Nuevo Leon Bakery

Chicago, United States

4.4

Closed now

20 reviews

Accepts Credit Cards

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Telephone:
+1 312-243-5977
Address:
1634 W 18th St, Chicago, IL, 60608
b/t Marshfield Ave & Paulina St
Pilsen
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
440 ft18th
0.5 miDamen
0.9 miWestern Avenue
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Takes Reservations
No
Delivery
No
Take-out
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Parking
Street
Bike Parking
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes
Good for Kids
Yes
Good for Groups
Yes
Attire
Casual
Outdoor Seating
No

Today

Today 5:30 am – 9:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (Chicago) 04:04 Thursday, 12 June 2025

Business hours

Monday 5:30 am – 9:00 pm
Tuesday 5:30 am – 9:00 pm
Wednesday 5:30 am – 9:00 pm
Thursday 5:30 am – 9:00 pm
Friday 5:30 am – 9:00 pm
Saturday 6:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday 6:00 am – 9:00 pm

Description

Specialties

A traditional self-​serve mexican bakery where you walk in, grab a tray and tongs, and let the fun begin! Choose what your heart desires from conchas, gorditas dulces, delicious empanadas or from our large assortment of cookies. Our pan dulce is made fresh daily from scratch with quality ingredients & baked throughout the day.

A favorite among our costumers are our scrumptious flour tortillas made at our location with only the freshest ingredients. While our flour tortilla is our most popular, we do have other tempting flavors to offer such as: margarine, wheat, jalapeño, chile guajillo, habanero, chile morita, chipotle, black bean with jalapeño, mole and our newest addition avocado flour tortillas. All of the tortillas have no animal product, excluding margarine.

History

Established in 1973.

A traditional mexican bakery, where you come in grab a tray and tongs, walk around and choose what tempts your taste buds. All our mexican pastries are made from scratch, formed by hand the traditional way every morning and baked throughout the day.

We have a large assortment of baked goods and we now offer flour tortillas made at our location. Traditional flour tortillas and flavored flour tortillas. Come on in and have a look and see what catches your eye.

Provecho!

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20 reviews of Nuevo Leon Bakery

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Place rating: 5
Costa Mesa, CA
Before coming to this store, I didn’t have pan dulce for three years because I was vegan! This bakery carries vegan pan dulce as well as regular pan dulce. My friends loved the vegAn concha too. Highly recommend!
Place rating: 4
New York, NY
Randomly walked by this spot and throughly enjoyed it. The donuts and cinnamon rolls were amazing. Definitely recommended
Place rating: 5
New Orleans, LA
This bakery is the best in CHICAGO!!!
Everything is fresh and so good!!!
I first came here 10 years ago and found it again and just like the first time feel in love with this spot!!!
Place rating: 4
Chicago, IL
What fun! Grab a tray and select your pastries and breads from the shelves! My only complaint is that almost nothing is identified which is especially important when the pastry has a filling; however the person at the register did respond enthusiastically when we asked for that information (although we were still befuddled by which was which).
Be aware that most Mexican pastries are very bland — we generally purchased the ones with filling which actually gives the pastry some flavor.
Place rating: 5
La Grange, IL
I LOVE that they are Vegan friendly! I still can’t get over how delicious their traditional Vegan Mexican bread tastes. I got to meet the gentleman who bakes the vegan bread and he was super nice. I was so happy to meet him because I got to tell him how thankful I am that he is thinking about the vegan clientele and that because of him, I can once again enjoy the famous Pan de Muerto, my favorite when I was growing up.
Place rating: 5
Saint Louis, MO
Went to the restaurant and then needed some snacks from the bakery after. This place was great-​just grab a tray and some tongs and start filling up! There were so many choices and it was hard to pick. Most things weren’t labeled, so I wasn’t sure what I was getting. I just grabbed a few. I liked that everything thing I got was only mildly sweet-​I think this is common with Mexican baked goods? I got something like a cheesecake with a biscuity crust-​awesome. I got a huge molasses cookie, also good, and a muffin/​cupcake thing, also with some sort of cheesecake innard. All were good and it was only like $ 3!
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
This is my favorite Mexican bakery in the city. Their product is always fresh, delicious, and they have a great selection.
Place rating: 4
Lombard, IL
You can find some real Good quality delicious bakery items here. I picked up a tray full of different bakery items and everything in there was simply superb. Their butter cookies with nuts were my fav. I would go there again anytime.
Place rating: 4
Chicago, IL
The mini pineapple upside down cake was moist, delicious, and fresh! Best of all, it was only $ 1.48 after tax! There is a large variety of pastries, and also homemade tortillas, and for such good prices! A definite stop if you are in the area.
Place rating: 4
Chicago, IL
Great Mexican bakery with lots of variety. I’m a fan of the coconut cookies, and that sugary, pink, bread, don’t know what they call it! They also have the biggest donuts I’ve ever seen. You grab a metal tray and tongs and choose whatever you want out of the cases on your own. I think just about everything is less than $ 1, except for maybe the slices of tres leches cake, flan, etc. I also come in here to get homemade tortillas when I make enchiladas at home. I like the black bean tortillas, though they also make plain, wheat, jalapeño, and another kind I can’t remember right now. Good Pilsen spot for a sweet treat!
Place rating: 4
Chicago, IL
Fresh
Delicious
Sweet bread under $ 1
Clean place
Friendly staff
I like it in Pilsen
Churros, conchas, Donas etc etc get a cup of coffe &
enjoy !!!
Place rating: 5
Coshocton, OH
This is a great authentic bakery. The owners are so nice! We were visiting from Ohio, and she gave us her business card and told us to call when we’re coming next time so she’s sure to not run out of churros!
The pastries are cheap and delicious. If you’re looking for a snack in this neighborhood, stop here!:)
Place rating: 4
Chicago, IL
Local inexpensive bakery with tons of options. I bought some pastries here which I have no clue what they were but were good. Oh, don’t be like us and wait for someone to serve you. You have to grab a tray and tong and grab your own pastries.
Place rating: 3
Orland Park, IL
Nice local neighborhood bakery with decent pricing. This bakery only lacks one thing high quality baked goods. I feel I could make most of the cakes and cookies and they’d taste better. I don’t know if it’s the ingredients but everything is kind of bland. And I’ve tried a lot of things here. The cashiers also don’t speak English just fyi.
Place rating: 5
Long Beach, CA
So I stumbled upon this place walking through the neighborhood on a visit to Chicago. I was on the opposite side of the street when the smell hit me! Nothing screams bakery like the smell of fresh pan. I walked in to find cases of freshly baked goods. They had all of my favorite mexican pastries. The employees were very kind, helped out with my selections and made the purchase go very quickly. It was too tempting and I wanted to take one of everything. I highly recommend stopping in just to get a smell of the fresh bread, then pick up something that looks good. You will not be disappointed. Everything is very cheap and well worth the trek even if you don’t live close by. I will definitely be back when I visit Chicago again.
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
A neighborhood favorite, this place has always been amazing. They have a great selection of delicious bread and also sell a variety of flour tortillas.
Can’t go wrong coming here.
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
Great bread, service, and atmosphere. The pan dulce is fresh. The muffins are great. The workers are friendly and the prices are fair. Will come back here, even though I live in the north side. The drive is worth it because it’s better than the bakeries by my house.
Place rating: 4
Austin, TX
We have visited Nuevo Leon several times & each time leave happy! They have a great selection and seem to switch it up a little bit. They see to have a great variety of breads, chocolate cupcakes, cookies, pastries & doughnuts. My favorites are a pineapple up-​side down type cupcake & the chocolate cupcakes! they are so flavorful & moist!
I am also a fan of their tong/​tray self-​serve method. Overall, if you are looking for tasty authentic mexican style baked goods at a good price, this is the place to go!
Place rating: 5
Bartlett, IL
We visit this Mexican bakery once or twice a year. We just don’t get to the neighborhood that often. But, once I’ve been here, I can hardly wait to head back!
The fresh smelling tasty treats suck me in before I even walk in the door. From churros to pan dulce to fresh tortillas, it’s a great location for the things that I crave most.
Super sweet (pun intended) staff, self service bakery items (so I can pick the best one on the tray), plenty of street parking and excellent prices keep us coming back! Stop in for some fresh goodies!
Place rating: 3
Chicago, IL
So much variety here at Nuevo Leon Bakery. I’ve passed this place many times, walking back and forth on 18th for years, but today was a Georgeous day. I had great Thai food to share lunch with a friend, spotted a dark choc chip cookie in the window and decided it would be the perfect dessert. This is a nice, self-​serve bakery where you grab a heavy metal tray and tongs, then pick out what you want before paying. The nice lady explained all that to me and made sure I saw the BIG ASS DONUT that’s a popular item there.
I didn’t feel that adventurous so I passed on the BIG ASS DONUT, but grabbed a couple of macaroons, a chocolate-​covered donut and a dark choc chip cookie. I love the sweet level here as it’s about 60% less sweet than most desserts you’d find in the typical bakery.
The dark choc cookie looked dry but was almost perfect in the middle and crisp on the outside… great if you’re not eating a soft-​baked.
The highlight of this visit was the chocolate-​covered donut. It’s snow white on the inside and almost tastes like a soft pretzel. I’ve never had anything like it. First instinct was to get some milk or something but as I ate more, it didn’t require it.
It’s places like this and specialties like that make me LOVE this city more and more!