Hewn Bakery - Libertyville Outpost

We are excited to have this bakery in the neighborhood. We have not visited their Evanston location yet, but this is the next best thing. The staff are so nice and helpful are able to answer all questions on their bakery items. We’ve made it a Saturday tradition to pick up pastries a loaf of bread for the week. The quality of their pastries is 10/10 and you can tell it was made with high quality ingredients. Worth a visit! Or two!

Breads are excellent - long-ferment, heirloom grains. Our favorite is the Blonde Country - slightly chewy, slightly sour, and excellent crumb. Great for dipping in olive oil, to using in a sandwich. Pastries are also overall very good - (and I've had almost all of them). The blueberry muffins are full of nice moist blueberries. The chocolate croissants could use a bit more chocolate bits in there so you can get some with every bite. Occasionally we'll get a croissant that's over-done, but it's rare.

We've been driving down to Evanston to get Hewn for years and are thrilled that this location is closer. This is the best place to get bread and pastries in Lake County now. Their locally sourced grain is impressive and the flavor of their bread is sublime. I recommend popping in and trying a pastry and a coffee. I do wish they would bring their garlic knots back.

One of my favorite bakeries to visit when I can get in the area!

Based on an article I read about this being a female owned and operated business and absolutely loving sourdough bread, I was super excited to visit this small take out bakery. The bread did not disappoint and the young man that suggested we try the blonde loaf was very friendly and super helpful. The bread was absolutely worth the trip. Nice crust in the outside, chewy and soft on inside and that wonderful sourdough taste! We also purchased an almond croissant and sticky roll which were both delicious. The products are packaged nicely in brown bags. The bread bag had the story of the bakery on it snd said fermented in Evanston which I thought was a nice touch and creative marketing strategy! Why not 5 stars? My issue with this business is that they are cashless, which I found out as I w