The Water Bar | Geneva, IL

This place is AMAZING. The food menu has vegan and gluten free options that rival most high end artisan restaurants in Chicago. Crystal was literally the nicest person we have encountered in food service in the last 5 years. Top notch place with a forward thinking menu and brilliant synergy between their ethos, brand, and food. Everything is aligned in the best possible way. Also one of the only places in chicagoland that has oatly soft serve.

Really great little vegan cafe that had gluten free options as well!

This place is on my commute to take my kiddo to a sitter so I decided to stop in since they were open. When I got there a little before 9am I was the only guest and the employee came out quickly to greet me. I was surprised at how few breakfast options there were in the bakery case. I got the cinnamon rolls simply because it was that or cookies. Yes, they have a menu, but I needed something to go. Anyway, quick transaction, they don’t take cash FYI which was fine but just so others are aware, and I left with my cinnamon rolls. I got home (all of 8 minutes later) and I have to say, I’m pretty bummed. The rolls were pretty hard and crumbly. Crumbly I can forgive since I know my gluten free baking can be like that, but the toughness, it was like eating a dense shortbread cookie, not a roll. The frosting was fine but even only using a small amount ALL I tasted was sugar, like, sugar overdose. I know I got a cinnamon roll, yes I expect plenty of sugar but between the hard texture, the grittiness and the sugar, I’m not a fan. Considering at almost 9 am they were still baking more things (that’s what the employee said) which was why they had so few options, I’ll likely not go back because I really don’t want that much sugar in breakfast.