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Celebrating 35 Years of Great Taste
History
Eli’s Cheesecake was the dream of Chicago
restaurateur and celebrity in his own right, Eli
M. Schulman. Over his almost 50-year career,
Eli Schulman, founder
he developed a reputation for serving up great
food, providing outstanding service and making
every customer feel important. Representing the
Eli’s first venture in the restaurant business began
spirit of the city he loved, Eli was dedicated to
in 1940 with the popular coffee shop Eli’s Ogden
helping the community. His motto “charity will
Huddle, later followed by Eli’s Stage Delicatessen—a
never bust you” was exemplified during the great
celebrity hangout for soon-to-be famous
depression, by a sign hanging in his
performers like Woody Allen and Barbara Streisand.
restaurant’s window “if you are hungry and have
The who’s who of Chicago and the world followed
no money we will feed you for free.”
Eli to Eli’s the Place for Steak which opened in 1966,
Eli passed this legacy on to his son Marc, the
where he decided to make cheesecake his signature
President of the Eli’s Cheesecake Company.
dessert.
Eli’s first restaurant, the
Ogden Huddle.
1945
Eli’s the Place for Steak
boasted a celebrity clientele
including Sammy Davis, Jr.
and Frank Sinatra.
1955
Eli’s the Place for steak opened
in 1966. This is where Eli
created his famous cheesecake
recipe.
In 1988, Eli’s son Marc
became president of
The Eli’s Cheesecake
Company.
1965
Eli debuted his
cheesecake at the first
Taste of Chicago in 1980,
now the country’s
largest food festival.
In 1996 we opened our
current 62,000 square
foot bakery on
Chicago’s northwest
side.
1975
When Jay Leno filmed
in Chicago in 1990, he
visited our bakery and
smashed his face into a
cheesecake!
1985
In 1997, Eli’s was
named Intermediate
Wholesale Bakery of
the Year by Bakery
Production and
Marketing Magazine.
We baked a 2,500
pound cheesecake
for our 25th
birthday, cut by
rock band Chicago,
Ted Allen, and
Mayor Daley.
1995
Eli’s prepared both of President
Clinton’s Inaugural Cheesecakes.
Shown above was the 1996
Inauguration with special guest
Working in his restaurant’s kitchen, he created a
cheesecake so rich and creamy that his customers
proclaimed it Chicago’s finest. In 1980, Eli’s
Cheesecake made its public debut at the first Taste
of Chicago and it was a mega-hit! For the past 35
years, Eli’s has been the #1 dessert at the food
As a family-owned business, Eli’s is proud to
festival, selling over 2 million slices. To keep up with
support their community, local farmers and small
the ever increasing demands, in 1996 Eli’s opened
Eli’s Cheesecake World, the 62,000 sq. ft. state-ofthe-art bakery, corporate office and dessert café,
located on Chicago’s northwest side. Eli’s has grown
from a local favorite to one of the country’s largest
specialty bakeries, turning out 20,000 cheesecakes
and desserts daily. Eli’s goal is simple: to create
the best cheesecakes and desserts possible, using
businesses. Although Eli’s has grown dramatically
over the past 35 years, we still take our time to
bake the highest quality desserts for your table by
slow baking our cheesecakes in small batches, and
allow the finest ingredients to develop to their
optimum flavors. We use slow cultured cream
cheese and sour cream to achieve the perfect
the finest ingredients available, and to share the
taste and texture, and we hand-decorate all of our
company’s success with its talented associates and
desserts so that they taste as good as they look.
the community.
In 2005, Eli’s
celebrated the White
Sox World Series
Victory with a 500
pound cheesecake,
cut by Mayor Daley,
Jerry Reinsdorf,
Ozzie Guillen and
Marc Schulman.
Chicago Mayor Rahm
President Obama Emanuel’s Birthday
with Abraham
Cheesecake 2011.
Lincoln’s Official
200th Birthday
Cake, Springfield,
2000
Eli’s prepared a champagne
cheesecake for Chicago’s
Official Millennium
celebration in 2000. It was
cut by Mayor Richard M.
Daley and Mrs. Daley.
Kelsey Grammer cutting
the 2012 Taste of Chicago
Opening Ceremony
cheesecake.
2005
Stacy and Clinton of The
Learning Channel’s hit TV
show What Not to Wear
filmed at our bakery.
In 2013, Eli’s prepared
a special cake for the
Presidential
Inauguration.
2010
In 2008, Eli’s prepared
a special cake for
Wheel of Fortune.
Eli’s 500-lb.
cheesecake at President
Obama’s Inaugural
Commander in Chief’s
Ball in 2009.
A giant strawberry-topped
cheesecake for the James
Beard Awards Welcome
Reception in Chicago
2015
A giant cheesecake
on the Today Show
Welcome to Chicago
broadcast
Products
Eli’s uses only the finest, highest quality ingredients in our cheesecakes and
desserts. Ingredients like pure Madagascar bourbon vanilla, Michigan apples, and
authentic dulce de leche make our products special.
Our cheesecakes begin with experts at baking a golden brown butter cookie
crust or chocolate crust that is the base of our cheesecakes. Then our mixers combine
cultured cream cheese, cultured sour cream, real Madagascar Bourbon vanilla, Grade
AA butter, eggs and sugar to make our cheesecake batter. Once the cakes are baked
slowly in our oven, they are decorated by hand by an Eli’s pastry artist to insure that you
get the best-looking and best- tasting dessert available.
• Made in Chicago since 1980
• Handmade & Hand decorated
• Slow-baked in small batches
• Certified Kosher Dairy
• SQF Certified
Where do we get our...?
Honey
Apples, Cherries & Blueberries
Eli’s honey is harvested
by student bee keepers
from the Chicago High
School for Agricultural
Sciences. Proceeds
from honey sales go
toward college
scholarships for d
eserving high school
seniors.
We use the finest fruits
from Sill Farms, a thirdgeneration, family-owned
fruit processing company
in southwest Michigan
since the 1950s.
Pumpkins
Vanilla
Eli’s uses only pure
cold-pressed
Madagascar Bourbon
vanilla extract and
vanilla beans from
Nielsen-Massey
anilla, headquartered in
Waukegan, Illinois - a
certified Fair Trade
Company.
Stahlbush Island Farms,
located in Oregon’s lush
Willamette Valley.
Stahlbush Island Farms
is an environmentally
friendly farm and food
processor committed to
sustainable agriculture
and their entire farm is
certified sustainable by
the Food Alliance.
Environmental &
Community Health
Here are just a few ways
that Eli’s helps to promote
the wellness of our
community and our
Every summer Eli’s/Wright College
Farmers Market, which supports
our local farmers as well as people
planet.
We value our strong
partnership with The
Chicago High School of
Agricultural Sciences
(CHSAS), where we offer
students job shadowing,
scholarships, internships and
a speaker series during the
summer to provide students
with an education in
eco-friendly agriculture.
The honey used in our
desserts comes from the
school’s student-maintained
hives.
with disabilities
We recycle
many of our non-food
products; including
paper, corrugated boxes,
aluminum, light bulbs,
ink toner cartridges,
machine oil, and plastic
buckets
We donate over 21 tons of
desserts to help feed people
in need each year
We provide desserts to over
600 organizations annually
to support their fundraising
efforts
We’re proud to participate in sustainable food events in
Chicago, including the Good Food Festival & Green City
Market. And every Earth Day we hold our annual clean-up of
Seneca Park and the Eli M. Schulman Playground
Eli’s offers our associates
subsidized public
transportation, which
helps to cut down on
greenhouse gas emissions
We are part of Slow Food USA which works to
link the pleasures of the table with
a commitment to protecting the
community and environment
that provides us with our
food.
Chi-Town Collection 7"
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New!
Original Plain Cheesecake
Creamy cheesecake made
with real Madagascar vanilla,
baked on our signature cookie
crust.
New!
Mixed Berry Cheesecake
Juicy blueberries and
raspberries, baked on creamy
vanilla cheesecake and topped
with buttery streusel.
Double Chocolate Cheesecake
made with Ghirardelli® Chocolate
Rich chocolate cheesecake made
with Ghirardelli® Chocolate,
baked on a fudgy brownie made
with Ghirardelli® Chocolate.
Chocolate Chip Cheesecake
Eli’s Original recipe loaded
with bittersweet chocolate
chips, baked on an all-butter
chocolate cookie crust.
New
Strawberry
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Topped
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Cheesecake
Eli’s rich and creamy Original
Plain Cheesecake topped with
juicy red strawberries, baked on
a shortbread cookie crust.
New!
Tres Leches Cake
Moist cake soaked in the
traditional three milks,
topped with creamy mousse.
White Chocolate Raspberry
Cheesecake
White chocolate cheesecake
topped with raspberry fruit gelee
and vanilla mousse, baked on an
all-butter chocolate cookie crust.
Turtle Cheesecake
Caramel cheesecake topped
with caramel, chocolate and
pecans, baked on an all-butter
chocolate cookie crust.
Salted Caramel Cheesecake
Creamy cheesecake swirled with
rich caramel, baked on a sweet
and salty almond crust. Made with
gluten free ingredients (manufactured on
equipment that processes ingredients containing
gluten).
Red Velvet Cheesecake
Rich red velvet cheesecake
baked on a deep chocolate
cookie crust topped with
vanilla mousse and red velvet
Key Lime Cheesecake
Refreshing key lime cheesecake
topped with key lime fruit gelee
and vanilla mousse, baked on our
signature cookie crust.
Tira Mi Su
Espresso-infused sponge cake
topped with creamy vanilla
mousse and a dusting of
cocoa.
Cherry Vanilla Cheesecake
Vanilla cheesecake baked
with tart cherries and
vanilla mousse on our
signature all-butter
shortbread cookie crust.
Fresh Apple Cheesecake
Fresh apples and a hint of
cinnamon baked with crunchy
streusel and creamy
cheesecake on our signature
cookie crust.
Honey Mediterranean
Cheesecake
Honey-sweetened cheesecake
topped with honey-glazed
pistachios and almonds, baked
on our cookie crust. (not Kosher)
Irish Cream Cheesecake
Rich Irish Cream cheesecake
topped with vanilla mousse
and a bittersweet chocolate
drizzle.
White Chocolate Peppermint
Creamy white chocolate
cheesecake full of festive
crushed red peppermint
candies, topped with creamy
mousse.
Seasonals
Hot Chocolate Cheesecake
Rich milk chocolate
cheesecake studded with
bittersweet chocolate chunks,
topped with clouds of cream.
Chi-Town Collection 7"
Samplers
Tira Mi Su Sampler
Three slices each of our Classic,
Caramel, Chocolate and White
Chocolate Tira Mi Su varieties.
Fruit Cheesecake Sampler
Three varieties, all in one cake!
Four slices each of our White
Chocolate Raspberry, Key Lime
and Cherry Vanilla
Cheesecakes.
Red White and Blue
Cheesecake Sampler
A patriotic combination! Three
slices each of our Cherry,
Vanilla and Blueberry
Cheesecakes.
Vegan Cheesecakes 7”
Lemon Blackberry
Cheesecake
Eli’s lemon cheesecake
made with silken tofu,
topped with blackberry
gelee, baked on a layer
of lemon cake.
Seasonal.
Pumpkin Cheesecake
Eli’s Pumpkin
Cheesecake made with
silken tofu, tops a layer
of old-fashioned
pumpkin spice cake.
Seasonal.
Belgian Chocolate
Cheesecake
Rich chocolate
cheesecake made
with semi-sweet
Belgian chocolate
and silken tofu,
tops a layer of
old-fashioned
cocoa cake,
finished with a
dusting of cocoa.
Carrot Cake
Cheesecake
Vanilla cheesecake
made with silken tofu
tops a layer of scratchrecipe carrot cake,
made with pecans,
cinnamon, ginger and
molasses, topped with
a sprinkle of more
pecans and candied
carrots.
Sensational Desserts 7”
Original Plain
Cheesecake
Eli’s signature rich creamy
cheesecake baked on an
all-butter shortbread
cookie crust.
No Sugar Added Original
Plain Cheesecake
A no sugar added
version of our Original
rich and creamy
cheesecake, made with
Equal® sweetener and
baked on a graham crust.
Tira Mi Su
Espresso-infused sponge
cake topped with clouds
of cream and finished
with a dusting of
imported cocoa.
Pumpkin Cheesecake
Eli’s custardy pumpkin
cheesecake, decorated
with lightly spiced
pumpkin mousse and
crunchy praline sprinkles.
Seasonal.
French Silk Cheesecake
Deep chocolate
cheesecake baked on a
chocolate cookie crust
and finished with clouds
of cream and a
bittersweet chocolate
drizzle.
Candy Sampler
Contains a sampling of
Chocolate cheesecake
made with Hershey’s®,
Toffee cheesecake made
with Heath® and Turtle
Cheesecake.
Cookie Cheesecake
Eli’s original rich and
creamy cheesecake
covered in chocolate
sandwich cookie pieces
and a vanilla drizzle.
Best of Eli’s Sampler
The best of Eli’s in one
cake! Contains a sampling
of Original Plain, Apple
Streusel, White Chocolate
Raspberry, and French Silk
Cheesecakes.
Ultimate Cheesecakes 8”
Holiday Sampler
Three slices each of our most festive holiday
cheesecake flavors: Pumpkin, Eggnog, Peppermint
and White Chocolate Raspberry. Seasonal.
Celebration Sampler
Three slices each of our most popular
flavors including Original Plain, Apple
Streusel, Turtle and White Chocolate
Raspberry Cheesecakes.
Retail Frozen Cheesecakes 7"
Original Plain Cheesecake
Slow cultured cream cheese and
sour cream, sugar, Madagascar
vanilla, flour and whole eggs,
baked on our signature allbutter shortbread cookie crust.
Lime Coconut Cheesecake
Yellow key limes and passion
fruit curd are tempered by slowcultured sour cream topped with
toasted coconut mousse and
coconut shavings, baked on an
all-butter shortbread cookie crust.
Blackberry Cheesecake
Cream cheese combined with
Madagascar vanilla custard, topped with
blackberry gelee, blackberry mousse and
blackberry gelee, baked on our signature
all-butter shortbread cookie crust.
Chocolate Praline Cheesecake
A rich combination of
chocolate and smooth hazelnut
praline, topped with chocolate
mousse, baked on a chocolate
cookie crust.
Cheesecake Sampler
A sampling of our Chocolate
Praline, Honey Almond, Blackberry
and Original Plain Cheesecakes,
all in one cake!
Art of Cheesecake 9"
Original Plain Cheesecake
A rich creamy cheesecake baked on an
all-butter shortbread cookie crust.
Chocolate Chip Cheesecake
An American classic! Eli’s
Original cheesecake loaded with
bittersweet chocolate chips.
Retail Frozen Cheesecakes 9"
Original Plain
A rich creamy cheesecake baked on
an all-butter shortbread cookie
crust.
Chocolate Chip Cheesecake
An American classic! Eli’s
Original cheesecake loaded with
bittersweet chocolate chips.
Key Lime Cheesecake
The tartness of the aromatic key
lime juice is softened with custardy
cheesecake then topped with
vanilla mousse and a sprinkle of
buttery crumb.
Pumpkin
Eli’s custardy pumpkin cheesecake
flavored with warm spices, on a
butter cookie crust. Seasonal.
Strawberry Topped
Eli’s rich and creamy Original Plain
Cheesecake topped with juicy red
strawberries, baked on an all-butter
shortbread cookie crust.
New!
No artificial colors or flavors and no
preservatives. Our strawberry topping is handmade in-house with four strawberry varieties:
Albion, Camarosa, Camino Real and Festival.
These delicious varieties offer a deep red color
and provide a consistently sweet flavor.
Give your customers what they crave!
Eli’s Cheesecake is a Top 5 branded refrigerated
cheesecake in the United States1
IRI Latest 52 Weeks Ending Mar 18, 2012
1
Dipper®
Eli’s Original Plain Cheesecake-on-a-stick, dipped in rich
chocolate. Serve frozen. Individually wrapped.
Heart-Shaped Cheesecakes - 5”
White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Heart
Creamy white chocolate cheesecake topped
with a red raspberry mirror, baked in
elegant heart-shaped European papers.
Packed in a window box.
Seasonal.
Original Plain Cheesecake Heart
Eli’s signature rich creamy cheesecake
baked on an all-butter shortbread cookie
crust in European papers and packed in a
heart-shaped dome. Seasonal.
Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake Heart
Creamy Eli’s Cheesecake swirled with ripe
red strawberries, baked in European
papers and packed in a heart-shaped dome.
Seasonal.
Individual Cheesecakes 3"
Original Plain Cheesecake
Eli’s Original rich and creamy cheesecake made
with Madagascar vanilla, baked on our signature
all-butter shortbread cookie crust. 36 pack
New! 5” Cheesecakes
New!
Original Plain Cheesecake
Eli’s Original rich and
creamy cheesecake
baked on our signature
all-butter shortbread
cookie crust. Packed in
our custom
window box.
Strawberry-topped Cheesecake
Eli’s Original cheesecake baked on our signature all-butter shortbread
cookie crust, topped with sweet strawberries. No artificial colors or
flavors. Packed in our custom window box.
Chocolate Chip Cheesecake
Eli’s Original recipe loaded with bittersweet chocolate chips, baked on
an all-butter chocolate cookie crust. Packed in our custom window
box.
Single Serve Slices
Decadent cheesecakes and delicious desserts, individually wrapped
for the ultimate convenience.
Service Cas e Desserts
Dessert Trays
New!
Salted Caramel Pretzel Bar
Salty pretzels and creamy caramel, topped with a thick slab of rich bittersweet
chocolate and baked on our all-butter shortbread cookie crust. Uncut tray.
Cuties 48 Cut, 1/4 Sheet, 1”x1” squares
Variety Cases Available
Fudge Brownie · Original Plain Cheesecake
Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake · Seven Layer Bar
Raspberry Macaroon Bar · Caramel Flan Cheesecake
Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake · Pecan Bar
Super Cuties 48 Cut, 1/2 Sheet, 2”x2” squares
Original Plain
Dessert Trays Uncut, 1/4 Sheet (8”x12”)
Tira Mi Su
Vegan Cheesecake Trays Uncut, 1/8 Sheet
Vegan Belgian Chocolate Cheesecake
Vegan Carrot Cake Cheesecake
9” Dream Team Desserts
14 cut, 2 pack
Cheesecakes
Blackberry Sour Cream Cheesecake
Chocolate Fudge Cheesecake made with
Ghirardelli® Chocolate
Cinnamon Roll Streusel Cheesecake
Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake (Seasonal)
Red Velvet Cheesecake
Salted Caramel Cheesecake made with
Gluten Free Ingredients*
Turtle Trio
Layer Cakes
Tira Mi Su
Tres Leches Cake
*Manufactured on equipment that processes ingredients containing gluten.
10” Classic Desserts Collection
Cheesecakes
Belgian Chocolate Hazelnut Cheesecake
Big Eli Original Plain
Brown Cow
Chocolate Espresso
Irish Cream
Key Lime Pie Cheesecake
Lemon Mixed Berry
Mediterranean Honey Pistachio
Pumpkin Praline Cheesecake (Seasonal)
Totally Turtle
White Chocolate Raspberry
Cakes & Tarts
Apple Bavarian Tart
Carrot Cake
Limoncello Cake
Old Fashioned Triple Chocolate Cake
Moscato Berry Tira Mi Su
14 cut, 2 pack
GMO Free!
Mini Pies
Apple Pie
Cherry Pie
Eli’s housemade filling made with fresh
Michigan apples and a hint of cinnamon, baked
to a golden brown in an all-butter shortbread
crust, and sprinkled with coarse sugar.
Our all-butter shortbread crust, filled with
tart, juicy Michigan Montmorency cherries and
crowned with a sprinkle of coarse sugar.
Pecan Pie
Pumpkin Pie
Where to Find Us
A sweet, traditional pecan pie filling baked to a
golden brown in our all-butter crust, sprinkled
with coarse sugar.
Custardy, lightly-spiced filling made with
pumpkins from Stahlbush Island Farms, baked in
our all-butter crust, sprinkled with coarse sugar.
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6701 W. Forest Preserve Drive, Chicago, IL 60634
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