📍 Edgewater, Chicago

Opened in 2013, this Edgewater cafe is the brick-and-mortar mashup of social-enterprise co-op Sauce (Mike Bancroft) and pastry makers Crumb Chicago (Anne Kostroski). Breakfast, bru...

A small Japanese sushi bar on Devon Ave in Edgewater with an open exhibition kitchen and dinner-only hours. The kitchen leans on fresh fish and a range of Japanese dishes, with onl...

A family-run Ethiopian and Eritrean cafe on Broadway that calls itself Chicago's Habesha bistro — coffee culture and Horn-of-Africa cooking under one cozy roof. Expect a traditiona...

A fast-casual sandwich shop from chef Chai Ploentham, Zenwich takes a borderless approach to the sandwich—honest ingredients, simply built. Ploentham traces the format to nearly tw...

A Sicilian street-food spot on Broadway in Edgewater. The site is thin on specifics, but the name points to the handheld, snackable side of Sicilian cooking. The shop also caters a...

An Italian restaurant and bar on Broadway in Edgewater that plays it upscale but unpretentious, mixing traditional northern-Italian cooking with more modern dishes. The bar pours f...

An Edgewater coffee shop and bakery named Best Coffee Shop 2025 by the Chicago Reader, known for custom cakes, scratch bakes and a witchy, welcoming streak. It's built as a safe, s...

An Edgewater neighborhood bar that keeps a rotating craft-beer list on Untappd and no kitchen — the move is BYO food or have your favorite spot deliver to the bar. Dog-friendly dow...

The Edgewater location of the Gracie O'Malley's Irish sports-bar group on North Clark Street, with multiple big screens broadcasting pro, college and international games. The calen...

A theatre bookstore and coffee shop on Clark Street in Edgewater, built for getting lost in a good book or a passionate conversation over a cup. It doubles as an events hub, hostin...