Kristoffer’s Cafe & Bakery
Family-run Pilsen cafe famous for what many call the city’s best tres leches cake
Pleasant House Pub
Husband-and-wife-run pub serving savory British Royal Pies with produce from their own urban farm
Thalia Hall
An 1892 opera-house-turned-music-hall in Pilsen, one of the city’s most beautiful rooms for live shows.
Cafe Jumping Bean
Pilsen’s original coffeehouse (since 1994), a neighborhood living room that doubles as a gallery for local artists.
Panaderia Nuevo Leon
A nearly 50-year-old Pilsen panaderia turning out conchas, pan dulce, and Mexican pastries the traditional way.
Carnitas Uruapan
A Pilsen institution since 1975, revered for slow-cooked crispy carnitas from a family recipe out of Uruapan, Michoacan.