Smack Dab, a teeny, tiny new bakery that just opened in Rogers Park across from the Morse el stop, smack dab between the Glenwood and Pub 626 (formerly the ill-fated second location of Bullhead Cantina), has been open for just short of two months, but it has already changed my life, just as co-owner Christine Forster promised it would.
Aimee Levitt
It tasted like a real pastry! True, it was dry, but in a sophisticated, crumbly way, not a depressing Passover pastry sort of way. The taste of the almonds mingled nicely with the browned butter—and brown butter is, I think, one of the nicest flavorings for baked goods ever devised. My life was indeed changed. I will no longer dismiss gluten-free baked goods out of hand, but only if they come from Smack Dab.
