Little Goat Bread

My friends and I didn’t have time to sit and eat so we came here and grabbed some pastries to go and coffee. The bagels here were pretty darn good! As a NYCer, i’m always skeptical of bagels outside of NYC but these were pretty darn good! Great flavor and pretty good consistency. They were different than NYC bagels, but not in a bad way. I was pleasantly surprised. I got a Mexican chocolate scone which was quite good. Very tasty. The cinnamon bun was just okay. The iced latte was fantastic. Very good coffee beans were clearly used. This place was a great quick option! Really affordable too!

Best sourdough bread ever! I like it better than the traditional San Francisco sourdough. We also got a scone and cinnamon roll – both were good, the scone was excellent, though I don’t like my cinnamon roll so dark – it was approaching burnt – but tasted OK.
Loved the ambiance – great energy – you feel right at home. Next time I plan to have breakfast at the diner. This should be your number 1 stop for bread in Chicago.

Love this place! Great atmosphere and great food! I would recommend the Sloppy Goat sandwich. Overall, 5 stars

Warning this review is for catering and catering only. We used Little Goat for cakes and favors for our December wedding off-​site.
First, the good, the cakes. We ordered five cakes from Little Goat rather than one large tiered cake. After meeting with cake designers we just felt our money would be better spent elsewhere and Little Goat gave us the opportunity to serve cute cakes with unique flavors at a good cost. The cakes were lovely and looked very nice displayed together.
Now the bad. We decided to do individualized gingerbread men as placecards for guests with names written on the cookies themselves. Little Goat has some wonderful designs. We got none of those. We got very basic gingerbread men with white icing. This would have been fine (albeit a bit pricey for a barely decorated cookie) had it been rendered correctly. It was not. Instead, about 60% of the cookies had names on them and the rest had tags with names. So some guests received nice cookies with their names and others just basic ones I could run to Jewel and buy. Not good, but stuff happens. However, no one from Little Goat mentioned this to us. If I hadn’t noticed there would have been zero communications of their failure which is ridiculously unacceptable. I got a thank you for using us email the Monday after the wedding with a «please provide feedback.» When I mentioned this mishap, and the fact that no one alerted us to it on the day of or after, I got an incredibly defensive email about how the generic thank you email was supposed to serve as a starter for the conversation. That’s just simply not true and a rather shady way of doing business.
In the end they offered us the cookies without names for free but frankly that really wasn’t good enough. I just more or less settled it because there was no use going back and forth with their catering manager any longer, but the whole lack of professionalism and upfront honesty about the issue really soured me on the company as a whole. Shame, because the cakes and the diner are quite tasty.

Love love love this place.
Great coffee and lattes. One of the best I’ve had since my last trip to Italy! You know they’re good when they take their time.
Fun atmosphere and places to sit down and wait for a table at Little Goat diner. I’ll be back.
Valet parking too. That accept credit! What a world we live in.

I am beyond addicted to their shrimp sandwich they have available during lunch time. It has to be the most complexed flavored and tastiest sandwiches I’ve ever had. I love that she thought of simple details like adding chips inside the sandwich to give it that crunch when you take a bite. The sauce she uses is to die for with it’s tangy/​savory flavor. The bread is the chewiest bread I’ve ever bit into and I love that fact that it doesn’t turn soggy with all the sauce. And oh, the amount of shrimp!
Also, someone else brought some bagels and the cream cheese selections she has is so out of the ordinary. Kimchi cream cheese, you can’t get more unique than that.
I cheated by having a bagel which was very chewy and dense as a bagel should be. I had it with this cheese spread, a thin layer, and i was in heaven. I’m not too crazy about Little Goat Diner but this has to be my favorite lunch spot.

Very god bakery with a warm, welcoming atmosphere and staff. Was politely greeted and welcomed by the staff and was given recommendations from them about their baked goods. I ordered a Wookie Pie and it was very good, the bread was nice and moist and the cream was sweet but not overwhelming. Overall very good spot, definitely coming back.

Over to the the bakery we went after an incredible breakfast at the little goat diner. We were greeted by some very friendly folks behind the counter upon entering.
The digs here are less impressive than at the restaurant next door, however the coffee bar is quite nice. Our expectations we’re fairly high given the level that the diner was operating at, however we weren’t blown away by the offerings at the bakery. A number of muffins and cookies were available as well as some other carb loaded items. We had a cranberry muffin and some cookies for the road and they were okay, but not great. The muffin was a little on the dry side and we can certainly talk about up to a bad batch, however again we were expecting something pretty incredible based on the breakfast we had just experienced.
The coffee I had was lovely and I would come back for nothing else then that, especially after having had breakfast nearby.
The loaves of bread that were available looked good, certainly a step up from Panera, but again less exciting then we felt they could have been based on the offerings next door.
Certainly worth checking out if you’re in the area, but probably not worth going out of your way for.

I absolutely love the staff behind the bar! Those guys are the best. Today I present Peter who is attentive, and incredibly sincere. I don’t at all get the sense that what could be considered ‘small talk’ is such. It’s real talk with a chill, friendly dude who happens to also be a great bartender. I don’t need to hype the food, but I well say my favorites are the tuna melt (think sandwich topped with a salad and a cheese sauce that I’d love to pour over noodles aka Mac n Cheese) grilled cheese and the daily breads with scrumptious homemade spreads!

Delicious coffee, and the Mexican chocolate scone was moist and more cookie-​like than hard scone-​like (which is a good thing in my book). Great place to hang out while waiting for brunch at Little Goat.

This review is based ENTIRELY on their Grab ‘n Goat sammy THE SHRIMP ($ 10). It’s epic.
It starts with the potato bun. Soft, chewy, delicious. One bite reveals the spicy mayo lathered shrimp. Note: By spicy, I really mean ‘flavorful’. I suppose one might call it actually spicy, but that person would clearly be living in a sad, bland food bubble. The shrimp overflows out of the bun along with a tasty cabbage slaw.
Next, your taste buds recognize the avocado, adding a nice smoothness to the spiced shrimp. And then, there comes the onion cream cheese. Not a heavy layer, just a thin layer for a bit of tartness. Finally, you realize, THE SANDWICH HAS A CRUNCH. What?! A soft, juicy, messy sandwich has a crunch?! Yes, under the cream cheese hides a masa chip that crunches in your mouth with every bite. Little Goat has literally hit every single taste requirement for a perfectly balanced dish: Slightly sweet, spicy, tart, smooth, juicy, soft, AND crunchy. Mind. Blown.
And the (second) best part? These sandwiches are already there, ready to Grab ‘n Goat! No wait required for you hungry Unilocalers out there.

I made the mistake of popping in after dinner at the Girl & the Goat, without checking their hours– we were here shortly before close and they were mostly out of baked goods, and staff did not seem thrilled with our late arrival. In addition to breads, cookies, pastries, and cupcakes, the area also sells Goat-​themed shirts and hats, as well as smaller gift items (including dried bagged pastas and coffee mugs). Though there is a bar with seating and a few tables, this was more of a grab-​and-​go kind of spot you’d hit up before or after going to one of the other nearby restaurants for a meal.

The baked goods are pretty tasty. We had a chocolate pop tart, blueberry pop tart and a cinnamon roll. The cinnamon roll was a little boring but then again we got there kind of late in the day. I’m sure they’re super fly when fresh. Stumptown coffee was stump town coffee. The layout is a little weird but works surprisingly well.
What really made this side of little goat note worthy was the killer service. Everyone was really nice. It was swamped with people on a holiday and when I went to tell them I accidentally pointed at the wrong thing in the pastry case, I expected an annoyed response (as they were super busy) but the girls behind the counter were apologetic like it was their fault and gave us what we wanted, for free.
Killin it with service and melting faces with treats

Everything is amazing. There’s a barista special called the Oliver’s Twist with espresso, 2 kinds of chocolate and salt. It’s incredible. The bagels are stunning, as are the cookies.
But the best thing I’ve ever had is at Little Goat Bakery: the blueberry pop tart. This is beyond words and beyond stars. Trust me. Try it. You will not regret it.

What can I say about their baked goods that Kanye West hasn’t rightly said about himself? This place has the freshest bread in the city, and the dopest cookies in the stratosphere.

I have not tried any of the coffee, etc., but felt any place that bakes up «the best bread I’ve ever eaten» (said by my bacon-​loving boyfriend) deserves 5 stars. One star off because I wish it had some more cheese! What bread was this, you ask? The Bacon and Gouda!
The bacon-​y goodness really permeated throughout the loaf without being overwhelming or heavy. For the amount of bacon content, I thought the $ 8.50 price tag was fair (although I acknowledge I am someone who grew up with easy access to Zingerman’s bread, where my favorite loaves are $ 16 – 18 each, eek).
The cashiers were nice and professional, and I would definitely go back to try the coffee.

Given the number of reviews, I honestly didn’t know what to expect. From my experience, it was definitely mixed. The layout is odd: my girlfriend and I stopped in for some coffee, and there was a barista right next to the door. We were waiting around as some guy was chatting with the barista for a good 3 minutes. When we approached her, she pointed us to the bread counter. Knowing that we just stopped in and made small gestures to ask her for help, it would have helped to stop her small talk and help us.
The cashier was exceptionally friendly, and we ordered a latte and little goat coffee. The little goat coffee was their specialty, and I am always open to try new things; however, the masala spice definitely killed my experience! It just completely overpowered the coffee, and it wasn’t pleasant to finish. It may have been my mistake to order this (I admit), so I tried the normal latte. The milk wasn’t steamed correctly and I was not happy with the latte either. It was a watery mess and my girlfriend and I were not happy.
Maybe we will try the bread or stop by again in the future, but our expectations were shot after this experience.

Cute little coffee shop bakery. Has 4 stools and you can look into the kitchen which can be so boring that you might want to bang your head on the glass and scream «Why am I here!?»
Perhaps too much food tv.
Tried the poppyseed buns and this just proves that there is a line between chef and celebrity all too oft munged.

I stopped by here for coffee and a muffin and I ended up getting a Goat’s Milk Latte. I was just curious as to how a drink a drink as such would taste when made with goat’s milk. Hey goat’s in the name so you got to try it. The coffee flavor came through nicely and the grassier notes of the goat’s milk were well welcomed by me since I love grassy and earthy flavors. The nice designs in the top your coffee are a welcomed little addition as well.
One thing that I kind of don’t like as much is the setup. They have a drink menu over the coffee bar right as you walk in but then a small sign that directs you to the back register to place your coffee orders. Why even put a menu over the coffee bar. It just confuses you as you walk in.
I thought the squash muffin I got would be savory, but I was pleasantly surprised by it being sweet. It was pillowy soft and incredibly buttery. I wish I would have tried it though before I sweetened my coffee because I would have added slightly less simple syrup. BTW, good look on that simple syrup making sweetening your drinks much easier.

The Shrimp Sandwich… LIFE CHANGER. Chalked full of shrimp and perfect harmony of crunchy, pickled, spicy, and creamy. And the bread… ohh the soft cloud that is their bread.
My coworkers also loves the Turkey but I still haven’t tried it because I can’t get away from the Shrimp. The slight con is how expensive these are at 10 bucks a pop. Definitely filling, definitely worth it… but definitely a little overpriced. They still get people like me back in twice a week though, so I’m sure they know what they’re doing.
Other than the sandwiches, the coffee is pretty good as well. I don’t recommend the coffee with goat’s milk unless you’re a really big fan of that goat tasting flavor… it had a very strong taste and kinda overpowered the coffee.