We make the gorditas
you drive past town
to find.
Handmade tortillas. Fresh masa. Recipes that have lived in this kitchen longer than most people have been coming through Summit.
Summit, IL 60501
Empanadas
Pan Dulce
The kind of place
that tastes like
someone's abuela made it.
Bennys Gorditas isn't trying to be anything other than what it is — a small kitchen in Summit making the same things people have been asking for since day one.
We start with masa. Real corn, properly nixtamalized, ground fresh whenever we need it. That's the difference you taste in every gordita, every tamale, every piece of pan dulce that comes out of our oven.
We're not the biggest bakery in the area. But if you've driven past us on Archer Road and wondered what that smell was — it's probably something worth stopping for.
Our specialties
Every item is made by hand, in small batches, using traditional methods. If it's not good enough for us, it doesn't leave the kitchen.
Gorditas
Thick, hand-pressed corn cakes stuffed with your choice of seasoned meat, beans, cheese, or rajas. The signature item. Always the first to sell out.
Empanadas
Crisp, flaky pastry filled with ground beef, chicken, cheese, or potato. Baked to order — never sitting under a heat lamp.
Pan Dulce
Conchas, orejas, cuernos — traditional Mexican sweet breads baked every morning. Best paired with atole or café de olla.
Tamales
Wrapped in corn husks, steamed slow. Pork, chicken, mole, or cheese — available most days. Ask about our seasonal varieties.
Tortillas
Hand-pressed corn tortillas, made throughout the day. Soft, pliable, and infinitely better than anything from a package.
Bebidas
Atole, horchata, jamaica, and café de olla — all made from scratch. The kind of drinks that make the pastries even better.
What a morning looks like
Come find us.
We're easy to spot.
Summit, IL 60501
Open early · Varies by day
