Hot Chocolate is a restaurant that serves food but also delicious desserts. It can be found on 1747 N. Damen Ave. An easy way to get there is the Blue Line Damen-O'hare stop. A friend and I met to go to Hot chocolate one evening and she got the above pictured, Black and Tan [...]
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Caffe Streets
Caffe Streets is in Wicker Park on Division Street. They have some outdoor seating, like a lot of the restaurants on the street. Inside is a modern wooden format, with painted cow skulls and greenery. They have tall tables and chairs with extra spot in the chair for you to put your bags or coats. [...]
Wormhole Cafe
Wormhole is a cafe found in Wicker Park with a mix of a nerdy retro feel. Old lunch boxes line the walls, a dolrion sits in the back and storm trooper mugs hold stirring sticks and straws. Seating can be somewhat limited depending on the time, but there are comfortable leather chairs and a bar [...]
Alliance Bakery
Alliance Bakery is in Wicker Park and is along the same street that the Renegade Craft Fair happens. While walking down the street a friend and I decided to go in, going in the wrong door at first, one door opens up into the lounge which is a nice place to bring a laptop and [...]
Milk and Honey Cafe
The Milk and Honey Cafe is located on the same street the Renegade craft fair happens in the summer. On a rather hot day a friend asked if I wanted to go check it out with her and I couldn't say no. Their chalkboard menus can be found throughout the shop, some of which take [...]
Filter
Filter is a cafe with plenty of food options that make it closer towards a restaurant than a cafe, a bit like Robust. Breakfast is served all day, they have a large selection of coffee, smoothies, and tea. They do not accept credit cards, but they are set up for the Level Up app. There [...]
The Boring Store
A friend of mine volunteers at The Boring Store, which is not an awesome spy shop store. All of the stores proceeds go towards 826Chi which is a non-profit organization that helps out kids from 6-18 years of age with writing and tutoring. The Boring Store even sells some of the works the students create. [...]
Quimby’s
Quimby's is an independent bookstore for zines. The store is rather quiet and one of a couple stores in the area that doesn't allow phone calls. It has a strange air, the workers don't talk much, but the store has a nice collection of zines and independent comic books. They do have other things like [...]
Myopic books
Myopic books is a used bookstore in Wicker park. It is about 3 and half floors. The basement has a low ceiling and contains mostly biographies but also things like suspense, horror, true crime, and sci-fi. The main floor is where they'll take any large bags from you and give you a card for while [...]
Antique Tacos
Antique Tacos can be found in Wicker park and is a cute little shop for Mexican street food.The shop is filled with a quaint antique style. You pick up your cloth napkins, glasses for water, and silverware up at the front. There are glass jars filled with candies and interesting odds and ends around the [...]