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22 | July 18, 2019 | The highland park landmark dining out
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Adelheidi’s brings a new flavor to downtown Winnetka
Michael Wojtychiw
Contributing Sports Editor
When the Schuppenhauers
opened their first Adelheidi’s
Organics restaurant
in Naples, Fla., in 2011,
the hope was to bring organic,
gluten-free items
to southwest Florida. Fast
forward eight years and
the same has done the
same with their newest
store, which opened May 8
in Winnetka.
”Winnetka really needed
one,” manager Tania Nesterak
said about why the
new store was opened in
Winnetka. “[They thought]
it would be really popular
in this area and people really
like vegan and glutenfree
stuff. They’re more
into this kind of life. It’s a
perfect place. We opened
I think the same day as
the arcade, so we have a
toy store here, we have an
arcade here, we have ice
cream shop here, so it’s the
perfect location.”
The organic ice cream
shop is located at 522 Lincoln
Ave. in downtown
Winnetka in the Winnetka
Walk property with fellow
tenants Games on Lincoln,
an arcade, and Beat Street,
a toy store. The Winnetka
location is the only one
outside of the original Naples
location, as well as a
factory outlet in Naples.
Since the store opened
in May, Nesterak says the
reception has been a positive
one.
“We have regular customers
who come here a
lot,” she said. “It’s really
cool. I have people who
I know their name, who I
don’t even need to explain
anything on the menu to.
They know everything.
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“It’s been really busy,
especially for dinnertime
because we’re open real
late. We’re open until 11
p.m. So after people have
dinner, at 8, 9 p.m. we
have a huge line.”
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be known for gelato and
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Adelheidi’s
552 Lincoln Ave.,
Winnetka
(224) 255-6272,
https://www.
adelheidis.com
11 a.m.-10 p.m.
Monday-Thursday
11 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday
and Saturday
11 a.m.-10 p.m.
Sunday
Dr. Jake Cohen
Family Owned,
Highland Park Native
Adelheidi’s Organics açai bowl ($8.95) has blueberries, bananas, strawberries, açai,
granola, chocolate and coconut flakes. Photos by Megan Bernard/22nd Century Media
smoothies are made of
real, organic fruits, while
the shakes and floats are
made with grass-fed organic
milk.
Four 22nd Century
Media editors stopped by
the Winnetka location on
a hot morning to try out
what Adelheidi’s had to
offer.
We first tried the açai
bowl ($8.95). Like all of
their items, the açai bowl
is made up of fresh ingredients,
namely fresh
blueberries, fresh bananas
and fresh strawberries,
as well as açai. The bowl
was topped with glutenfree
granola hemp hearts,
chocolate nibs and coconut
flakes.
“We change our flavors
every two weeks,” Nesterak
said. “On gelato, one
of our favorites here is fig
and goat cheese. You can’t
even taste goat cheese. It’s
so good. We have rum and
raisin. We have a lot of different
flavors.”
One of the gelato selections
we had was the
Caramel Kiss gelato. This
dish was served with butter
pecan gelato and salted
caramel topping and also
Adelheidi’s offers a variety of gluten-free and organic
gelato and ice cream flavors.
covered by nuts.
Along with all of the
frozen treats made on the
premises, Adelheidi’s also
features a number of nonfrozen
items.
We were able to try a
couple of those as well.
First we tried the choco
lavender crunch, which is
similar to a cracker that’s
vegan, gluten-, grain-,
dairy- and egg-free, as
well as featuring all-natural
ingredients and non-genetically
modified foods.
Along with the choco lavender
crunch, you can get
it in vanilla crunch, ginger
crunch, matcha green
power crunch, choco acai
crunch and chocolate
cookie crunch flavors, all
for $4.99.
We also were able to try
the lavender pizzelles, the
shop’s take on the traditional
Italian waffle cookie.
Lastly, we were also
given two toppings that the
store uses: rum cherry and
salted caramel. The two
can be used as toppings for
pretty much any item in
the store.