Blue Bottle Coffee

"Coffee snobs of Chicago, we give you two Blue Bottles. There’s one at Wolf Point Plaza on the river and another newer location in the Tribune Tower. This is a much-hyped coffee chain from the Bay Area with a focus on pour-over coffee, so seek them out when high-maintenance caffeine is the only thing that’ll help you be your most productive self. The Wolf Point location has other coffee drinks (like the chicory-heavy iced NOLA) and a few pastries, but the real draw is a large patio overlooking the river. Inside, there’s plenty of seating spread out across multiple rooms, wifi, and a quiet jazzy soundtrack to help make drafting your mid-year SMART goals more tolerable." - adrian kane, john ringor, veda kilaru

"Blue Bottle is a much-hyped (now somewhat ubiquitous) coffee chain from the Bay Area, with only two locations in Chicago. The one at Wolf Point Plaza has their usual pour-over coffee featuring smooth, low-acid brew, coffee drinks like the chicory-laden NOLA, and a few pastries, but the real draw is a large patio overlooking the river. Inside, there’s plenty of seating spread out across multiple rooms, wifi, and a quiet jazzy soundtrack to help make drafting your mid-year SMART goals more tolerable. Seek Blue Bottle out when high-maintenance caffeine is the only thing that’ll help you be your most productive self." - Veda Kilaru