ConvoPlaces

Cafes and bars with outdoor seating in Chicago

40 venues, ranked on what OpenStreetMap actually records about each one.

How this page is built. Every venue below is drawn from OpenStreetMap and scored on recorded facts — Someone wants to sit outside - with a laptop, a dog, or a group. Venues that OpenStreetMap knows nothing relevant about are left off rather than padded in, which is why this list is shorter than the total number of cafe-type venues in Chicago. Full method.

Compare at a glance

Rank# Venue Hours Smoking Access Indoor Wi-Fi Takeaway
1 Dark Matter Coffee - Meddle Yes No smoking Yes Not recorded Yes Yes
2 Little Wok Yes No smoking Yes Yes Not recorded Yes
3 Colectivo Coffee Yes No smoking Not recorded Yes Yes Not recorded
4 The Lost Hours Yes No smoking Not recorded No Yes Not recorded
5 Afro Joe's Coffee & Tea Yes Not recorded Yes Not recorded Yes Yes
6 New Wave Coffee Yes No smoking No Not recorded Yes Yes
7 Lula Cafe Yes No smoking Yes Not recorded Not recorded Not recorded
8 Cabra Yes Not recorded Yes Not recorded Not recorded Not recorded
9 Demera Ethiopian Restaurant Yes No smoking Not recorded Not recorded Not recorded Not recorded
10 Soloway coffee Yes Not recorded Not recorded Not recorded Yes Not recorded
11 Pullman Club Coffee Shop Yes Not recorded Not recorded Not recorded Yes Not recorded
12 Fancy Plants Cafe Yes Not recorded Not recorded Not recorded Yes Not recorded
13 Sip and Savor Yes Not recorded Not recorded Not recorded Yes Yes
14 Ipsento 606 Yes Not recorded Not recorded Not recorded Yes Not recorded
15 The Perfect Cup Yes Not recorded Not recorded Not recorded Yes Not recorded
16 Momentum Coffee Yes No smoking Yes Yes Not recorded Not recorded
17 Philz Coffee Yes No smoking Yes Yes Not recorded Yes
18 Goose Island Yes No smoking Limited Yes Not recorded Not recorded
19 Lone Wolf Yes Not recorded Yes Not recorded Not recorded Not recorded
20 Corcoran's Grill & Pub Yes No smoking No Yes Not recorded Not recorded

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The ranked list

  1. Dark Matter Coffee - Meddle

    Cafe · 601 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 60661

    • Wi-Fi
    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Step-free access
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Sun 7am–5pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Wi-Fi recorded · Non-smoking indoors · Step-free access · Has a website

  2. Little Wok

    Restaurant

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Step-free access
    • Takes reservations

    Hours: Mon–Thu 11:30am–10pm; Fri–Sat 11:30am–11pm; Sun 12pm–11pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Non-smoking indoors · Step-free access · Takes reservations · Has a website

  3. Colectivo Coffee

    Cafe

    • Wi-Fi
    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Sun 6:30am–6pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Wi-Fi recorded · Non-smoking indoors · Has a website

  4. The Lost Hours

    Cafe · 5256 N Broadway, Chicago, 60640

    • Wi-Fi
    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Sat 6:30am–3:30pm; Sun 7:30am–3:30pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Wi-Fi recorded · Non-smoking indoors · Has a website

  5. Afro Joe's Coffee & Tea

    Cafe · 1818 West 99th Street, Chicago, 60643

    • Wi-Fi
    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Step-free access
    • Takeaway

    Hours: Mon–Fri 7am–2pm; Sat 8am–3pm; Sun 9am–1pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Wi-Fi recorded · Step-free access · Has a website

  6. New Wave Coffee

    Cafe · 2557 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, 60647

    • Wi-Fi
    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Non-smoking
    • Takeaway

    Hours: Mon–Thu 7am–3pm; Fri–Sun 7am–4pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Wi-Fi recorded · Non-smoking indoors · Has a website

  7. Lula Cafe

    Restaurant · 2537 North Kedzie Boulevard, Chicago, 60647

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Step-free access
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon 9am–3pm, 4:30pm–10pm; Wed–Sun 9am–3pm, 4:30pm–10pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Non-smoking indoors · Step-free access · Has a website

  8. Cabra

    Restaurant · 200 North Green Street, Chicago, 60607

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Step-free access
    • Takes reservations

    Hours: Mon–Thu 4pm–11pm; Fri–Sat 4pm–midnight; Sun 4pm–11pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Step-free access · Takes reservations · Has a website

  9. Demera Ethiopian Restaurant

    Restaurant · 4801 North Broadway, Chicago, 60640

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Takes reservations
    • Non-smoking
    • Vegan

    Hours: Mon–Thu 4pm–9pm; Fri–Sat 11:30am–10pm; Sun 11:30am–9pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Non-smoking indoors · Takes reservations · Has a website

  10. Soloway coffee

    Cafe · 2275 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, 60614

    • Wi-Fi
    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating

    Hours: Mon–Sun 7am–5pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Wi-Fi recorded · Has a website

  11. Pullman Club Coffee Shop

    Cafe · 605 East 111th Street, Chicago, 60628

    • Wi-Fi
    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating

    Hours: Tue–Sun 8am–3pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Wi-Fi recorded · Has a website

  12. Fancy Plants Cafe

    Cafe · 613 West Briar Place, Chicago, 60657

    • Wi-Fi
    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Vegan

    Hours: Mon–Sun 8am–4pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Wi-Fi recorded · Has a website

  13. Sip and Savor

    Cafe · 1070 West Bryn Mawr Avenue, Chicago, 60660

    • Wi-Fi
    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Takeaway

    Hours: Mon–Fri 6:30am–4pm; Sat–Sun 7am–4pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Wi-Fi recorded · Has a website

  14. Ipsento 606

    Cafe · 1813 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, 60647

    • Wi-Fi
    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating

    Hours: Mon–Sun 7am–6pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Wi-Fi recorded · Has a website

  15. The Perfect Cup

    Cafe · 4700 North Damen Avenue, Chicago, 60625

    • Wi-Fi
    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating

    Hours: Mon–Sun 7am–7pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Wi-Fi recorded · Has a website

  16. Momentum Coffee

    Restaurant

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Step-free access
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Wed–Sun 10am–2pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Non-smoking indoors · Step-free access

  17. Philz Coffee

    Cafe · 1555 North Wells Street, Chicago, 60610

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Step-free access
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Sun 6am–5pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Non-smoking indoors · Step-free access

  18. Goose Island

    Restaurant

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Access: Limited
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Sun 6am–9pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Non-smoking indoors · Step-free access

  19. Lone Wolf

    Bar · 806 West Randolph Street, Chicago, 60607

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Step-free access

    Hours: Mon–Tue 4pm–2am; Wed–Fri 12pm–2am; Sat 12pm–3am…

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Step-free access · Has a website

  20. Corcoran's Grill & Pub

    Bar · 1615 North Wells Street, Chicago, 60614

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Fri 11am–1:30am; Sat 10:30am–2:30am; Sun 10:30am–1:30am

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Non-smoking indoors · Has a website

  21. Can't Believe It's Not Meat

    Restaurant · 226 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, 60654

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Access: Limited
    • Takeaway
    • Vegetarian

    Hours: Mon–Sun 11am–9pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Step-free access · Has a website

  22. Rose Mary

    Restaurant · 932 West Fulton Market, Chicago, 60607

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Step-free access

    Hours: Mon–Thu 4:30pm–10pm; Fri–Sat 4:30pm–11pm; Sun 4:30pm–10pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Step-free access · Has a website

  23. Leona's

    Restaurant · 4363 West Irving Park Road, Chicago, 60641

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Step-free access
    • Takeaway

    Hours: Mon–Thu 11am–11pm; Fri–Sat 11am–midnight; Sun 11am–9pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Step-free access · Has a website

  24. Morton's The Steakhouse

    Restaurant · 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, 60601

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Step-free access

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Step-free access · Has a website

  25. Nobody's Darling

    Bar · 1744 West Balmoral Avenue, Chicago, 60660

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Wed–Thu 5pm–11pm; Fri 4pm–midnight; Sat 2pm–midnight…

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Non-smoking indoors · Has a website

  26. Lao Peng You 老朋友

    Restaurant · 2020 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, 60622

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Thu–Sun 11am–9pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Non-smoking indoors · Has a website

  27. Baobing

    Restaurant · 857 West Fulton Market, Chicago, 60607

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Step-free access

    Hours: Mon–Thu 5pm–10pm; Fri 4:30pm–11pm; Sat 11am–11pm…

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Step-free access · Has a website

  28. Kopi Cafe

    Cafe · 5317 North Clark Street, Chicago, 60640

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Non-smoking
    • Air conditioning
    • Takeaway

    Hours: Mon–Thu 10am–7pm; Fri–Sat 10am–8pm; Sun 10am–7pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Non-smoking indoors · Has a website

  29. The Beetle Bar and Grill

    Bar · 2532 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, 60622

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Wed 4pm–1am; Thu 4pm–2am; Sat 12pm–2am…

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Non-smoking indoors · Has a website

  30. Bixi Beer

    Restaurant · 2515 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, 60647

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Sun 4pm–2am

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Non-smoking indoors · Has a website

  31. The Walk In Chicago

    Bar · 2727 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, 60647

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Fri 5pm–2am; Sat 12pm–3am; Sun 12pm–2am

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Non-smoking indoors · Has a website

  32. Sinya Mediterranean

    Restaurant · 3224 North Damen Avenue

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Non-smoking
    • Takeaway
    • Vegetarian

    Hours: Mon–Sun 11am–9pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Non-smoking indoors · Has a website

  33. Tufano's Vernon Park Tap

    Restaurant · 1073 West Vernon Park Place, Chicago, 60607

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Step-free access

    Hours: Tue–Thu 11am–8:30pm; Fri 11am–9pm; Sat 4pm–9pm…

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Step-free access · Has a website

  34. Elephant & Castle

    Pub · 185 North Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 60601

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Mon–Sun 11am–2am

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Non-smoking indoors · Has a website

  35. South Branch

    Bar · 100 South Wacker Drive

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Step-free access

    Hours: Mon–Tue 11am–9pm; Wed–Thu 11am–10pm; Fri 11am–9pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Step-free access · Has a website

  36. Greek Islands

    Restaurant · 200 South Halsted Street, Chicago, 60661

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Step-free access

    Hours: Tue–Thu 11am–9pm; Fri–Sat 11am–9:30pm; Sun 11am–9pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Step-free access · Has a website

  37. Shokolad

    Restaurant · 2524 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, 60622

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Non-smoking

    Hours: Tue–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat 9am–5pm; Sun 10am–4pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Non-smoking indoors · Has a website

  38. Essence of India

    Restaurant · 4601 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, 60625

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Indoor seating
    • Non-smoking
    • Air conditioning

    Hours: Mon 4:30pm–9:30pm; Tue closed; Wed–Thu 4:30pm–9:30pm…

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Non-smoking indoors · Has a website

  39. Pizano's Pizza & Pasta

    Restaurant · 61 East Madison Street, Chicago, 60603

    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Step-free access

    Hours: Mon–Sun 11am–midnight

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Step-free access · Has a website

  40. City Skyline Chicago

    Cafe · 4755 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, 60625

    • Wi-Fi
    • Hours published
    • Outdoor seating
    • Air conditioning

    Hours: Mon–Thu 8am–5pm; Fri–Sat 8am–6pm; Sun 8am–5pm

    Why it ranks here: Outdoor seating recorded · Opening hours published · Wi-Fi recorded

Where they are

40 venues on the map Loads OpenStreetMap tiles on demand

Frequently asked questions

How many Chicago venues are on this list?

This page ranks the top 40 of 194 venues in Chicago that OpenStreetMap records at least one relevant detail for. Of the 40 shown, 12 have Wi-Fi recorded and 40 publish their opening hours.

Which of these Chicago venues have Wi-Fi?

Of the venues on this page, Dark Matter Coffee - Meddle, Colectivo Coffee, The Lost Hours, Afro Joe's Coffee & Tea and New Wave Coffee all have Wi-Fi recorded in OpenStreetMap. Wi-Fi is not tagged for every venue, so absence here means "not recorded", not "no Wi-Fi".

Which of these venues stay open late?

Little Wok, Cabra, Lone Wolf, Corcoran's Grill & Pub and Rose Mary are open until 11pm or later on at least one day of the week, according to the opening hours published in OpenStreetMap.

Which of these venues are step-free?

Dark Matter Coffee - Meddle, Little Wok, Afro Joe's Coffee & Tea, Lula Cafe and Cabra are tagged as wheelchair accessible in OpenStreetMap. Accessibility tagging is incomplete, so it is worth confirming with the venue.

How is this list ranked?

Venues are scored on the facts OpenStreetMap records about them - outdoor seating recorded, opening hours published, wi-fi recorded, non-smoking indoors, step-free access - and ranked by that score. A venue with no relevant detail recorded is left off the list entirely rather than padded in. Nothing on this page is a paid placement.

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