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Cafés in Chicago from Fulton Street to 18th Street
Roasteries on Fulton Street and Milwaukee Avenue, Café Jumping Bean and its neighbors on Pilsen’s 18th Street, Yemeni coffee houses on Kedzie Avenue and student-run bars in Hyde Park basements.
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24Open past 10pm
19Specialty & roasters
Several of Chicago’s roasters work in the old industrial blocks west of the Loop. When Metric Coffee opened its first café at 2021 W. Fulton Street in October 2016, inside a business incubator, the roasting plants of Bow Truss, Big Shoulders, Passion House and Intelligentsia were a short distance away, and Daily Coffee News called the stretch the city’s coffee alley.1 Metric’s co-founder Xavier Alexander had roasted for Intelligentsia, and the café looks into a roastery built around a 1961 Probat.1
Smaller Chicago roasters grew up in the neighborhoods. Jeff and Tony Dreyfuss started Metropolis by Loyola University in 2003, Dark Matter treats each of its cafés as an album with its own look, and Bow Truss reached eight shops by 2016, then the largest independent coffee chain in the city, before all its cafés closed in January 2017.23415 In 2013 Gaslight in Logan Square and HalfWit, founded by The Wormhole’s owner, shared one roaster.5
Other traditions arrived with each wave of neighbors. Eleazar Delgado opened Café Jumping Bean on Pilsen’s 18th Street in 1994, when the street was mostly taco shops.6 In the year to January 2026, four Middle Eastern coffee houses opened along a mile of Kedzie Avenue on the Northwest Side, two of them Yemeni.7 And at the University of Chicago, five campus coffee bars are run by students.8
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Chicago is officially divided into 77 community areas, mapped in the 1920s after researchers grouped some 400 neighborhoods into 75 and extended twice since, for O’Hare in 1956 and Edgewater in 1980.14 Café streets follow the ‘L’ and the old diagonal roads: Milwaukee, Lincoln and Clark.
Hyde Park & Kenwood
Student-run coffee bars in University of Chicago basements, pour-overs beside Robie House, and cafés on 53rd, 57th and 47th streets near the lake.
26 cafés
The Loop
Office-lobby espresso under the elevated tracks, chai and chaat on the Riverwalk, and Millennium Park cafés along Michigan Avenue that also open at weekends.
46 cafés
River North
Doughnuts from a former bank vault on Franklin Street, Nicaraguan coffee in a hotel lobby on Ohio Street, and doughnut and breakfast counters open past midnight.
18 cafés
South Loop
Printers Row cafés on Dearborn Street, museum cafés at the Field, Shedd and Adler, mansion-row coffee on Prairie Avenue and a Michigan Avenue counter open 06:00–23:00.
22 cafés
West Loop & Fulton Market
Former meatpacking blocks around Fulton Market and Randolph: a latte-art champion’s bar on Green Street, Dark Matter’s Meddle on Jackson and Greektown cafés open past midnight.
31 cafés
Lincoln Park
A 1908 Prairie School café at the free zoo, a literary coffeehouse near DePaul open until 22:00, French pastry on Webster and early coffee on Clark Street.
33 cafés
Lakeview & Wrigleyville
Belmont Avenue from Dark Matter’s Osmium to a mental-health coffee shop, a Broadway tea and coffee merchant since 1975, and early openers on Greenview Avenue and Halsted Street.
44 cafés
Uptown & Andersonville
Kopi on Andersonville’s Clark Street since 1991, Vietnamese phin coffee near Argyle, Metropolis’s first café by Loyola, and early openers on Broadway and Bryn Mawr.
45 cafés
Lincoln Square & North Center
Cafés around the Lincoln statue and Welles Park, Yemeni coffee houses open late on Kedzie Avenue, and bakery counters in North Center and Roscoe Village.
53 cafés
Wicker Park & Bucktown
Milwaukee and Damen avenues from the Blue Line up to The 606: a DeLorean at the Wormhole, Ipsento roasting on the trail since 2006, and Bucktown brunch counters.
27 cafés
Logan Square & Avondale
Roasters along Milwaukee Avenue from Gaslight at Fullerton to Magnifico, Yemeni coffee and Dark Matter on Western, and cafés open until midnight on Irving Park Road.
64 cafés
West Town & Ukrainian Village
Dark Matter’s roastery and a morning-only bar off Western Avenue, a bakery founded in 1923 with a coffee bar on Grand, and cafés along Division, Chicago and Ashland.
31 cafés
Pilsen
18th Street from Halsted to Damen: Café Jumping Bean since 1994, Guatemalan farm coffee at Anticonquista and a café under the Damen Pink Line platform.
24 cafés
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Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi near the West Loop stations, Dark Matter’s bars from Jackson Boulevard to Belmont, and cafés on Kedzie, Lincoln Avenue and Blackstone.
48 cafés
Bakery cafés
Alliance Bakery’s 1923 roots, tres leches on Halsted Street, doughnuts until sold out on Franklin Street, and sourdough along Broadway.
33 cafés
Outdoor seating
Patio coffee in Mariano Park and beside Glessner House, a roaster on the 606 trail, and sidewalk tables on Clark Street, Broadway and Cermak Road.
25 cafés
Open late
Kurdish and Turkish coffee at Kedzie and Lawrence, Serbian burek until midnight, a book-lined café on Fullerton and Greektown until 01:00.
24 cafés
Specialty coffee
In-house roasters on Milwaukee and Fullerton avenues, a farm-owned roaster between Hermosa and Logan Square, and small bars in Lakeview and Bridgeport.
19 cafésHyde Park & Kenwood 26 cafés
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Doughnut Vault
Firecakes Donuts
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Cupitol Coffee & Eatery
Cafecito
Gold Coast & Old Town 23 cafés
South Loop 22 cafés
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Sweet Bean
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Cafe Deko
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Lakeview & Wrigleyville 44 cafés
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Coffee Tree & Tea Leaves
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West Town & Ukrainian Village 31 cafés
Humboldt Park 11 cafés
Spinning J
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Unison Coffee
Pilsen 24 cafés
Cafe Jumping Bean
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La Malinche Coffee & Tea House
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Monday Coffee Co.
Bien Perro Café
Little Italy & Near West Side 16 cafés
Cor Coffee
Gathers Tea Bar
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Chinatown & Bridgeport 25 cafés
Base Community Cafe
Bridgeport Coffeehouse
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Bronzeville 13 cafés
Southside Grinds Coffee Co.
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Starbucks
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- Bronzeville 2
- Chinatown & Bridgeport 4
- Gold Coast & Old Town 9
- Hyde Park & Kenwood 6
- Lakeview & Wrigleyville 15
- Lincoln Park 10
- Lincoln Square & North Center 11
- Little Village 4
- Logan Square & Avondale 8
- The Loop 18
- Little Italy & Near West Side 9
- Pilsen 1
- River North 9
- South Loop 7
- Streeterville 9
- Uptown & Andersonville 10
- West Loop & Fulton Market 10
- West Town & Ukrainian Village 4
- Wicker Park & Bucktown 4
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Dollop Coffee Co.
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- Hyde Park & Kenwood 1
- Lincoln Park 1
- The Loop 5
- River North 1
- South Loop 2
- Streeterville 2
- Uptown & Andersonville 2
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Caribou Coffee
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- Gold Coast & Old Town
- 1561 N Wells St
- Lakeview & Wrigleyville
- 3025 N Clark St
- 3240 N Ashland Ave
- 3300 N Broadway
- The Loop
- 200 N La Salle St
- 311 W Monroe St
- 55 W Monroe St
- Little Italy & Near West Side
- 811 W Maxwell St Ste 11A
- Wicker Park & Bucktown
- 1611 N Damen Ave
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Peet's Coffee
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- Lakeview & Wrigleyville
- 3025 North Clark Street
- Lincoln Park
- 1000 West North AvenueMon–Fri 05:30–19:30 · Sat–Sun 06:00–19:30
- The Loop
- 10 South LaSalle Street
- Peet's Coffee & Tea, 20 N Michigan Ave
- Little Italy & Near West Side
- Peet's Coffee & Tea, 1328 S Halsted St
- River North
- 400 North Michigan Avenue
- 600 North Kingsbury Street
- South Loop
- 41 East 8th Street
- West Loop & Fulton Market
- 222 South Riverside PlazaMon–Thu 06:30–15:30 · Fri 06:30–14:30
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Big Shoulders Coffee
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- Gold Coast & Old Town
- 864 North State Street
- Lakeview & Wrigleyville
- 1165 West Diversey ParkwayMon–Fri 06:30–17:00 · Sat–Sun 07:00–17:00
- The Loop
- 141 W Jackson Blvd
- 213 West Lake StreetMon–Fri 07:00–15:00
- 311 S Wacker Dr
- River North
- 680 North Clark StreetMon–Thu 06:30–16:00 · Fri–Sun 07:00–17:00
- West Town & Ukrainian Village
- 1105 West Chicago AvenueMon–Thu 07:00–16:00 · Fri–Sun 07:00–17:00
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La Colombe Coffee Roasters
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- Gold Coast & Old Town
- 4 East Elm Street
- Lincoln Park
- 858 West Armitage Avenue
- Logan Square & Avondale
- 2839 West Fullerton Avenue
- Streeterville
- La Colombe Cafe at the Ritz Carlton, 160 East Pearson Street
- Uptown & Andersonville
- 5158 North Clark StreetMon–Fri 06:30–18:00 · Sat–Sun 07:00–18:00
- West Loop & Fulton Market
- 955 West Randolph StreetMon–Fri 06:30–19:00 · Sat–Sun 07:00–19:00
- Wicker Park & Bucktown
- 1552 North Damen Avenue
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Sip & Savor
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- Bronzeville
- 528 East 43rd StreetDaily 07:00–15:00
- 78 East 47th Street
- Hyde Park & Kenwood
- 5301 South Hyde Park Boulevard
- South Loop
- Sip and Savor South Loop, 2239 S Michigan Ave
- 31 E South Roosevelt
- Uptown & Andersonville
- 1070 West Bryn Mawr AvenueMon–Fri 06:30–16:00 · Sat–Sun 07:00–16:00
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Colectivo Coffee
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- Lincoln Park
- 2530 North Clark StreetDaily 06:30–18:30
- Lincoln Square & North Center
- Colective Coffee, 1825 West Lawrence Avenue
- Logan Square & Avondale
- 2261 N Milwaukee Ave
- Uptown & Andersonville
- 5423-5425 North Clark StreetDaily 06:30–18:00
- Wicker Park & Bucktown
- 1211 North Damen Avenue
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Fairgrounds Coffee and Tea
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- Hyde Park & Kenwood
- 5500 South University Avenue
- The Loop
- 12 South Michigan AvenueDaily 06:00–18:00
- River North
- 306 W Erie St
- West Loop & Fulton Market
- 1330 W Fulton Market
- Wicker Park & Bucktown
- 1620 N Milwaukee Ave
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Goddess and the Baker
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- The Loop
- 181 West Madison Street
- 225 North LaSalle StreetMon–Fri 07:00–16:00 · Sat 08:00–16:00 · Sun 08:00–15:00
- 33 South Wabash AvenueMon–Sat 08:00–20:00 · Sun 08:00–18:00
- River North
- 165 W Superior St
- 44 E Grand Ave
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HERO Coffee Bar
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- Lakeview & Wrigleyville
- 2950 North Sheridan RoadMon–Fri 07:00–15:00 · Sat–Sun 08:00–15:00
- The Loop
- 22 East Jackson Boulevard
- 221 North Wells StreetMon–Thu 08:00–13:00
- Hero Coffee And Bagel Bar, 439 S Dearborn St
- West Loop & Fulton Market
- 1100 W Madison St
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Joe & The Juice
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- Gold Coast & Old Town
- 10 East Delaware Place
- The Loop
- 233 South Wacker Drive
- River North
- 215 West Hubbard Street
- 8 East Huron Street
- Streeterville
- 535 N McClurg Ct, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Julius Meinl
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- Lakeview & Wrigleyville
- 3601 N Southport Ave
- Lincoln Square & North Center
- 4363 N Lincoln Ave
- Streeterville
- 211 E Ontario St
- Uptown & Andersonville
- 1414 W Irving Park Rd
- 4115 N Ravenswood Ave
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Lavazza
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- The Loop
- 111 W Jackson Blvd
- 27 West Washington Street
- River North
- 43 East Ohio Street
- Streeterville
- 140 East Walton Street
- 162 E Ohio St
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Philz Coffee
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- Gold Coast & Old Town
- 1555 North Wells StreetDaily 06:00–17:00
- Hyde Park & Kenwood
- 1425 East 53rd Street
- Lincoln Park
- 2323 North Lincoln Avenue
- River North
- 27 West Chicago AvenueMon–Thu 06:00–16:30 · Fri 06:00–17:00 · Sat–Sun 06:30–18:00
- Wicker Park & Bucktown
- 1640 West Division Street
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Café Tola
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- Lakeview & Wrigleyville
- Cafe Tola #3, 1625 West Addison StreetDaily 07:00–20:00
- Cafe Tola #1, 3612 North Southport Avenue
- Logan Square & Avondale
- 2489 North Milwaukee Avenue
- 3324 N California Ave
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Chicago French Press
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- Hyde Park & Kenwood
- 970 East 58th StreetMon–Fri 08:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–18:00
- Little Italy & Near West Side
- 601 South Morgan StreetMon–Fri 08:00–15:00
- 801 South Morgan Street
- South Loop
- 1021 South Delano Court
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Intelligentsia Coffee
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- Lakeview & Wrigleyville
- 3123 North BroadwayDaily 07:00–19:00
- The Loop
- 53 East Randolph StreetDaily 07:00–19:00
- 53 West Jackson Boulevard
- Little Italy & Near West Side
- Intelligentsia Roasting Works & Offices, 1850 West Fulton Street
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Mojo Coffee
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- The Loop
- 190 South LaSalle Street
- 200 South Upper Wacker Drive
- 33 N La Salle St
- 330 North Wabash AvenueMon–Fri 08:30–14:00
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Groundswell Coffee Roasters
- Lincoln Square & North Center
- 4839 N Damen Ave
- The Loop
- 410 South Michigan AvenueDaily 07:00–19:00
- West Loop & Fulton Market
- 1168 West Madison StreetMon–Fri 06:00–15:00 · Sat–Sun 07:00–15:00
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Blue Bottle Coffee
- The Loop
- 313 West Wolf Point Plaza
- Streeterville
- 435 N Michigan Ave
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Cafe L'Appetito
- River North
- 30 East Huron StreetMon–Fri 07:30–18:30 · Sat 08:30–18:30
- Streeterville
- 251 E Huron St 2nd floor
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For Five Coffee
- The Loop
- For Five at Convene, 311 W Monroe St
- Streeterville
- 455 N Park Dr
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Ground Up Cafe
- River North
- Ground Up Coffee and Bites, 363 W Erie St
- West Loop & Fulton Market
- 900 West Van Buren StreetMon–Fri 06:00–18:00 · Sat–Sun 07:30–17:00
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Happy Monday Coffee
- The Loop
- 30 E Adams St
- River North
- 676 North LaSalle DriveMon–Fri 08:00–17:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–15:00
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illy Caffè
- River North
- 59 E Chicago Ave
- Streeterville
- 455 North Cityfront Plaza Drive
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Sparrow Coffee
- Little Italy & Near West Side
- Sparrow Coffee Roastery, 2040 W Fulton St
- West Loop & Fulton Market
- Sparrow Coffee Roastery, 1201 W Lake St
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Biggby Coffee
- The Loop
- 307 West Lake Street
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Pret A Manger
- The Loop
- 73 W Monroe St
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Ralph's Coffee
- Streeterville
- 750 Michigan Ave
Before you sit down
How coffee is ordered in Chicago
You order and pay at the counter, and menus split brewed coffee from espresso drinks. At Ipsento 606 in Bucktown in October 2026, a cup of house drip cost US$2.30, a cortado US$5.80 and a red eye, drip coffee with a double shot of espresso, US$6.30.9 Ipsento’s house latte comes with coconut cream, honey and cayenne.9
Tipping is done on the card reader and is optional. From July 1, 2026, Chicago’s minimum wage is US$17.05 an hour for employers of four or more workers and US$12.96 for tipped workers, whose employers must make up any shortfall if tips don’t reach the full minimum; a 2023 ordinance phasing out the lower tipped wage was delayed by two years in 2026.10
Yemeni coffee houses work differently from espresso bars. They roast light for bright, fruity flavors, mix coffee and tea with cardamom, ginger and cinnamon, and serve qishr, brewed from the dried husk of the coffee cherry.7 Some stay open until 22:00 or midnight and serve as an alcohol-free place to meet after dinner, especially after sundown during Ramadan.7
Laptop habits depend on the café. Anticonquista in Pilsen built oak window counters for remote workers, and Coffee, Hip-Hop & Mental Health on Belmont Avenue describes itself as a place to gather, work and study.1112
What coffee costs in Chicago
| Drink | Typical price |
|---|---|
| Cappuccino Regular size, average | US$5.70 Chicago average, October 2026 |
| Cappuccino Regular size, typical range | US$4–8 Chicago range, October 2026 |
| Drip coffee House brewed coffee | US$2.30 Ipsento 606, Bucktown, October 2026 |
| Espresso or americano Single drink | US$5.05 Ipsento 606, Bucktown, October 2026 |
| Latte or cappuccino Hot, standard size | US$5.55 Ipsento 606, Bucktown, October 2026 |
Prices before sales tax and tip. The cappuccino figures are Numbeo’s crowd-sourced Chicago data, updated on October 27, 2026, and the other rows are Ipsento 606’s menu prices in October 2026.139
Sources
- Metric Coffee Opens First Café in Chicago’s ‘Coffee Alley’ (Nick Brown, October 11, 2016), Daily Coffee News, accessed October 2026
- Metropolis Coffee Company, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
- Introducing Meddle (the story of Dark Matter’s cafés), Dark Matter Coffee, accessed October 2026
- Bow Truss Is the Biggest Indie Coffee Shop in Chicago. Now What? (David Matthews, March 1, 2016), DNAinfo Chicago, accessed October 2026
- 40 Hours of Chicago Coffee Part 2: Bow Truss & The Wormhole (Alex Bernson, December 16, 2013), Sprudge, accessed October 2026
- Cafe Jumping Bean Celebrates 19 Years in Pilsen (Chloe Riley, January 8, 2013), DNAinfo Chicago, accessed October 2026
- Kedzie Avenue in Albany Park Becomes a Hub for Middle Eastern-Style Cafes, as Four Open Within a Mile in a Year (Daniel Hautzinger, January 16, 2026), WTTW, accessed October 2026
- Convenient Caffeine: UChicago’s student-run coffeehouses (Lily Maxson, January 23, 2025), The College, University of Chicago, accessed October 2026
- Menu: coffee, lattes and seasonal drinks, Ipsento 606, accessed October 2026
- Minimum Wage to Increase in Chicago, Suburban Cook County Starting July 1 (Eunice Alpasan, June 30, 2026), WTTW, accessed October 2026
- Anticonquista Café Opens with Splashes of Color and Coffee in Chicago (Howard Bryman, April 3, 2025), Daily Coffee News, accessed October 2026
- Coffee, Hip-Hop & Mental Health: about, Coffee, Hip-Hop & Mental Health, accessed October 2026
- Cost of Living in Chicago (updated October 27, 2026), Numbeo, accessed October 2026
- Community areas in Chicago, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
- Chicago Coffee Shops Closed As Investment Deal Sours (January 2017), CBS News Chicago, accessed October 2026
FAQ
Cafés in Chicago: common questions
How much does a coffee cost in Chicago?
Numbeo’s crowd-sourced data put a regular cappuccino in Chicago at US$5.70 on average in October 2026, within a range of US$4 to US$8. That month Ipsento 606 in Bucktown charged US$2.30 for drip coffee, US$5.05 for an espresso or americano and US$5.55 for a hot latte or cappuccino. Prices are before sales tax and any tip.
Which neighborhood of Chicago has the most cafés?
Logan Square & Avondale and Lincoln Square & North Center have the most cafés, followed by The Loop. In Logan Square they run along Milwaukee Avenue and in Lincoln Square along Lincoln Avenue; in the Loop, many cafés keep office hours and close at weekends.
Where is Chicago’s coffee alley?
The name refers to the industrial stretch of Fulton Street west of the Loop, where Metric Coffee opened its first café at 2021 W. Fulton Street in October 2016, a short distance from the roasting plants of Bow Truss, Big Shoulders, Passion House and Intelligentsia. Metric’s café looks into its roastery and a 1961 Probat roaster.
Where can you drink Yemeni coffee in Chicago?
On the Northwest Side, Kedzie Avenue in Albany Park and North Park has Yemeni coffee houses such as Qamaria at 4728 N. Kedzie and Shibam at 5241 N. Kedzie. They roast light, serve qishr made from dried coffee-cherry husks and stay open until 22:00 or midnight. Arwa Yemeni Coffee is at 1950 N. Western Avenue in Logan Square.
Do you tip at cafés in Chicago?
Tipping at Chicago cafés is optional and usually added on the card reader when you pay at the counter. From July 1, 2026, the city’s minimum wage is US$17.05 an hour, and US$12.96 for tipped workers, whose employers must make up the difference if tips fall short of the full minimum.
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