Cafés with outdoor seating in Chicago
Terraces, courtyards, and pavement tables in Chicago. Specialty coffee with a seat in the open air.
10 cafés · United States
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Allez Cafe
Allez opened in 2023 on N Western Avenue and quickly became one of Chicago's most talked-about new coffee spaces,…
Intelligentsia Coffee Broadway
The original 1995 Intelligentsia flagship on North Broadway is widely credited with helping launch the American…
Sawada Coffee
World latte art champion Hiroshi Sawada brought his Tokyo vision to Chicago's West Loop in 2016 with a custom Nuova…
Plein Air Cafe
Nestled next to the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Robie House on the University of Chicago campus, Plein Air is a…
Gaslight Coffee Roasters
One of Logan Square's most beloved institutions, Gaslight roasts its own beans and pairs them with a full seasonal…
Ipsento 606
Adjacent to the famous 606 trail, Ipsento's second location combines craft coffee with a full bar and a patio that…
Milli by Metric
Metric Coffee founders Xavier Alexander and Darko Arandjelovic spent three years converting a 12,000-square-foot…
Colectivo Coffee Andersonville
Milwaukee-based Colectivo, roasting since 1993 with direct farmer relationships across multiple continents, brought…
Dark Matter Coffee Caravanserai
Positioned on Belmont Avenue in the Logan Square and Avondale corridor, Caravanserai offers Dark Matter's creative…
Intelligentsia Coffee Millennium Park
Tucked between Michigan and Wabash avenues steps from Millennium Park, this coffeebar pairs post-industrial design…
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