doing traditional cookies, cannoli, biscotti & cakes."

Il Giardino Del Dolce is a Chicago Italian bakery with roots going back to 1986, offering traditional cookies, pastries, cannoli, and custom cakes for weddings and other occasions. Known for cannoli cream, tiramisu, lobster tail pastries, and a range of over 50 cookie varieties and 50 pastry varieties; custom wedding cakes are available with fillings and decorating options discussed in person. Originally started as a gelato cafe in 1986, the bakery has concentrated on Italian sweets over the decades and is described on its website as one of the top Italian bakeries in Chicago. Based in Chicago, with in-store pickup and online shipping available. Couples and their families highlight the tiramisu as a wedding cake option, praise the cannoli cream as distinctly authentic, note reasonable pricing, and consistently mention kind and accommodating staff including the owner.