It is not good. They don’t make anything fresh. It all gets shipped from New York.
Initial-Board-7440
Boring
Apprehensive_Clue145
I think it’s inventive and delicious and Christina Tosi is wonderful. So I guess I’ll be the only one going
WobblierTube733
Every new restaurant these days feels so sterile. The aesthetic tells me absolutely nothing about the business except I guess they serve hot dogs and cupcakes? Is this an actual bar that serves drinks and has an atmosphere, or just another corporate franchise we’ll forget in a year? Sorry for the old man rant.
Worried-Fly-8729
This place stinks
caciopepe24
Did I wake up in 2012
crispixiscrispy
When the lines die down I’d grab a soft serve from them if they have the cereal milk soft serve.
This town needs more soft serve.
There’s a couple dozen bakeries in this city id hit before going there though. Hell, there are three other chain bakeries I’d go to on that same street before I’d go there (Voodoo, La Colombe, Levain). We’re spoiled and you can do better, Chicago.
Oh-Hunny
No hate towards Milk Bar, but damn…West Loop has become so uninspiring. It’s like a private equity wet dream. What’s next? Another Sweetgreen?
discoteen66
The bakery is bad but the soft serve with corn flakes is so good
Unusual_Push8810
So overrated and everything is so insanely sweet.
Capt_Trololol
i guess the midwest really is 10 years behind the coasts
Drinkdrankdonk
Perfect place for it
broadwayindie
West loop is just becoming a bunch of nyc imports
OrneTTeSax
“The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking.”
alexjewellalex
Explains why they sued JoJo’s over having Milk Bar in their name. They’ve been planning this for many years
Giddings53
said “there’s gonna be a milk bar in the west loop” to my wife and she said “of course there is”
harmfulinsect
milk bar was excellent 15 years ago, but it’s incredibly bad now. eat anywhere else, or buy the excellent cookbook and make it yourself. you can think of milk bar’s current iteration as expensive, pretentious dairy queen.
edit: if you want a chess pie go to all together now
leproesy
They already have the cookies baked!
Distinct-Hold-5836
I liked it better when it was called CRACK PIE
gweeton
Looks like a fine spot to hangout with my droogs
neonjewel
YESS HOW EXCITING
WestLoopHobo
For fuck’s sake, this is 100% reaffirming my decision to finally abandon the west loop. It’s like a copy/paste playground for vapid, image-obsessed people whose entire personality is posting an IG pic at one of the same three photo staging areas all these identical shops have.
InvestmentActuary
So when are we opening a l’industrie and 7th street burger? Or a russ and daughters?
longshotz777
Hopefully it’s good. Cuz when I ordered some online it it tasted slightly above Crumble cookie. I was a bit disappointed.
Froopy-Hood
PM_me_your_dawgs
rdldr1
Too bad I’m lactose intolerant.
Redditfortheloss
Overrated and overpriced. Avoid at all costs imo.
Inevitable_Ant_2159
Mid
Beneficial_Fee_7091
Trash
Michstel_22
Their cakes are not great. Tried twice. Overly sweet and dry.
tehsloth
That’s gonna be a no from me dawg
txQuartz
Being endlessly out of the loop, I had hopes this was a Polish bar mleczny -esque concept until I looked it up. Ah well.
Satanic-mechanic_666
Do they have milk with knives in it?
Ellietoomuch
Obligate hater remark, if you don’t like the taste of cereal milk AVOID THIS, I tried it years back in DC and pretty much tossed it after a few minutes, waste of $8 or whatever it was.
justalittlemiss
I would have been excited in 2012.. also I’ve never once thought to myself, man chicago needs a milk bar
OneBusiness9573
Overhyped and overpriced
seekinganswers1010
As an out of towner that visits Chicago semi-regularly, y’all have much better bakeries than Milk Bar.
rtidwell11
Their cookies are drier than the Sahara
rtidwell11
We keep getting New York’s overhyped chains. Boucherie, Prince St (don’t @ me) and now Milk Bar
Jombes_Industries
Wildly, insanely overrated.
Entirely decent cookies and sweets, but nothing remotely extraordinary by any means.
vu_sua
Not to be confused with Milk Room, an exquisite cocktail bar on Michigan ave
Abm0506
This place is so overrated. Had it in LA; nothing special
Go_Frag_Yurslf
They don’t even bake shit in those places. Everything comes out of the freezer or a fridge. Went to one in NYC this fall.
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It is not good. They don’t make anything fresh. It all gets shipped from New York.
Boring
I think it’s inventive and delicious and Christina Tosi is wonderful. So I guess I’ll be the only one going
Every new restaurant these days feels so sterile. The aesthetic tells me absolutely nothing about the business except I guess they serve hot dogs and cupcakes? Is this an actual bar that serves drinks and has an atmosphere, or just another corporate franchise we’ll forget in a year? Sorry for the old man rant.
This place stinks
Did I wake up in 2012
When the lines die down I’d grab a soft serve from them if they have the cereal milk soft serve.
This town needs more soft serve.
There’s a couple dozen bakeries in this city id hit before going there though. Hell, there are three other chain bakeries I’d go to on that same street before I’d go there (Voodoo, La Colombe, Levain). We’re spoiled and you can do better, Chicago.
No hate towards Milk Bar, but damn…West Loop has become so uninspiring. It’s like a private equity wet dream. What’s next? Another Sweetgreen?
The bakery is bad but the soft serve with corn flakes is so good
So overrated and everything is so insanely sweet.
i guess the midwest really is 10 years behind the coasts
Perfect place for it
West loop is just becoming a bunch of nyc imports
“The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking.”
Explains why they sued JoJo’s over having Milk Bar in their name. They’ve been planning this for many years
said “there’s gonna be a milk bar in the west loop” to my wife and she said “of course there is”
milk bar was excellent 15 years ago, but it’s incredibly bad now. eat anywhere else, or buy the excellent cookbook and make it yourself. you can think of milk bar’s current iteration as expensive, pretentious dairy queen.
edit: if you want a chess pie go to all together now
They already have the cookies baked!
I liked it better when it was called CRACK PIE
Looks like a fine spot to hangout with my droogs
YESS HOW EXCITING
For fuck’s sake, this is 100% reaffirming my decision to finally abandon the west loop. It’s like a copy/paste playground for vapid, image-obsessed people whose entire personality is posting an IG pic at one of the same three photo staging areas all these identical shops have.
So when are we opening a l’industrie and 7th street burger? Or a russ and daughters?
Hopefully it’s good. Cuz when I ordered some online it it tasted slightly above Crumble cookie. I was a bit disappointed.
Too bad I’m lactose intolerant.
Overrated and overpriced. Avoid at all costs imo.
Mid
Trash
Their cakes are not great. Tried twice. Overly sweet and dry.
That’s gonna be a no from me dawg
Being endlessly out of the loop, I had hopes this was a Polish bar mleczny -esque concept until I looked it up. Ah well.
Do they have milk with knives in it?
Obligate hater remark, if you don’t like the taste of cereal milk AVOID THIS, I tried it years back in DC and pretty much tossed it after a few minutes, waste of $8 or whatever it was.
I would have been excited in 2012.. also I’ve never once thought to myself, man chicago needs a milk bar
Overhyped and overpriced
As an out of towner that visits Chicago semi-regularly, y’all have much better bakeries than Milk Bar.
Their cookies are drier than the Sahara
We keep getting New York’s overhyped chains. Boucherie, Prince St (don’t @ me) and now Milk Bar
Wildly, insanely overrated.
Entirely decent cookies and sweets, but nothing remotely extraordinary by any means.
Not to be confused with Milk Room, an exquisite cocktail bar on Michigan ave
This place is so overrated. Had it in LA; nothing special
They don’t even bake shit in those places. Everything comes out of the freezer or a fridge. Went to one in NYC this fall.