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36 | July 18, 2019 | The Northbrook tower life & arts
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Adelheidi’s brings a new flavor to downtown Winnetka
Michael Wojtychiw
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.
“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
Adelheidi’s
552 Lincoln Ave.,
Winnetka
(224) 255-6272
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
dinner, at 8, 9 p.m. we
have a huge line.”
While Adelheidi’s might
be known for gelato and
ice cream, it does also have
multiple other items such
as cakes, coffee, shakes,
smoothies and more. The
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 Organics açai bowl ($8.95) has blueberries, bananas, strawberries, açai, granola, chocolate and
coconut flakes. Photos by Megan Bernard/22nd Century Media
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
non-frozen 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
The caramel kiss sundae has butter pecan gelato
topped with salted caramel and nuts.
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.