Customers at Pookie Crack Cakes will sometimes line up for hours before they open

They open at 11 most days and close when they sell out. Pookies Crack Cakes has found its sweet spot on the South Side. Tim McGill paid a visit to Bronzeville for Good Day Chicago.
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  • @4riversgd
    @4riversgd4 ай бұрын

    Yes 'Pookie' can mean many things. A loved one's knick-name; a man that wants to avoid responsibilities; a crackhead; etc...

  • @Sky-yk2wn
    @Sky-yk2wn4 ай бұрын

    Pookie is a crackhead off new jack city😂😂😂😂

  • @sandio9801
    @sandio98014 ай бұрын

    The couple in the beginning wasn't needed. Good way to try to take the attention off of the actual Pookie Crack Cake.

  • @benl4707

    @benl4707

    2 ай бұрын

    double entendre of stupid

  • @nkotbsouth
    @nkotbsouth4 ай бұрын

    Yeah, those cakes will NOT make it back to the studio. 😂

  • @lisalopez4735
    @lisalopez47352 ай бұрын

    The reporter seemed so enthused. The owners seem like nice people and those cakes must be really good to sell out everyday.

  • @RideWithDeath333
    @RideWithDeath3334 ай бұрын

    I saw the movie New Jack City.. Pookie was somebody who couldn't give up using crack and was killed for it.

  • @RideWithDeath333

    @RideWithDeath333

    4 ай бұрын

    I'm not seeing the humor in this

  • @applecider9968

    @applecider9968

    4 ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @quinnsmith2955

    @quinnsmith2955

    4 ай бұрын

    he needed crack and pushed it

  • @linedanzer4302

    @linedanzer4302

    Ай бұрын

    There's always some witless wet blanket in the mix. *The name "Pookie" was around for eons before that movie ever came out.

  • @k.w.5329
    @k.w.53292 ай бұрын

    Glad they received this publicity showing it's a good business, bc the name🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️.

  • @jamesking11111
    @jamesking111114 ай бұрын

    Really bruh change the name.

  • @truthbetold6038

    @truthbetold6038

    4 ай бұрын

    Smh 🤦🏾‍♂️

  • @KELLZGAL

    @KELLZGAL

    4 ай бұрын

    No baby the name fits!! Once you get a hit of that POOKIE'S CRACK CAKE you're addicted!!

  • @nenec5048

    @nenec5048

    4 ай бұрын

    First educate yourself on the Name

  • @michelle-zd2nc

    @michelle-zd2nc

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@nenec5048Well why don't you educate us then ? 🤷 ..since we don't know what crack is.

  • @ikejennings1154

    @ikejennings1154

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@nenec5048 you must be pookies relative, that represents ,him, now endorsing , Crack, where others, stated it was a government plot!! Same ol/ same ol., nonsense!! Certain communities luv dey Crack!! Even pookie..knows dat!! Crack for sale on that block! Oh boyyyy!! Folks coming to buy Crack in droves..Whatts surprise!! Smh

  • @mellissabrown4256
    @mellissabrown42564 ай бұрын

    Congratulations on the successful cake business!! When I’m in town I’ll definitely come to visit! I’m inspired by you as I’m a baker too, looking to start my business 😍🥰❤️😁🙏🏽

  • @dallas75241
    @dallas75241Ай бұрын

    Does crack really have to be in the name of a black owned business??

  • @MeatballSandwich
    @MeatballSandwich4 ай бұрын

    Those cakes look delicious! 😃😃😃😃😃😃

  • @brittenyevans1101
    @brittenyevans11014 ай бұрын

    Lol, the name had me busting up in stitches...but, the love the community has for this business is wholesome and sweet 🥰.

  • @tammiepressley2684
    @tammiepressley2684Ай бұрын

    Also, Congrats to this couple on their success!!!

  • @ObviousCaptains
    @ObviousCaptains21 күн бұрын

    Gotta try these!

  • @davidmotyka2708
    @davidmotyka27082 ай бұрын

    A sweet tooth can only take so much but who cares.

  • @jeremiahveasey42
    @jeremiahveasey422 ай бұрын

    Love This 💯💯❤❤❤❤

  • @tammiepressley2684
    @tammiepressley2684Ай бұрын

    The name cracks me up!😂

  • @Denzelswife-rb7qz
    @Denzelswife-rb7qzАй бұрын

    they always closed or run out of cake..do shark tank and get them in stores

  • @Poppi_Weasel
    @Poppi_Weasel4 ай бұрын

    i don't watch the News to see Tick Tok videos🙄

  • @herchelleonwood7463
    @herchelleonwood74634 ай бұрын

    name is a little macabre but so what, them cakes must be REALLY GOOD !!

  • @tlmurry85
    @tlmurry85Ай бұрын

    I call my sister cookies crack cookies. They melt in your mouth

  • @glamisgirl309
    @glamisgirl3094 ай бұрын

    Soul cool!

  • @TickTock-jo4to
    @TickTock-jo4to4 ай бұрын

    That's RACIST!!! Where is Ray Ray???

  • @MyNameIsUnavailable

    @MyNameIsUnavailable

    Ай бұрын

    😂 basically

  • @MissRegina79
    @MissRegina79Ай бұрын

    I hate the name of this business😒

  • @paperbagbrown6733
    @paperbagbrown67332 ай бұрын

    CAN YALL PUT THEM POOKIE C CAKES IN PEARLS PLACE ....JEWELS .....HYDE PARK (Soul Food joints) .....HAROLDS.... MARIONOS & ALL surrounding GAS STATIONS. , Come on nah ,😭🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

  • @paperbagbrown6733

    @paperbagbrown6733

    2 ай бұрын

    I MUST ADMIT .... THE Caramel is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️🥰❤️🥰🔥

  • @YogaGaiart
    @YogaGaiart4 ай бұрын

    Is this about weed in them?

  • @Repent_it_is_Time

    @Repent_it_is_Time

    4 ай бұрын

    😂

  • @Magnetic275
    @Magnetic2754 ай бұрын

    Only to you

  • @poollife777
    @poollife7774 ай бұрын

    Are they organic?

  • @joshlidowdie24
    @joshlidowdie244 ай бұрын

    😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🎂🍰

  • @eddiecortez7582
    @eddiecortez75824 ай бұрын

    🤮

  • @derricklangford4725
    @derricklangford47252 ай бұрын

    I don't think that calling your Black coworker Pookie is funny at all 😕

  • @crazydaisy1334
    @crazydaisy13344 ай бұрын

    Is this place gonna get robbed and put out of business like all the other places?

  • @CarsGuitarsAudio
    @CarsGuitarsAudio4 ай бұрын

    Wow this is what rap music and democrats have done to this group .... Maybe in another century or two they will evolve

  • @nenec5048

    @nenec5048

    4 ай бұрын

    First educate yourself on the name First. They have Already evolved and been open since July Everyday sold out before closing hours. Go Try it and find out the true meaning of Pookie.

  • @IhneelkLam

    @IhneelkLam

    4 ай бұрын

    You concern yourself with you & your kind, as your people need to stop molesting, transitioning, & otherwise destroying innocent children.

  • @ikejennings1154

    @ikejennings1154

    4 ай бұрын

    Wellll!! Now everyone knows, with the surge to buy Crack food.. That the government did not flood the hoods with the drug itself...Certain demographic , luvs there Crack. Pookie..is making mad money at a term, that inner city folks , stated was to bring them down!! Guess this proves that was a flat out lie Folks luv there crack!! Smh!!

  • @21centuryg

    @21centuryg

    Ай бұрын

    You are this hostile over some cakes and a name 😂😂

  • @ikejennings1154

    @ikejennings1154

    Ай бұрын

    Folks luv dey crack cakes!!

  • @N2LADIES55
    @N2LADIES55Ай бұрын

    'Cakes so good it'll make you put down your crack pipe' should be their slogan!