Madame Zuzu’s
Cafe · Highland Park ·
Global teas, vegan pastries, coffee, and unique retail items
Global teas, vegan pastries, coffee, and unique retail items
"Owned by Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan and partner Chloe Mendel, this suburban tea house in Highland Park is being transformed into a Tower Records tribute for the 30th anniversary of Siamese Dream, running Thursday, September 14 through Sunday, September 17 at 1876 1st Street. The plant-based teashop emporium and part-time record store — the newest iteration opened in 2020 — offers a wide array of vegan and gluten-free sandwiches, wraps, bowls, and freshly baked goods and will also sell a special beer brewed by Hop Butcher For The World. They’ll sell exclusive Tower Records merchandise and host back-to-back acoustic performances recreating the Pumpkins’ eight-song set from 30 years ago; tickets, which ranged from $345 to $495, went on sale and quickly sold out, and the show will be live-streamed (the venue previously raised $250,000 for victims of the Highland Park shooting)." - Jaison Chahwala
"The Highland Park tea house Madame Zuzu’s Teahouse, co-owned by Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan and partner Chloe Mendel, raised about $250,000 in July at a concert benefiting shooting victims." - Naomi Waxman
"A plant-based teahouse co-owned by Billy Corgan and Chloe Mendel, its second location (reopened in 2020) served as the site of a July 27 benefit concert called Together and Together Again that raised about $250,000 for a Highland Park victims' fund established by the Highland Park Community Foundation. Located a block from the parade grounds where the July 4 shooting occurred, the evening featured high-profile musicians — including Perry Farrell, who closed the show — was streamed live on YouTube to attract additional donations, and offered T-shirts and posters for sale to benefit the fund. Organizers framed the event as a community effort to come together, reclaim a sense of safety and support victims and their families." - Ashok Selvam
"The suburban tea shop in Highland Park will receive and display a restored classic neon sign bought at auction by its co-owner for her husband (the frontman of a famous rock band); the sign has been part of a running bit for the couple and will be removed from its longtime location, refurbished, and installed at the shop after being dark since 2020." - Aimee Levitt
"I note that this shop and cafe in suburban Highland Park is owned by Billy Corgan and his wife Chloe Mendel, and that it’s the partner on the tea-infused beer project tied to the Gish anniversary." - Ashok Selvam