☕ Best Coffee & Cafés in Chicago
174 coffee & cafés spots in Chicago, scored and ranked for 2026.
🍽️ Open Interactive GuideTop 10 Coffee & Cafés Spots
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Kasama
The first Filipino restaurant to earn a Michelin star in America, and it operates as a bakery-cafe by day and a tasting menu by night. The longanisa breakfast sandwich in the morning is one of the bes...
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2
Publican Quality Bread
One Off Hospitality's bakery on Grand Avenue is where the Publican group puts its bread program front and center. Expect serious sourdough and pastries from a kitchen that treats fermentation like a r...
93
3
Forest View Bakery
A neighborhood bakery on Milwaukee Ave in Norwood Park East, out on Chicago's far Northwest Side. It's a local counter for baked goods with a strong following in the area.
91
4
Sip of Hope Coffee
Billed as the world's first coffee shop where 100% of proceeds fund proactive suicide prevention and mental-health education, Sip of Hope is the brick-and-mortar arm of the nonprofit Hope for the Day....
91
5
Tasa Coffee Roasters
A Latina-owned, woman-forward coffee roaster in Humboldt Park that roasts its own beans, sourced largely from women-owned farms. Beyond the cup, the short food menu leans into the owners' roots, runni...
91
6
Magnífico Coffee Roasters & Coffee Shop
A Colombian family's roaster and café in the heart of Avondale, named for the founders' abuelita and sourcing single-origin beans from family-owned farms across Latin America. Coffee is roasted in-hou...
91
7
Cielito Paradise
A Lakeview coffee shop on Belmont pouring specialty Colombian coffee sourced from Huila, with beans also sold by the bag and shipped nationwide. The rotating single origins run to lots like a Pink Bou...
91
8
Muse Coffee Studio
A Tri-Taylor coffee studio on South Western Avenue built around coffee, art, and community, open daily 8am to 3pm. Muse leans playful with house-made syrups and seasonal lattes, plus a book club and e...
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9
Move Along Coffee
A walk-up, take-away coffee window on Grand Avenue in West Town, in the former Sip Coffee House space. Move Along's thing is rotation, curating and importing top guest roasters from around the country...
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10
City Skyline Chicago - Coffee Lounge
A coffee lounge on Lincoln Ave in Lincoln Square. There's little public detail beyond the address.
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All 174 Coffee & Cafés Spots in Chicago
Terra Coffee
91
Café Calidá
91
Brü Coffeeworks
91
Aura Coffee & Roastery
91
Ka Cafe
91
Le French Patisserie
90
Wake n Bakery
90
Dark Matter Coffee - The Mothership
90
The Coffee & Tea Exchange
90
Coffee Lab & Roasters
90
The Brewed
90
Doppio Coffee House
90
Ludlow Charlingtons Coffee Shop
90
Dark Matter Coffee - Electric Mud Coffee Bar
90
Loaves & Witches
90
Misericordia's Hearts & Flour Bakery and Cafe
90
Our Mutual City Coffee Company
90
Backlot Coffee
90
Moka & Co
90
Mojo Coffee
90
Hoosier Mama Pie Company
89
Cellar Door Provisions
88
Cafe Yaya
88
Publican Quality Meats
88
Justice of the Pies
88
Hewn Artisan Bread
88
Verzênay
88
Cafe Jumping Bean
88
Dark Matter Coffee - Star Lounge Coffee Bar
88
Dark Matter Coffee - Osmium Coffee Bar
88
Café Colao
88
Tiztal Cafe
88
La Fournette
88
Sweet Moon
88
First Sip Cafe
88
The Understudy Coffee and Books
88
Spoken
88
Ritual Coffeehouse
88
October Cafe
88
Standing Passengers Coffee Lounge
88
Prequel Cafe
88
Dark Matter Coffee - Caravanserai
88
Espresso and Milk
88
Drink Happy Thoughts
88
Beanokio Cafe
88
Cafe Utjeha
88
Engine Coffee
88
The Lost Hours
88
LUCKYCAT
88
Pedestrian Coffee & Ice Cream
88
Sawada Coffee
87
Cafecito
87
Bang Bang Pie & Biscuits
87
Mindy's Bakery
87
Lost Larson
87
Floriole Cafe & Bakery
87
Brown Sugar Bakery
87
Intelligentsia Coffee
86
Metric Coffee Co.
86
Do-Rite Donuts & Chicken
86
Spinning J
86
Schneider Deli
86
Daeji Dough Company
86
All Together Now
86
Sarima
86
Doughnut Vault
86
Mulata Kitchen + Coffee
86
Loaf Lounge
86
D'Amato's Bakery
86
Jennivee's Bakery & Cafe
86
Caffe Umbria
86
Hendrickx Belgian Bread Crafter
86
Levain Bakery
86
The Bakehouse Chicago
86
The Wormhole Coffee
86
Metropolis Coffee Company
86
Hero Coffee and Bagel Bar
86
Kopi Cafe
86
Emerald City Coffee
86
Coffee Joint
86
Kapéj Coffee Roasters
86
Everybody's Coffee
86
Dark Matter Coffee – Meddle
86
Chique Latte
86
Brew Brew Coffee and Tea
86
Two Hearted Queen
86
The Perfect Cup
86
Broadway Cafe
86
Vietfive Coffee
86
Overflow Coffee
86
Elevate Coffee
86
Damn Fine Coffee Bar
86
The Avondale Coffee Club
86
Pedestrian Coffee
86
Ridman's Coffee
86
Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea
86
Side Practice Coffee
86
Olor Coffee Bar
86
Groundswell Coffee Roasters
86
Bombastic Café
86
Printer's Row Coffee Co.
86
Crema Shop
86
Stan's Donuts & Coffee
85
Chiu Quon Bakery
85
Del Sur Bakery
84
Map Room
84
Cupitol Coffee & Eatery
84
Loba Pastry + Coffee
84
Roeser's Bakery
84
Ipsento 606
84
A Taste of Heaven
84
Oromo Cafe
84
La Boulangerie & Co
84
Gaslight Coffee Roasters
84
The Coffee Studio
84
The Common Cup
84
Soloway Coffee
84
The Bagelers Coffeehouse
84
Beans & Bagels
84
Cafe Deko
84
Rivers and Roads Cafe
84
Big Shoulders Coffee
84
Allez Café
84
Gallery Cafe
84
Sipping Turtle Cafe
84
thrd coffee
84
Geraldine's
84
Two Shades Cafe
84
Cafe Libra
84
Dialtone Coffee + Wine Bar
84
Heritage Outpost
84
Cafe Mas
84
Candor
84
TOMOKOHI
84
Ground Up Coffee + Bites
84
Milli by Metric
82
TRUCE
82
La Colombe
82
Sweet Mandy B's
82
Brü Chicago
82
Good Ambler
82
Cafe Urbano
82
pHlour Bakery & Cafe
82
Fat Miilk
82
Botanical Cafe
82
Happy Monday Coffee
82
Ancient Grounds
82
Bad Coffee
82
Milk Bar Chicago
82
Scafuri Bakery
81
Tel Aviv Kosher Bakery
81
Spilt Milk
80
Magnolia Bakery
80
Dollop Coffee Co.
80
New Wave Coffee
80
Bittersweet Pastry Shop & Cafe
80
FROTH
80
VIGO Coffee
80
Artopolis Bakery
79
Alliance Bakery
78
Red Eyes Cafe
78
Society Coffee
78
Gallery Cafe : River West
78
Axum Cafe
75
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