A Sad Public Service Announcement

It happened last November. Beard Papa, the Japanese bakery with the awkward name and world's best cream puffs has closed their Chicago location. We had the pleasure of enjoying it for two short years, and I have no regrets. I brought them everywhere- to Delilah's for whiskey and beer for a friend who'd just been mugged, to birthday parties as welcome gifts, to dinner parties when I had no time to whip up a dessert, and sometimes I ate one for breakfast in my cubical. They are memories that will not soon fade.

I miss you eggy pastry shell. Sometimes I still long for you, vanilla speckled custard. 

The closest remaining locations are New York and Toronto.

Chicagoist Article, Beard Papa Website