necessary & sufficient coffee - Printers Row
728 S Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60605necessary & sufficient does one thing better than most: it doesn't overcomplicate the coffee. printers row is a quieter stretch of south dearborn, the kind of block that still belongs more to residents and courthouse regulars than to tourists, and a focused specialty shop fits that rhythm. you're not walking into a menu that needs explaining or a concept that needs selling. the coffee is the point. what makes it worth the detour is exactly that lack of performance, a place that treats a well-made cup as the baseline, not the headline. on a weekday morning, with the loop a short walk north, this is where south dearborn earns a reason to slow down.
curated by gautam khorana, editor · updated
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phone
(310) 663-9633hours
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website
necessary-coffee.com/social pulse
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google reviews
149
avg rating
4.0
local cred
36%
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