Filter coffee bars in Chicago
Where Chicago takes pour-over and batch brew seriously. Single origins, careful extraction, beans that change with the season.
13 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…
Metropolis Coffee Company
Chicago's most internationally diverse neighborhood cafe, Metropolis opened its Edgewater flagship in 2003 and has…
Four Letter Word Coffee
Minimalist and precise, Four Letter Word anchors the corner of Diversey and Sacramento with a brick-and-brass bar and…
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…
Milli by Metric
Metric Coffee founders Xavier Alexander and Darko Arandjelovic spent three years converting a 12,000-square-foot…
Groundswell Coffee Roasters Ravenswood
Founded in 2015 by Jason Foster and Armand Candea, Groundswell roasts small-batch single-origin coffees at their…
Groundswell Coffee West Loop
Groundswell's West Loop location at 1168 W Madison brings the Ravenswood roaster's small-batch single-origin program…
Intelligentsia Coffee Millennium Park
Tucked between Michigan and Wabash avenues steps from Millennium Park, this coffeebar pairs post-industrial design…
Intelligentsia Coffee Monadnock
Set inside the historic Monadnock Building at 53 W Jackson, this Loop outpost serves commuters and architecture buffs…
Metropolis Coffee Avondale Roastery
Metropolis relocated their roasting operations to 3057 N Rockwell in Avondale in 2015, and the roastery cafe offers a…
Passion House Coffee
Joshua Millman founded Passion House in 2011 in Chicago's West Town as a small-batch roaster committed to premium…
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