Seasonal Orders
Hand Crafted Cannoli
Hand Crafted Cannoli
Our seasonal products celebrate the rhythm of the year. Each item is hand-crafted using high quality ingredients and when possible, collaborations with other local business. Inspired by Italian baking and the flavours of the moment. As the seasons change, so does our menu - ensuring every visit feels fresh, international, and rooted in tradition.
Hand Crafted Cannoli
Hand Crafted Cannoli
Hand Crafted Cannoli
Family owned and operated, we have brought our passion for baking to Sweet Capones. Our recipes have been passed down through generations, and we continue to innovate and create new flavors and designs with that classic Italian flair customers have come to know and love.
Atmosphere
Hand Crafted Cannoli
Atmosphere
Step inside an atmosphere where time slows and tradition lingers. Our vintage Italian-inspired cafes blend old-world elegance with quiet warmth - rich espresso aromas, dark romantic interiors, and thoughtful details that invite lingering conversations, reflection, and connection. It's a space designed to feel intimate, timeless, and deeply human.
Why are we called 'Sweet Capone's'?
Following the great stock market crash of 1929, the unemployment rate in Chicago skyrocketed. Nearly 40% of people lost their jobs, their homes, and food shortages became a reality. This marked the beginning of The Great Depression.
Seeing the devastation unravelling in his city, one unlikely benefactor decided to do something most unusual. He rented out a storefront and opened up Chicago’s very first soup kitchen.
Who was the individual behind this humanitarian act? None other than “public enemy number one”, Al Capone.
Inside the soup kitchen, smiling women in white aprons served up coffee and pastries for breakfast, soup and bread for lunch, and a hot meal for dinner. No second helpings were denied. No questions were asked, and no one needed to provide proof of their need. People had a place to gather. To connect. To feel not so helpless. Not so alone.
He may have been a gangster. His methods, less than ideal. However this relatively unknown piece of history stands as a testimony to the sweeter character he may have possessed.
Sweet Capone. Bringing people together during a time when unity was needed most. Here at our café, we carry on that tradition - where hope and connection is served up free of charge. We provide training and opportunity to for those who have known a life of difficulty. We are a training ground for those who have overcome homelessness, for teen moms, for those who have known desperation and felt that there was no chance to become something better.
