Relaxed Cafés in Chicago worth going out for.

I keep track of relaxed cafés in Chicago and only keep the ones worth going to. Ask me what you're after.

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Bean 'N Breek Coffee

Bean 'N Breek Coffee

Tinley Park • $$

Neighborly coffee & bourekas

Sunny Village Cafe

Sunny Village Cafe

Portage Park

Play cafe for babies

Dewey's Cafe

Dewey's Cafe

Roscoe Village

Cozy lodge cafe

Holy Grounds at St. Paul Catholic Church

Holy Grounds at St. Paul Catholic Church

Lower West Side • $

Matcha in a chapel basement

Nomad River North

Nomad River North

Near North

quiet café with boutique retail

Bake

Bake

West Town • $

Colorful cottage bakery

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Knitting Group

Swedish American Museum Cafe — Mormor’s Café · Andersonville

$

Pop-up Happy Hour

Switchyards Logan Square · Logan Square

Open House Chicago

Guild Row · Avondale

Soloway coffee

Lincoln Park

$$

Bean 'N Breek Coffee

Tinley Park

$$

Milli by Metric

Avondale

$$

Sunny Village Cafe

Portage Park

Bittersweet Pastry Shop & Cafe

Lake View East

Bagel & Bean

Chicago Loop

$

Pierrot Gourmet at The Peninsula

River North

$$

Pedestrian Coffee

Lake View East

$$

Bourgeois Pig Cafe

Lincoln Park

$$

Dewey's Cafe

Roscoe Village

TE'AMO Boba & Desserts - Orland Park

Orland Park

$$

Sugary Chicago

Chicago Loop

$$

Ridman's Coffee

Ravenswood

$

Holy Grounds at St. Paul Catholic Church

Lower West Side

$

Nomad River North

Nomad-Chicago · Near North

Publican Quality Meats

Fulton Market District

Towne & Oak

Winnetka

$$

Bake

West Town

$

OverLay

Little Italy

$

Cafe 44

Morton Grove

$

Spinning J Bakery and Soda Fountain

West Town

$$

Piccadilly Pub

Lincoln Square

$$

Backlot Coffee

Evanston

$$

Two Shades Cafe

Little Italy

$

Little Hoppers Cafe

West Morgan Park

Swedish American Museum Cafe — Mormor’s Café

Andersonville

$

The Wormhole Coffee

West Town

$

Brew Brew Coffee and Tea

Avondale

$

TE'AMO Boba Bar

Lake View East

$$

Damn Fine Coffee Bar

Logan Square

$$

Loaf Lounge

Avondale

$$

Hero Coffee Bar

West Loop

BUILD, Inc

Austin

Java Moose Espresso Cafe

Grand Marais

$

Muse Coffee Studio

Tri-Taylor

$

Playroom Cafe Hoffman Estates

Hoffman Estates

Café Jon & Galleria

Lower West Side

Qargo Coffee

Orland Park

$

Brew Coffee Lab

Park Ridge

$

Cielito Paradise

Lake View East

$

The Qahwa

Orland Park

$

Galter Health Sciences Library

Streeterville

C3 Coffee Bar

Skokie

$

Emerald City Coffee

Sheridan Park

$

Rivers and Roads Cafe

Edgewater

$

Farmer’s Milk Cafe & Bakery

Lincoln Park

$$

Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co.

Chicago Ridge

$

Complimentary Cafe

Skokie

$$

Sada Coffee Co.

Palos Hills

$

Vietfive Coffee - Chicago

West Loop

$

The Crepe Shop

Lake View East

$$

Waterlemon

La Grange

Panaderia Nuevo Leon

Lower West Side

$

Oromo Cafe Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square

$$

Sip of Hope Coffee

Logan Square

$

Sarima Cafe

West Town

$$

Floriole Cafe & Bakery

Lincoln Park

$$

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Frequently asked questions

How are these relaxed cafés in Chicago chosen?

I go through what's actually on nearby and keep only the ones worth the trip. Nobody pays to be on this list.

Is everything here still happening?

Yes. If it's on the list, it's still on — anything that's finished drops off by itself.

How do I find something that suits me?

Open the map and tell me what you're after — a good terrace, somewhere that works with kids, something on tonight. I'll answer and narrow it down with you.

Do I need an account?

No, everything here is browsable without one. An account is how I learn your taste, your people and your saves, so what I show you keeps getting closer to what you'd actually go to. You can also have ideas sent to you by email or message if you want them.

Is it free?

Yes, completely.

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