Blue Sky Bakery & Cafe

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3720 N Lincoln Ave
Chicago, IL 60613

History

Blue Sky Bakery & Cafe was founded specifically to provide jobs to youth with barriers to employment. We hire youth with criminal backgrounds, a history of homelessness, incomplete educations, and/or little or no work experience. Youth are trained in all aspects of the cafe, including cooking and baking all of the food that we serve, creating espresso drinks, and waiting on our fabulous customers. They work at the bakery for twelve weeks, and then given assistance in securing their next long-term position.

Specialties

Our scones are one of our main specialties, and include white cheddar chive, pear ginger almond, mixed berry & cranberry whole wheat. They became a hit at the Farmers Markets, and are now available year-round at the cafe. For breakfast, we serve our scones and muffins, maple cashew granola, fresh quiche and breakfast sandwiches, featuring our housemade red pepper aioli.

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4.510 reviews
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Best scones in town!!!
3/21/2022

We host an annual mother-daughter tea, and for many years we have used Blue Sky to provide the scone...

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Cozy setting, social good, and great baked goods! Does it get better?
9/4/2019

What an impactful mission to set up shop as a bakery and provide transitional employment to homeless...

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Cute Space, Tasty Treats!
7/22/2019

I have been visiting Blue Sky Bakery for their amazing scones and other treats for years; being able...

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