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Cafés in 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.

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Andersonville began as a village of Swedish immigrants who moved north of the city limits after the 1871 Great Chicago Fire, when wooden houses were banned in the city; its name comes from the Andersonville School, built in 1854.1 The commercial historic district runs along Clark Street from Ainslie Street to Rosehill Drive, with its center at Clark and Berwyn, and the Swedish American Museum, opened in 1976 in the presence of King Carl XVI Gustaf, is now at 5211 N. Clark.1

Uptown lies east and south of it, between Clark Street and the lake. Argyle Street, known as Little Saigon or Asia on Argyle, became home in the 1970s to immigrants from China, Vietnam and Cambodia, many of them refugees.2 To the north, Edgewater’s Broadway, Bryn Mawr Avenue and Granville Avenue complete the area, with cafés near Loyola University’s lakefront campus.

Local tip: For a weekday start before 07:00, The Lost Hours on Broadway opens at 06:30; Kopi on Clark Street doesn’t open until 10:00 but stays open into the evening.

At a glance

45Cafés listed
14With opening hours
06:30Earliest opening
23:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Loaves and Witches, from 06:30 (Mon–Thu 06:30–18:00).
  • Closes latest: All Meal Prep Kitchen & Cafe, until 23:00 (Mon–Wed 07:00–18:00 · Thu 07:00–21:00 · Fri–Sat 07:00–23:00 · Sun 07:00–21:00).
  • Most listed streets: North Clark Street (6), West Bryn Mawr Avenue (4), West Wilson Avenue (4).
  • Most common features: bakery café (11%), smoke-free indoors (9%), vegetarian options (9%).

All Meal Prep Kitchen & Cafe

  • 1100 West Bryn Mawr Avenue
  • Mon–Wed 07:00–18:00 · Thu 07:00–21:00 · Fri–Sat 07:00–23:00 · Sun 07:00–21:00
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Coffee chains in Uptown & Andersonville

Kopi and the cafés of Clark Street

Kopi, A Traveler’s Cafe has been at 5317 N. Clark Street since 1991.3 Kopi means coffee in Indonesian; the owners are travelers, and the café has Balinese floor cushions as well as tables, and sells books, journals and games alongside coffee, chai lattes and carrot cake.4 It opens at 10:00 and closes at 19:00, or 20:00 on Friday and Saturday.

Farther along Clark, The Understudy at 5531 opens daily 08:00–18:00, m. henry is at 5707 and Eli Tea Bar at 5507 pours bubble tea until 22:00 from Monday to Saturday. South of Foster Avenue, Ridman’s Coffee is at 4758 and Pick Me Up Cafe at 4882 serves until 22:00 most nights and 23:00 on Saturday. Andersonville’s Midsommarfest, held for the summer solstice, has grown into one of Chicago’s largest street festivals.1

Vietnamese coffee near Argyle Street

Fat Miilk has roasted Vietnamese coffee in Chicago since 2020, with organic green beans sourced directly from farmers in Vietnam; it sells cà phê (coffee) to robusta fans and newcomers alike.5 Its Uptown café at 5018 N. Broadway, just north of Argyle Street, opens 08:00–15:00 every day except Tuesday.

First Sip Cafe at 1057 W. Argyle Street has Wi-Fi. The Red Line stops at Argyle, Lawrence and Wilson, and runs 24 hours a day between Rogers Park and Roseland.2

Edgewater: Metropolis, Bryn Mawr and Broadway

Jeff and Tony Dreyfuss, father and son, opened Metropolis Coffee near Loyola University Chicago in December 2003.6 Roast magazine named it Micro Roaster of the Year in 2007, and since September 2015 the company has roasted in an 18,000-square-foot plant in Avondale; the Edgewater café at 1039 W. Granville Avenue remains.6

Bryn Mawr Avenue east of Broadway has a cluster: Fried Egg Cafe at 1039 opens daily 07:00–15:00, Phlour Bakery & Cafe at 1138 opens daily 08:00–15:00, and Dulce de Leche Cafe at 1127 serves 08:00–16:00 Monday to Saturday. The Lost Hours, at 5256 N. Broadway, opens at 06:30 Monday to Saturday and has Wi-Fi and outdoor seating.

Coffee around the Green Mill and Wilson Avenue

Uptown Square, on the National Register of Historic Places since 2000, is the center of the neighborhood’s entertainment district; the Green Mill cocktail lounge is at 4802 N. Broadway, and the Uptown Theatre is a movie palace with almost 4,500 seats.2 Charlie Chaplin and Gloria Swanson made films at the Essanay Studios on Argyle Street.2

For coffee a few blocks south, Wilson Avenue has Everybody’s Coffee at 935, open daily 07:00–17:00, Downstate Donuts at 1132, Emerald City Coffee at 1224 and Elevate Coffee at 1325.

Sources

  1. Andersonville, Chicago, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Uptown, Chicago, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Kopi, A Travelers Cafe: hours and location, Kopi Cafe, accessed October 2026
  4. KOPI cafe, Swedish American Museum, accessed October 2026
  5. Fat Miilk: Vietnamese coffee, Fat Miilk, accessed October 2026
  6. Metropolis Coffee Company, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
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Uptown & Andersonville cafés: questions

What is Kopi Cafe in Andersonville, Chicago?

Kopi, A Traveler’s Cafe has been at 5317 N. Clark Street in Andersonville since 1991. Kopi means coffee in Indonesian. The owners are travelers, and the café has Balinese floor cushions as well as tables and sells books, journals and games. It opens at 10:00 and closes at 19:00, or 20:00 on Friday and Saturday.

Where can you drink Vietnamese coffee in Uptown, Chicago?

Fat Miilk, which has roasted Vietnamese coffee in Chicago since 2020 with beans bought directly from Vietnamese farmers, runs a café at 5018 N. Broadway, just north of Argyle Street, open 08:00–15:00 every day except Tuesday. Argyle Street has been the center of Uptown’s Vietnamese community since the 1970s.

When did Metropolis Coffee open in Edgewater, Chicago?

Father and son Jeff and Tony Dreyfuss opened Metropolis Coffee near Loyola University Chicago in December 2003. Roast magazine named it Micro Roaster of the Year in 2007. Roasting moved to an 18,000-square-foot plant in Avondale in 2015, and the original café at 1039 W. Granville Avenue in Edgewater is still open.

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