The 75 Best Coffee Shops in Chicago
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The best coffee shops in Chicago, according to the experts: AAA, Punch, and Michelin Guide have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Daisies comes out on top.
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Big Shoulders Coffee and Afro Joe’s hold the next two places. Time Out shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with The Infatuation close behind.
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Rank 1. Daisies
Italian
Pasta and vegetables carry most of the weight here, at this bright, sun-flooded Italian restaurant in Logan Square that holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand. The house-made pappardelle and rigatoni keep regulars coming back, but the onion dip with house-made ruffles has become a thing people talk about. A bakery tucked in the back means the pastry situation at the end of a meal is genuinely hard to navigate. The bar program turns heads too, a James Beard semifinalist for hospitality.
The awards
- AAA AAA: Three Diamonds
- Punch Punch: Best New Bartenders · Becca Petersen
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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- US Coffee Championships US Coffee Championships: #1 · U.S. Coffee Roasters Championship · Diego Guartan
- Time Out Time Out: The 40 best coffee shops in Chicago
- US Coffee Championships #1 · U.S. Coffee Roasters Championship · Diego Guartan
- Time Out The 40 best coffee shops in Chicago
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- Eater Chicago’s Best Coffee Shops
- The Infatuation The Best Coffee Shops & Cafes In Chicago
- Time Out The 40 best coffee shops in Chicago
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Rank 3. Cafe Jumping Bean
Mexican Coffee Shop
The awards
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- The Infatuation The Best Coffee Shops & Cafes In Chicago
- Time Out The 40 best coffee shops in Chicago
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- Time Out The 40 best coffee shops in Chicago
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- Time Out The 40 best coffee shops in Chicago
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Rank 3. Side Practice Coffee
Filipino Coffee Shop
A tiny Filipino coffee shop in Bowmanville where the menu leans on flavors you won't find at any other cafe in the city. Pandan, ube, and macadamia nuts show up where oat milk and brown sugar usually do. The room is small enough that regulars eventually stop ordering off the menu and let the baristas improvise. Its sibling spot, Drip Collective, handles the Fulton Market crowd if you need more elbow room.
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- Eater Chicago’s Best Coffee Shops
- The Infatuation The Best Coffee Shops & Cafes In Chicago
- Time Out The 40 best coffee shops in Chicago
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- Eater Chicago’s Best Coffee Shops
- Time Out The 40 best coffee shops in Chicago
- The Infatuation The Best Coffee Shops & Cafes In Chicago
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Coffee Shops & Cafes In Chicago
- Time Out Time Out: The 40 best coffee shops in Chicago
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- Time Out Time Out: The 40 best coffee shops in Chicago
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- Time Out The 40 best coffee shops in Chicago
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- Eater Eater: Chicago’s Best Coffee Shops
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- Time Out Time Out: The 40 best coffee shops in Chicago
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- Eater Eater: Chicago’s Best Coffee Shops
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- Eater Eater: Chicago’s Best Coffee Shops
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Rank 9. VietFive Coffee
Vietnamese Coffee Shop
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- Eater Eater: Chicago’s Best Coffee Shops
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Rank 26. Cadinho
Portuguese Bakery
Cadinho is a sunny Portuguese bakery and cafe in McKinley Park, and the tarts are the whole conversation. There's the pastel de nata, vanilla-scented custard in flaky pastry, sometimes wearing a little chocolate shell like a tiny hat. There are also palm-sized passionfruit pies with a crust that gives up immediately. The other baked goods are perfectly pleasant, but you'll see people leave carrying a box of tarts and nothing else.
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Good Ambler is a Fulton Market bakery tucked into the lobby of a snack-food conglomerate's headquarters, and the pastry case has the good manners not to mention it. Macarons, kouign-amann, petit gateau and handmade chocolates line up behind the glass, but the plain croissant is the one doing the heavy lifting. It's a counter-service stop, so nobody needs a reservation or a dress code.
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Rank 28. Bueno Days
Mexican Coffee Shop
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Rank 28. First Sip Cafe
Vietnamese Coffee Shop
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Rank 28. Grano
Mexican Bakery
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Rank 28. La Malinche Coffee & Tea House
Mexican Coffee Shop
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Rank 28. Swadesi Cafe
Indian Coffee Shop
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Rank 28. Sweet Bean
Taiwanese Coffee Shop
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Rank 28. VIGO Coffee
Mexican Coffee Shop
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