Coffee shops in Chicago, IL
Every shop here is open and doing something right, so treat it like a coffee crawl through Chicago, in person or virtually: study how each bar is laid out, read the menu, and get a feel for the brand from their own site and the photos customers tag. Shops that roast their own beans are marked.
Listings, ratings, and links come from Google Places and can change over time. This isn't a ranking; every shop is worth a look. The Google link opens each business's listing, where customers post their own photos.
Coffee shops & roasters
Crawl these cafes and roasters for bar layout, menu, and brand ideas.
- Sawada CoffeeCafe4.6(2,215)sawadacoffee.com
- IntelligentsiaCafe4.3(2,103)intelligentsia.com
- 4.6(2,098)thewormholecoffee.shop
- 4.6(1,324)colectivo.com
- 4.8(1,311)darkmattercoffee.com
- 4.5(1,018)bridgeportcoffee.net
- Hexe Coffee Co.Cafe4.8(1,016)hexecoffee.com
- 4.8(937)coffeeandtea.com
- 4.5(788)gaslightcoffee.com
- Coffee JointCafe4.6(762)coffeejoint.com
Coffee carts & caterers
Carts, trailers, and catering operators working this market.
- Goddess and the Baker, 33 S Wabash-Millennium ParkCoffee caterer4.3(2,972)goddessandthebaker.com
- The Spoke & Bird (South Loop)Coffee caterer4.2(1,421)spokeandbird.com
- Cafe Jumping BeanCoffee caterer4.7(1,386)cafejumpingbean.site
- Bourgeois Pig CafeCoffee caterer4.4(1,042)bpigcafe.com
- Blue Door Farm StandCoffee caterer4.4(1,024)bluedoorfarmstand.com
Local lists & guides
How local writers and city magazines cover Chicagocoffee. Use them to cross-check the shops above. They're a different lens on the same scene, not our ranking.
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