Where the Locals Eat Rating
Best Coffeehouse
Top 100 Restaurant, Chicago
"We purchase our green coffee from either the world's most renowned importers or directly from the growers themselves. Our purchases are based on the cup quality of the coffee. Whenever possible, we seek growers and importers that are known to be both environmentally and socially responsible. ... Our coffee is roasted daily in our vintage German roasters. As a result, you will not find a fresher, more flavorful cup anywhere."
– Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea website
"Chicago's own–and increasingly revered–independent coffee house encourages patrons to sit, read, think–and, of course, drink coffee. ... Grab a muffin, panini or salads."
– Chicago Tribune
"This enlightened and interesting brew offers pure pleasure to those who take coffee seriously."
– Chicago magazine
"The nectar their coffee urns coax from those beans is more like opium than java, and if you drink it there it's served in a thick-rimmed vat of a cup, a treat with which takeout can't compete."
– Chicago Reader
No alcohol available. Serving during breakfast, lunch and dinner hours daily.
How Others Rate Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea
Chicago Reader
Best Coffee Shop, 2008 readers' choice