Fresh croissants on Packard

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She’s proud of her coffee too: “They didn’t teach us coffee at school. I had to learn all of that myself. It comes from Chicago, from Intelligentsia. It was rated the best in Chicago two years in a row. I wasn’t a coffee drinker until I had it, and it sold me.”

Pastry Peddler Bakery & Cafe, 619 Packard, 770–8366. Mon.–Sat. 6 a.m.–

2 p.m. Closed Sun. pastrypeddler.com.   

[Originally published in November, 2008.]