A Taste of Heaven Bakery and Cafe

06/15/2026

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06/05/2026

I met my friend John Meyers at Kopi Cafe Wednesday night to see the gorgeous Heather Riordan perform. She plays the accordion and it felt like an evening in Paris. I love that Kopi is still an icon in the community here after 35 years in business. Rhonda and Al have so much to be proud of!
They have an impressive line-up of musicians scheduled. Check out the FB page and website!

05/26/2026

Join us tonight as we do our Monster Monday Special on Tuesday this week! All entrees and entree specials are only $12 each, starting at 3:00pm! Dine in only!

05/25/2026

A Taste of Heaven will be open today from 8:00am til 3:00pm. We will do our regular Monster Monday Night Special on Tuesday this week!

05/21/2026

I came up with the lemon cloud cake when I 1st started in 1989. I was supplying local coffee shops at the time, and in an odd, brave moment I decided to bring samples to Neiman Marcus, because they had a small grocery on the 4th floor. The manager, a very sweet but old school regal kind of man named Jim, generously started ordering 20 cakes a week! After the 2nd week, Jim asked for something lemon, and I made this, a yellow sponge cake layered with a homemade lemon curd, with a vanilla buttercream on the outside covered with lemon streusel crumbs. It was an homage to an “impossible” lemon dessert my grandmother would make, where you mixed a cake batter, then while baking it separated to become a lemon pudding on the bottom with the soft cake on top.

And a special “Hi!” to Barb & Jon, who will be celebrating their 25th anniversary this October! I made this for their wedding and always think of them when I make one.

05/18/2026

I used to do wedding cakes when we were at my old location on Foster. The kitchen there was massive and allowed for the building and construction. One of my very favorite partners to work with was Debbie Tunney from Ann Sather’s on Clark in Andersonville. She would cater the meal and I would make the wedding cake and do the sweet table.

One day, one of my very favorite employees told me she worked at Ann Sather’s for just a week, and said she didn’t have very positive experiences with Debbie. This genuinely surprised me, because I sincerely thought Debbie was lovely, but I believed my employees version of events.

The next time Debbie and I worked together on a wedding I was rather cold to her, because of the stories the employee told me. Debbie reasonably asked what was up, and I told her what had been said. Debbie lost all color in her face, and she looked like she was about to cry. She walked away, and because of what I heard from the employee, I didn’t feel at all unjustified.

When I was finishing up, and about to leave, Debbie said to me thru tightly controlled tears, “Daniel (and no one but the people who knew me as a child ever calls me Daniel, so this was significant!), don’t believe everything someone tells you. There’s always two sides to every story. Remember that.”

Of course she was correct. Even tho I loved my employee and believed her version of the events, I wasn’t there. And I didn’t know the entire story. It was wrong for me to pass judgement. From this I learned you only know your experience of a person, and that is all you know with certainty. It was an important lesson, and something I ponder often.

Debbie anf I remained friends while she was still here in Chicago, and once she retired, she always stopped in the restaurant while she was in town. For anyone who’s still in touch, please share this with her. She impacted my life greatly.

05/14/2026

Remember, Thursday is $1 scone day at A Taste of Heaven! Limit 2 per customer!

During these tough times with costs rising non-stop, I want to give a HUGE shout out to Pizza Aroma, Vincent, Calo, and all other of our neighboring businesses who still strive to offer similar specials to make ourselves accessible to everyone where and when we can. This shows enormous compassion and care for our community, and they deserve your ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️.

05/11/2026

It's not too late to take mom out for Mother's Day! Stop by for our MONSTER MONDAY Special! $12 dinner entrees and salads! For dine-in only, open until 9pm.

05/01/2026

Once again, Flowerchild on Balmoral near Clark saved the day! My very sweet friend, Jean Swoboda was having a disappointing week and needed a pick me up. I ran across the street, asked if Flowerchild could send a bouquet to her table here at ATOH, and within minutes they surprised her with this gorgeous bouquet! It was such a sweet moment! I love this store and the wonderful people who work there!

04/18/2026

It was Lily’s birthday this week! I would normally make her a cake, but wanted to do something special. So I ordered a Princess Cake from Lost Larson! If you haven’t had it, it really is pretty wonderful: yellow cake layered with raspberry preserves, vanilla custard and whipped cream, then wrapped in green marzipan!