Bond Coffee Collective

Bond Coffee Collective, Opening Tomorrow, Aims to Make Kosher Food Cool | Eater Chicago

"From the owners of Fairgrounds Coffee & Tea, this new West Rogers Park cafe is a family- and community-focused gathering spot that seats about 40, features a large patio and a drive‑thru, and offers a cozy, playful interior with a refurbished payphone booth, fireplace, decorative plants, oversized Jenga and Connect 4, plus an outdoor fire pit for roasting marshmallows. The drink program highlights local roaster Passion House Coffee (classic espresso and draft cold brew), Rishi iced teas, creative specialties like a color‑changing “Purple Matcha Potion” (sweet matcha, butterfly pea flower tea, coconut milk), and smoothies including a “Berry Oat.” Light fare ranges from six toasts — notably an avocado multigrain toast topped with strawberry, mango, Thai basil, balsamic and chia — to a tofu bahn mi with marinated tofu, ginger‑soy aioli and pickled vegetables, along with pastries, salads and bowls such as a tropical acai bowl (pineapple, mango, acai, banana, coconut, chia and flax). The owners emphasize personal ties to the neighborhood (the shop is named for one co‑founder’s mother and sits near the other co‑founder’s grandfather’s former home) and deliberately operate at the highest level of kosher certification, observing Chalav Yisrael — strict kosher dairy standards that require supervised milking by a mashgiach — so observant families can dine without concern." - Naomi Waxman