{"id":9202,"date":"2026-08-10T09:04:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T14:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chicagoka.com\/vietfive-coffee-chicago-chicago"},"modified":"2026-08-10T09:35:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T14:35:57","slug":"vietfive-coffee-chicago-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagoka.com\/en\/vietfive-coffee-chicago-chicago","title":{"rendered":"Vietfive Coffee &#8211; Chicago \u26059.3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"padrino-inject-root\">\n<div class=\"padrino-inject-inner\">\n<div data-padrino-shell=\"1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/top-cafes\">\u2190 Cafes ranking in Chicago 2026: TOP 10 verified<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Caf\u00e9<\/strong> \u00b7 <span>Chicago<\/span> \u00b7 \u2b50 9.3\/10 \u00b7 524 reviews  \u00b7 <em>updated: 2026-08-10 15:36:43<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Address:<\/strong> <span>1116 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60607, United States<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex is-nowrap wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"tel:+1312-929-4732\">Call<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/?api=1&amp;destination=41.8818883,-87.6549765\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get directions<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<p>Almost every specialty coffee bar in America is built on arabica, and treats robusta as the cheap stuff that goes into supermarket tins. <strong>VietFive<\/strong> is built the other way around. The coffee here is one hundred percent robusta, grown on a family farm in the Vietnamese central highlands, shipped to Chicago and roasted here \u2014 and the entire caf\u00e9 is an argument that the bean has been misjudged.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a7e29c0576e1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #090909;color:#090909\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #090909;color:#090909\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" 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href=\"https:\/\/chicagoka.com\/en\/vietfive-coffee-chicago-chicago\/#Photos\" >Photos<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/chicagoka.com\/en\/vietfive-coffee-chicago-chicago\/#Visitor_reviews\" >Visitor reviews<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/chicagoka.com\/en\/vietfive-coffee-chicago-chicago\/#Similar_places\" >Similar places<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Highlights\"><\/span>Highlights<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>One hundred percent Vietnamese robusta, grown on the founder&#8217;s family farm in Bu\u00f4n Ma Thu\u1ed9t and roasted in Chicago \u2014 a vertically integrated chain from plant to cup.<\/li>\n<li>Coffee brewed through the <em>phin<\/em>, the Vietnamese metal drip filter that sits somewhere between a pour-over and a press.<\/li>\n<li>A drinks list you will not find elsewhere in the city: egg coffee, salted coffee with cold foam, pandan latte with coconut milk, ube latte, cascara tea made from the dried coffee cherry.<\/li>\n<li>Four house roasts with names that carry the family&#8217;s story \u2014 from a light roast through to a dark one.<\/li>\n<li>Real food, not a pastry alibi: banh mi, warm savory pastries, vegetarian sandwiches and bowls.<\/li>\n<li>One of the most seriously accessible caf\u00e9s in Chicago: menus in Braille, large print and audio, noise-canceling headphones for guests who need them, and adaptive menus for nonverbal visitors.<\/li>\n<li>Deliberate hiring of people with disabilities and people returning from incarceration \u2014 the mission is not decorative.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_in_the_cup\"><\/span>What&#8217;s in the cup<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Robusta is the point, so it is worth understanding what you are ordering. It carries roughly twice the caffeine of arabica, sits lower in acidity, and tastes of chocolate, nuts and chicory rather than fruit and flowers. Grown well, on the volcanic red soil of the Vietnamese central highlands, it makes a bold, smooth, thick cup \u2014 which is precisely why Vietnamese coffee culture built itself around it and why condensed milk works so well with it.<\/p>\n<p>Most drinks here run through a <em>phin<\/em>: a small metal filter that sits on the cup and drips slowly, combining the immersion of a press with the clarity of a pour-over. The classic order is <em>c\u00e0 ph\u00ea s\u1eefa \u0111\u00e1<\/em> \u2014 phin coffee over sweetened condensed milk and ice \u2014 and it is the honest baseline against which to judge everything else on the board. Four house roasts sit behind the bar, from a light one through a medium that most drinks are built on to a dark one, and the names carry the family&#8217;s history rather than tasting notes.<\/p>\n<p>Then there is the part of the list that does not exist anywhere else nearby. <em>C\u00e0 ph\u00ea tr\u1ee9ng<\/em>, egg coffee, with a whipped custard cap. <em>C\u00e0 ph\u00ea mu\u1ed1i<\/em>, salted coffee under a cold foam. A pandan latte made with coconut milk, which tastes like nothing else on a Chicago menu. An ube latte in violet. And cascara \u2014 tea brewed from the dried husk of the coffee cherry, the part of the crop most farms discard.<\/p>\n<p>An honest caveat: robusta divides people, and so does this bar. Drinkers who arrive expecting a bright, acidic specialty filter sometimes find the cup flat rather than bold, and the reaction can be strong in either direction. The way to give the place a fair hearing is to order the traditional preparation first \u2014 phin with condensed milk \u2014 rather than asking robusta to behave like an Ethiopian arabica.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whos_behind_it\"><\/span>Who&#8217;s behind it<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>VietFive was founded by <strong>Tuan Huynh<\/strong>, and the company&#8217;s story is unusually inseparable from his. His family were moved to the rural central highlands after the fall of Saigon in 1975; the coffee farm came to them there. He left the country as a small child in 1981 with his immediate family \u2014 five of them, which is where the name comes from \u2014 and grew up in Kansas.<\/p>\n<p>The caf\u00e9 exists because of a return visit. Going back to Vietnam as an adult and seeing the farm his relatives had been working for decades reframed coffee for him entirely: not the thin American approximation of Vietnamese coffee, condensed milk poured over whatever was cheapest, but the actual crop his own family grew. He left a career as an art director at a large Chicago advertising agency to build the business, and opened the West Loop caf\u00e9 in the spring of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>There is a harder part of the biography, and Huynh has told it publicly rather than hiding it: he served fifteen years in prison for a homicide committed when he was eighteen, earned a degree and studied design while inside, and built a professional life afterward. He has been open about it because it is the foundation of how the company hires. VietFive deliberately employs people returning from incarceration and people with disabilities, runs an associated initiative around access to work, and mentors young people through neighborhood programs. That is the difference between a mission statement and a payroll, and here it is the payroll.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_its_for\"><\/span>What it&#8217;s for<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Drinking something you cannot get elsewhere.<\/strong> The strongest reason to come, and it is worth planning a trip around rather than stumbling into. Order phin coffee, sit with it while it drips, and treat the twenty minutes as the point of the visit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A sit-down lunch.<\/strong> This is a coffee bar that feeds people properly. Banh mi, warm pastries, sandwiches and bowls, with genuine vegetarian options, make it a lunch destination for the surrounding neighborhood rather than a coffee stop that happens to have food.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A visit that has to work for someone with access needs.<\/strong> This is where VietFive is genuinely exceptional, and it deserves to be said plainly. Menus exist in Braille, in large print and in audio. Noise-canceling headphones are available for guests who find a caf\u00e9 environment overwhelming. There are visual communication aids and adaptive touch-point menus for guests who do not speak. If you have ever had to plan a coffee outing around someone&#8217;s sensory or mobility needs, this is the room in Chicago that has already thought about it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coming with a small child.<\/strong> The room is calm outside peak times, the staff are patient, and parents report being able to settle in with a stroller without a fight for space.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Takeaway.<\/strong> Strong. The bagged roasts and the packaged formats mean the coffee travels, and the neighborhood uses the counter that way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Laptop work \u2014 modest.<\/strong> There are tables, the room is quiet outside the lunch rush, and nobody hurries you, so an hour of email is entirely reasonable. But this is not a room engineered as a workspace the way a study caf\u00e9 is; do not plan a full working day around guaranteed power at your seat.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_space\"><\/span>The space<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The room is clean, calm and modern, without the reclaimed-timber costume that most American caf\u00e9s reach for. It reads as a working coffee bar with a Vietnamese identity carried through the details rather than plastered on the walls: the phin filters themselves, the packaging, the merchandise, the roast names.<\/p>\n<p>Seating is straightforward \u2014 tables that a single person, a pair or a small family can use without negotiation \u2014 and there is enough of it that the room breathes outside the lunch peak. Guests consistently describe the atmosphere as relaxing and unhurried, which is not the default in the West Loop, and the service style is a large part of that: the counter takes the time to answer questions about a menu most first-time visitors cannot read. Warmers by the entrance hold the savory pastries, which is usually the first thing people notice on the way in.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Beyond_coffee\"><\/span>Beyond coffee<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Yes, and substantially. Banh mi is the anchor \u2014 the chicken version is the one regulars point at, and it functions as a proper meal rather than a snack. Around it sits a range of savory pastries and empanada-style items kept warm at the front, fruit pies, mochi donuts, and a set of sandwiches and bowls that includes real vegetarian options rather than a single token salad.<\/p>\n<p>The practical consequence is that this works as a lunch stop for two people who want to eat and drink something interesting in the same sitting, which is not true of most coffee bars. If you are here in the morning, the pastries and a phin are the natural pairing; at midday, order the sandwich.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_to_come\"><\/span>When to come<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Early morning is the calmest and best window: the room is quiet, the pastries are at their freshest, and a phin brewing slowly on the table is a much better experience without a queue behind you. Late morning is the second choice and still comfortable.<\/p>\n<p>The middle of the day is the busy stretch, when the surrounding offices and the neighborhood arrive for lunch and the sandwich side of the menu carries the room. Afternoons settle again and are a good time for the more elaborate drinks \u2014 the egg coffee and the salted coffee reward a bit of unhurried attention. This is a daytime caf\u00e9 and does not run into the evening, and it is closed one day of the week, so check before making a special trip. Current opening times are in the schedule block on this page.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Getting_there\"><\/span>Getting there<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You are in the West Loop, on the stretch where the restaurant district thins out toward the university and the medical campuses. The Blue Line stop at UIC-Halsted is the nearest rail option; the Green and Pink Line stop at Morgan is a slightly longer but very easy walk, and the whole area is flat and quick to cross on foot.<\/p>\n<p>From the Loop, walking is realistic in fifteen to twenty minutes. Numerous bus routes run through the neighborhood. If you drive, this is a part of the city where a garage beats circling \u2014 and where an evening event at the nearby arena can make the streets considerably harder than the map suggests.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Good_to_know\"><\/span>Good to know<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Four things. First, order the phin and wait for it. The slow drip is not a delay to be endured, it is the brewing method, and rushing it is like ordering a pour-over and asking for it faster. Second, robusta carries roughly twice the caffeine of arabica; if you are sensitive, one drink is a full serving and two is a decision.<\/p>\n<p>Third, ask what the four roasts are and which one is in your cup. The light and dark ends of the range taste substantially different, and the medium underneath most drinks is only one of the options \u2014 a bag of a different one is the easiest way to keep the experience going at home. Fourth, if anyone in your party has access needs, say so at the counter. The Braille and large-print menus, the audio option, the headphones and the adaptive menus are all real and all available for the asking; the staff will not make it awkward.<\/p>\n<p>One last note on expectations. This is a small, mission-driven business rather than a slick chain operation, and occasional stumbles get reported \u2014 an online order missing an item, a cup that did not land the way the drinker hoped. Judged as what it is \u2014 a family farm, a Chicago roastery, a hiring program and a caf\u00e9 stacked into one storefront \u2014 it is one of the more genuinely original coffee businesses in the city.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Questions_and_answers\"><\/span>Questions and answers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What is robusta, and why does this caf\u00e9 use it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is the coffee species most American roasters avoid, and the one Vietnam grows. It has about twice the caffeine of arabica, lower acidity, and a bold, smooth profile of chocolate, nuts and chicory. VietFive uses it because it comes from the founder&#8217;s own family farm, and because the argument of the whole business is that well-grown robusta has been unfairly written off.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is a phin?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A small Vietnamese metal filter that sits on top of your cup and drips slowly, somewhere between a press and a pour-over. It is how most of the coffee here is brewed, and the wait is part of the method.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What should I order the first time?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>C\u00e0 ph\u00ea s\u1eefa \u0111\u00e1<\/em> \u2014 phin coffee over sweetened condensed milk and ice. It is the traditional preparation and the fairest introduction. After that, try the egg coffee, the salted coffee with cold foam, or the pandan latte with coconut milk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is there proper food?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes. Banh mi is the anchor, alongside warm savory pastries, sandwiches, bowls and sweet items including mochi donuts. There are real vegetarian options.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does the name mean?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The five is his immediate family \u2014 the five of them who left Vietnam together in 1981. The farm the coffee comes from is still the family&#8217;s, in the central highlands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do they roast in Chicago?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes. The beans are grown and harvested in Vietnam on the family farm and roasted here, which makes the company vertically integrated from the plant to the cup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is the caf\u00e9 accessible?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unusually so. Menus in Braille, large print and audio; noise-canceling headphones available on request; visual communication aids and adaptive touch-point menus for nonverbal guests. Ask at the counter \u2014 none of it requires arranging in advance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can I work here with a laptop?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For an hour or two, comfortably \u2014 it is quiet outside the lunch rush and nobody moves you along. For a guaranteed full working day with power at your seat, choose a caf\u00e9 built for that.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Opening_hours\"><\/span>Opening hours<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table class=\"has-fixed-layout\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Day<\/th>\n<th>Hours<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Monday<\/td>\n<td>Closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tuesday<\/td>\n<td>07:00\u201317:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wednesday<\/td>\n<td>07:00\u201317:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Thursday<\/td>\n<td>07:00\u201317:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Friday<\/td>\n<td>07:00\u201317:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Saturday<\/td>\n<td>08:00\u201317:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sunday<\/td>\n<td>08:00\u201317:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"entity-gallery\" class=\"padrino-entity-gallery\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photos\"><\/span>Photos<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.chicagoka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2026\/08\/vietfive-coffee-chicago-chicago-1.png\" alt=\"Vietfive Coffee - Chicago\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.chicagoka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2026\/08\/vietfive-coffee-chicago-chicago-2.png\" alt=\"Vietfive Coffee - Chicago\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.chicagoka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2026\/08\/vietfive-coffee-chicago-chicago-3.jpg\" alt=\"Vietfive Coffee - Chicago\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.chicagoka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2026\/08\/vietfive-coffee-chicago-chicago-4.jpg\" alt=\"Vietfive Coffee - Chicago\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.chicagoka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2026\/08\/vietfive-coffee-chicago-chicago-5.jpg\" alt=\"Vietfive Coffee - Chicago\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments-area wp-block-group\">\n<h2 class=\"comments-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Visitor_reviews\"><\/span>Visitor reviews<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol class=\"comment-list\">\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-0\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-0\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Giovanni<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n19 July 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>VietFive \u0431\u0443\u0432 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e \u043d\u0435\u0439\u043c\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0440\u043d\u0438\u0439! \u041d\u0430\u0439\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0449\u0430 \u043a\u0430\u0432\u0430, \u044f\u043a\u0443 \u044f \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438-\u043d\u0435\u0431\u0443\u0434\u044c \u043a\u0443\u0448\u0442\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0432. \u0421\u0435\u043d\u0434\u0432\u0456\u0447 Banh Mi \u0431\u0443\u0432 \u0434\u0443\u0436\u0435 \u0441\u043c\u0430\u0447\u043d\u0438\u043c \u0456 \u0430\u0440\u043e\u043c\u0430\u0442\u043d\u0438\u043c, \u044f \u043d\u0435 \u043c\u0456\u0433 \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0438, \u0449\u043e \u0432\u0456\u043d \u0442\u0430\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0441\u043c\u0430\u0447\u043d\u0438\u0439! \u041c\u0438 \u043e\u0431\u043e\u0432&#039;\u044f\u0437\u043a\u043e\u0432\u043e \u0432\u0456\u0434\u0432\u0456\u0434\u0430\u0454\u043c\u043e \u0432\u0430\u0441 \u0437\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0443. 10\/10<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-1\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-1\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Nico S<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n14 July 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>\u0417\u0430\u0432\u0456\u0442\u0430\u0432 \u0434\u043e \u0446\u0456\u0454\u0457 \u0432&#039;\u0454\u0442\u043d\u0430\u043c\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u043a\u0430\u0432&#039;\u044f\u0440\u043d\u0456 \u0456 \u0431\u0443\u0432 \u0441\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0434\u0456 \u0432\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0439. \u041a\u0430\u0432\u0430 \u0431\u0443\u043b\u0430 \u043d\u0430\u0441\u0438\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043e\u044e, \u043d\u0456\u0436\u043d\u043e\u044e \u0442\u0430 \u043d\u0430\u0441\u0438\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043e\u044e \u0441\u043c\u0430\u043a\u043e\u043c, \u0430\u043b\u0435 \u043d\u0435 \u043d\u0430\u0434\u0442\u043e \u0441\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u043a\u043e\u044e. \u041f\u0435\u0440\u0441\u043e\u043d\u0430\u043b \u0431\u0443\u0432 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0432\u0456\u0442\u043d\u0438\u043c \u0456 \u0437\u043d\u0430\u0439\u0448\u043e\u0432 \u0447\u0430\u0441, \u0449\u043e\u0431 \u0432\u0456\u0434\u043f\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u0437\u0430\u043f\u0438\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0449\u043e\u0434\u043e \u043c\u0435\u043d\u044e. \u041a\u0430\u0432&#039;\u044f\u0440\u043d\u044f\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-2\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-2\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Jessica Fullerton<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n1 April 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>\u041c\u0435\u043d\u0456 \u0434\u0443\u0436\u0435 \u0441\u043f\u043e\u0434\u043e\u0431\u0430\u043b\u0430\u0441\u044f \u043a\u043e\u0436\u043d\u0430 \u043c\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0446\u044c\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043a\u0430\u0444\u0435! \u041a\u043e\u0436\u0435\u043d \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0446\u0456\u0432\u043d\u0438\u043a \u0431\u0443\u0432 \u0442\u0430\u043a\u0438\u043c \u0434\u043e\u0431\u0440\u0438\u043c, \u0443\u0441\u043c\u0456\u0445\u043d\u0435\u043d\u0438\u043c \u0456 \u0449\u0438\u0440\u043e \u043a\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0441\u043d\u0438\u043c. \u042f \u043f\u0456\u0448\u043b\u0430 \u0442\u0443\u0434\u0438 \u0437\u0456 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0454\u044e 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\u0432\u0430\u0440\u0442\u0456. \u041a\u0430\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-4\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-4\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Tim<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n31 January 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 2.1\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>\u041d\u0435 \u0437\u043d\u0430\u044e, \u0437\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043a\u0438 \u0432\u043e\u043d\u0438 \u043e\u0442\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0443\u044e\u0442\u044c \u0442\u0430\u043a\u0456 \u043f\u043e\u0437\u0438\u0442\u0438\u0432\u043d\u0456 \u0432\u0456\u0434\u0433\u0443\u043a\u0438. \u041f\u043e-\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0448\u0435, \u043a\u0430\u0432\u0430 \u0431\u0443\u043b\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0433\u0430\u043d\u0430 \u2013 \u0441\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0434\u0456, 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id=\"Similar_places\"><\/span>Similar places<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/cupitol-coffee-eatery-streeterville-chicago\"><span>Cupitol Coffee &amp; Eatery (Streeterville)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/sawada-coffee-chicago\"><span>Sawada Coffee<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/the-wormhole-coffee-chicago\"><span>The Wormhole Coffee<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/caffe-umbria-chicago\"><span>Caffe Umbria<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/hero-coffee-and-bagel-bar-chicago\"><span>Hero Coffee and Bagel Bar<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/tary-chicago\"><span>TARY<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/wake-n-bakery-chicago-downtown-chicago\"><span>Wake N Bakery Chicago Downtown<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/ground-up-coffee-bites-chicago\"><span>Ground Up Coffee &amp; Bites<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/gaslight-coffee-roasters-chicago\"><span>Gaslight Coffee 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