Hellas Pastry: Chewy Almond Cookies
Though there are dozens of Greek bakeries in Chicago, one that I'm loving is called Hellas Pastry(on Lawrence Ave.) and they whip up some deliciously chewy almond cookies. I've had some of these before at Artopolis in Greektown, but this tiny bakery has some of the finest that I have had. If you've never had a Greek cookie like this (I don't recall their name), they sort of taste like amaretto and caramel and are chewy little delights. They run about $9 per pound and are truly some of the most addictive treats out there. Plus, Hellas is just down th street from Ilidzanka, an even tinier Bosnian joint that has the strongest coffee this side of the Atlantic.
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