Coffeehouses We Love

By Jacy Wojcik in Food on Jun 6, 2008 8:22PM

Inspired by the Trib's list of preferred coffee houses (which Chicagoist couldn't help but disagree with) we put together our own list of favorite Chicago coffeehouses...

Best for Food: Lovely Bakery in Wicker Park. Their homemade soups are creative and fresh and their Mollie’s Dollies are the best treat around to spend your calories-er, money on.

Best Atmosphere: Sip on Grand Ave. Just when you think you've fallen in love with the inside, walk to the beautiful garden patio for an old school wind chime party while you sip on your iced green tea latte.

Best place to get work done: Metropolis on West Granville. Awarded "Roaster of the Year" by Roast magazine, Metropolis has free wi-fi, plenty of seating and assorted snacks to keep you working on your screenplay/loveletter/brief/deposition/tps report/take-home final/napkindoodle throughout the day.

Best place to pretend to get work done but actually talk and people watch: A Caribou-tie between the one on Broadway/Aldine aka “Cruiseabou”and the one on Ashland and School where X-Sporters, Whole Foods shoppers and Cubs fans making the trek to Wrigley cross paths, often proving to be hilarious distractions from doing anything productive.

Best Iced Coffee Everything: Coco Rouge on Division. Iced coffee, iced tea, iced lattes, iced cream—chocolatiers that also do coffee do it best.

Best Overall: Bridgeport Coffee House, where the coffee is roasted there every morning, free internet is available and art exhibits don the walls. We could and will rave about it over and over again.

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