Fancy Plants Cafe
Cafe · Lakeview East
613 W Briar Pl, Chicago, IL 60657
Highlights
Vegan cafe serving breakfast, pastries, coffee & sandwiches
Vegan cafe serving breakfast, pastries, coffee & sandwiches
"Imagine a coffee shop that doesn’t upcharge customers for non-dairy products. Customers can have that and more at vegan chef Kevin Schuder’s cafe along Briar, just south of the busy Belmont and Broadway intersection. Schuder’s fine dining experiences come through with an assortment of vegan pastries that will have you question if it’s not butter. Be on the look out for the occasional pop-up dinner where Schuder stretches out his legs for a dose of vegan fine dining." - Marla Rose
"Fancy Plants Cafe, owned by Kevin Schuder, attempted to reach out to Foxtrot and Dom’s to connect them with the Great Chicago Food Depository for food donations, but has been unsuccessful. The owner expressed frustration over the lack of response and the decision to throw away food." - Ashok Selvam
"Fancy Plants Cafe, Schuder’s tiny Lakeview restaurant, is temporarily closed while the chef concentrates on Lincoln Park. Schuder yearned for a larger playground for his experiments, regularly holding pop-up dinners that showcased his talents for plated meals." - aimee.levitt
"Despite his elaborate multicourse dinners spotlighting cuisines from around the world — think Japanese, Greek, Korean, Italian, Spanish, and Burmese — with dishes ranging from housemade kimchi and spanakopita to mazeman (no-broth ramen), it’s chef Kevin Schuder’s burger that might actually make people sit up and take notice. Which is all the more ironic as the burger, like all the food Schuder makes at Lakeview’s Fancy Plants Cafe, is vegan." - Lisa Shames
"Walk-in diners would have a better chance at Fancy Plants Cafe, the vegan restaurant on Briar and Broadway." - Ashok Selvam
