More about our donuts as seen on Serious Eats.

Another blog post RE: Fritz Pastry donuts over at Happy To Be A Table Of Two.

Also, here’s more on our Bread Subscription Program, let us know if you’re interested!

Over the past few months, Jaime has developed some really amazing bread for Fritz. Her thick-crusted sourdough boule was an immediate hit with our customers. She allows the dough to rest for 18 full hours. Then she bakes it, one loaf at a time, in a cast-iron Dutch Oven; that’s part of what gives this bread its amazing texture and impeccable crumb.

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Jaime’s sage loaf is also a crowd favorite. House-made vegan vegetable stock adds incredible depth of flavor to this bread, and makes it a perfect accompaniment to your family’s savory dishes. Take a boring sack lunch to the next level by using our sage loaf as a base for a turkey sandwich. It’s like Thanksgiving, whenever you want.

It doesn’t stop there. Rich, supple Challah turns an ordinary PB&J into a work of art, and leftovers are perfect for french toast or bread pudding. Hand-shaped demi-baguettes are now available in house daily. Serve them warm with butter and jam for a simple, elegant breakfast. Our beer bread packs all the flavor of a hearty stout, without the buzz. And don’t even get us started on Jaime’s Molasses Whole Wheat bread. It’s versatile enough to be used for any sandwich, but soft and flavorful enough to eat right off the loaf. Bonus point: we know it can be difficult to find vegan whole wheat bread, but this one is totally devoid of eggs, honey, and all dairy derivatives.

Whenever a pan out of the oven, our staff swarms to see what Jaime’s baked up this time. We wanted to bring that same sense of excitement to your family, so we’re thrilled to introduce our first ever Fritz Pastry Bread Subscription program.

How does it work? Each Tuesday, you collect a loaf of fresh-baked artisanal bread, crafted with love by Jaime. The bread you get is baker’s choice, but please let us know if you have any special dietary restrictions. We’ll gladly find a way to accommodate your needs.

Loaves can be picked up at Fritz Pastry during normal 7 a.m.-1 p.m. business hours, or (with 24-hours notice) you can retrieve your loaf from The Wormhole Coffee in Wicker Park before 10 p.m. Email bread@fritzpastry.com to sign up for February subscriptions!

Seedling Cider, we’ll have it through the winter. It can be hot or iced (but it’s so good hot!). In 8- or 12-ounce sizes ($3.25/$3.50).

If you haven’t heard of Seedling Fruit, this is a good time to do some research. Founder Peter Klein has made a name selling Chicago’s foodies and those who cater to them the freshest and sweetest fruit out there, and the same level of quality comes bursting out of Seedling Cider. Read more about Seedling Fruit.

Thankkkks!

BRUNCH
April 28-29, 9am – 2pm

Call us at (773) 857-2989 to place your order! Happy Easter!

Donuts are on the rise (pun intended) across the United States. What was traditionally the stuff of cliché cop jokes is now the focus of serious culinary attention, catering to all tastes and cultural stylings. Chicago is no exception to the trend, with a scene as varied as donuts themselves. Our Windy City favorites include a 90-year-old bakery, a six-month-old pop-up, a South Side staple, and a James Beard Nominee’s Wicker Park dessert destination. Given the sheer number of bakeries and donut varieties in Chicago, this list is a mere sampling of the best the city has to offer…

Sprinkled vegan donut (and hole!) at Fritz Pastry

Fritz Pastry gives you the whole donut—hole included. For those of you with an extra sweet tooth (and vegan restrictions), we recommend the rainbow sprinkle donut ($2). The dough and frosting are made with soymilk—don’t knock it ’til you’ve tried it.

We are fully into delivering donuts of daunting quality to dandy donut diners everywhere. Keep an eye on the daily doses of donuts here at Fritz Pastry and you basically follow along with our mental landscape, ready or not.

We’ve got donut-friendly plans we’ll be executing, keeping you abreast of such occurrences as they happen. But for now, here’s a look at some of the donuts that have crossed your path upon your crossing of our threshold. We can provide any of these or a custom donut for you, from one to infinity–and that’s actually pretty true. See what you think:

Simple can be good. Powdered.

We almost always have a few different varieties of donut, the better to fit all tastes.

Enough berry in this raspberry donut to make the top of your head blow off. Seriously. Not.

The “Chicago Donut” is always one of our most greedily snapped up donuts. We hope it’s the taste, but think it has something to do with City Pride also.

Our donut menu here at Fritz Pastry is changing daily, according to our creative whims, which we then shape into reality and serve to you.

Did we mention our donuts make a ridiculously cool wedding treat? And that we handle any and all catering requests, wholesale queries and we make any type of event donut-licious! Get in touch with us here.

Many of our offerings are of the vegan variety, including our critically-acclaimed donuts and other artisanal-made pastry items. Our philosophy is that if we can make it vegan and make it taste better than otherwise, we’ll do it. So just ask!

Oh, yeah, you can also pick up coffee beans from upstart Chicago roaster, HalfWit Coffee–our sister company. Crafted with great attention to both the sourcing and the roasting of the beans, HalfWit stands out and we think you’ll notice.

So come by, grab a coffee-and-donut to go, or bring the laptop and make us your office for the day. See you soon!