Best Cafe + Market in Chicago

Michael Damato

Great corner spot built into the lobby of a larger building. There's indoor and outdoor seating along with a good variety of food and drinks on offer. Everything we got was of high quality and brought directly to our table.

Katia Stakhiv

I’m officially a returning customer at Spoke & Bird to the point where my weekend personality is basically “person waiting for their Spoke & Bird delivery.” ☕ I order from them almost every weekend and they’re consistently amazing. Their specialty lattes are creative, perfectly balanced, and somehow manage to feel ... fancy and comforting at the same time. Not overly sweet — just really good coffee done right. Also, their vegan blueberry 🫐 muffins deserve their own fan club. I’m not even vegan and I order them every time. They’re moist, flavorful, and dangerously easy to justify as a “healthy choice.” Everything arrives fresh, delicious, and worth breaking any “I’ll just make coffee at home” promises I make to myself. Highly recommend. Read More

Lu Anne Frost

While visiting Chicago we happened across this wonderful little eatery and turned out it was the best meal we had while we were there. The food was cooked perfectly and tasted fantastic and the coffee was excellent too! I highly recommend this restaurant! Will definitely go back if I’m ever in Chicago again!

Tyler Gubala

This is a very nice cafe in a beautiful part of historic Chicago that is well worth a visit. I went here for a quick lunch during a convention just to tide me over until dinner and the sandwich was exceptional. The bread was toasted lightly, but not overly toasted, just enough to give a good crunchy mouth feel that ... went great with the tomato bisque soup. One thing that is kind of silly is that when looking at the menu, it seems like it makes more financial sense to order certain sandwiches with toppings that effectively make them another sandwich. For example my wife wanted a BLT but we were able to sasve $7 by her ordering a grilled cheese sandwich and adding bacon and tomato. I'm sure this type of thing happens and it kind of makes the menu more confusing than I think it really needs to be. Anyways, the sandwiches were great and the soup was nice and creamy. Overall the food was good, but not terribly filling, which was good since I was only stopping here to tide myself over until dinner time. Would recommend for the atmosphere and how close it is to parks! Read More