Happy Birthday, Alliance Bakery!

Chicagoist has made it no secret that it hearts Alliance Bakery with all of its, well, heart. Some of our best friends have been employed by this fabulous little Wicker Park establishment, and sometimes we enjoy stopping in just to drool over the red velvet cupcakes. In honor of the bakery's third birthday, Alliance is giving away a free cookie with every purchase, today through Sunday. Yes, that's right, FREE COOKIE. By our calculations, that means you can get a coffee with a free cookie, a cupcake with a free cookie, a sandwich with a free cookie or maybe even a cookie with a free cookie.

One Zen-like question has been puzzling us, though. When a bakery has a birthday, who bakes it a cake?

Photo via april cakes.