Tugboat Coffee

chicago has a serious specialty coffee scene, and it keeps spreading further into the suburbs than people expect. tugboat coffee, out on rohlwing road in addison, is part of that spread, and it's built a following that says a lot about what the place gets right. you don't stumble into that kind of loyalty by accident, not in a market where people have real opinions about their coffee. the roaster focus matters here: this is a shop that takes sourcing and roasting seriously as linked decisions, not separate departments. addison isn't a neighborhood you'd typically circle on a coffee map, which makes the regulars who make the trip out to south rohlwing feel all the more deliberate about it. a weekday morning here is probably the move.