Single-origin cafés in Chicago
Cafés in Chicago that pour single-origin coffee only, no house blends. Traceable lots, named farms, seasonal rotation.
9 cafés · United States
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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…
Anticonquista Cafe
Anticonquista opened its Pilsen brick-and-mortar in early 2025 after five years of pop-ups, bringing cultivo-to-cup…
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…
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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