Best Coffee Shops in Chicago

top 20 indie spots ranked by nri score. no chains, no filler.

1

Wake N Bakery Lakeview

elite
Chicago, USA|cafe
4.7(1,049)
local cred
95%
nri score89
2

Volumes Bookcafe

featured
Chicago, USA|cafe
4.8(596)
local cred
88%
nri score84
3

Dollop Coffee & The Hoosier Mama Pie Company

featured
Chicago, USA|cafe
4.5(1,202)
local cred
95%
nri score84

Qahwah House - Lombard

featured
Chicago, USA|cafe
4.5(1,590)
local cred
95%
nri score84

Yolk - Marina City

featured
Chicago, USA|cafe
4.5(2,392)
local cred
100%
nri score84

Little Goat Diner

featured
Chicago, USA|cafe
4.6(5,702)
local cred
100%
nri score84

Cupitol Coffee & Eatery (Evanston)

featured
Chicago, USA|cafe
4.5(1,754)
local cred
95%
nri score84

Cupitol Coffee & Eatery (Streeterville)

featured
Chicago, USA|cafe
4.6(1,849)
local cred
95%
nri score84

The Coffee & Tea Exchange

featured
Chicago, USA|cafe
4.8(760)
local cred
88%
nri score84

kibbitznest books, brews & blarney

featured
Chicago, USA|cafe
4.8(671)
local cred
88%
nri score84

Yolk - South Loop

featured
Chicago, USA|cafe
4.5(4,171)
local cred
100%
nri score84

Cafe Con Leche

featured
Chicago, USA|cafe
4.5(2,349)
local cred
100%
nri score84

The Dearborn

featured
Chicago, USA|cafe
4.7(8,822)
new wave
nri score82

Dark Matter Coffee - The Mothership

featured
Chicago, USA|cafe
4.8(1,296)
new wave
nri score82

Cafe Jumping Bean

featured
Chicago, USA|cafe
4.7(1,354)
new wave
nri score82

Dark Matter Coffee - Osmium Coffee Bar

featured
Chicago, USA|cafe
4.7(1,081)
new wave
nri score82

Wake N Bakery Wicker Park

featured
Chicago, USA|cafe
4.8(473)
local cred
72%
nri score81

Bella Boba

featured
Chicago, USA|cafe
4.9(266)
nri score81

Alexander's Breakfast & Lunch Skokie

featured
Chicago, USA|cafe
4.4(1,254)
local cred
88%
nri score81

Wake N Bakery Burbank

featured
Chicago, USA|cafe
4.9(440)
nri score79