Nice and spacious cafe with good drinks and excellent baked goods. Everything looks so delicious…read morethat, if you are like me, you might be tempted to try a lot of pastries in one go, but they are quite large and filling, so probably better to experience the menu over numerous visits. I got the BBQ pork bun and one of the bacon-wrapped pastries with an egg baked into the top. (I'm not sure exactly what it's called.) Both tasted great, and the bacon/egg one probably would taste even better heated up, but I wasn't sure if that was an option, and it was crowded when I visited so I didn't want to take up time at the counter. Hoping to go back soon!

FOOD I had their matcha pineapple bun. It was fluffy and not…read moretoo sweet, and although the bun was green, the matcha flavor did not really pull through. They still had a relatively wide selection of pastries available, even though I visited around 3pm. DRINKS They had a wide selection of coffee and tea drinks available for purchase. SERVICE The staff are kind and friendly! AMBIANCE Many guests were sitting and working/studying. PARKING Paid street parking is available at a limited capacity.

What a lovely place!!!!! I'm so happy I walked by and came inside on a whim. Bright, airy, open…read morespace, with plenty of room to walk around or sit in their cute chairs. Fun decor and lots of great menu items to choose from. Beau welcomed me and provided excellent service, and gave me a run down of the menu and options. I ordered the Blue Banana smoothie, which has blue spirulina, açaí, banana, grass-fed whey protein, cashew butter, coconut butter & almond milk. Wow!! It's the best smoothie I've ever had. Everything just blended so well together and the texture was perfect. Lot of cold pressed juice, cleanses, smoothie, oatmeal, and bowl options. I look forward to trying more!

I have never really been a smoothie girly but I had to stop by this place since I see it all the…read moretime! One of the things I love about coming here is the customer service because it's really great, especially from one of the really nice girls who works in the mornings on weekdays (I need to get her name and edit this review because she's so nice) and their oatmeal bowls are some of the best I've had and I'm pretty picky about my oatmeal. Another positive is they can do a 100% nut free smoothie because they have separate blenders for people that can't have nuts and I think that's amazing. I've seen places that mix nut and nut free in the same blenders and that's so dangerous / frustrating. I'll definitely continue coming here

Ahh! Pure Green had done it again. This is connected with the Printer's Row location which is about…read morea half mile west. Of course I had the Banana Nut Smoothie. The staff and service are always greenful.

I really hate to be negative but it's disappointing to spend $14 on a smoothie where you ask for no…read morewhey because of a dairy allergy and they add whey anyway (didn't notice until I got home). Also, I think from a sanitation standpoint if employees do not wear gloves while handling food they should at least wash their hands after being on their phone. It is clear that the employees are not well trained or well paid, which is disappointing given how much they charge for the smoothies.

Stumbled upon this location near my hotel. Previously had only been to the Streeterville location…read more This one has a ton of seating, with great service. And good food that comes out quick. Excellent visit!

I had breakfast at Yolk for the first time since 2013 and, I can confirm that it (sadly) hasn't…read morechanged since my last visit. We visited on a busy Sunday morning around 11am. It was buzzing with diners, so it took about ten minutes to be seated. Our waitress was really nice and very attentive. I don't recall her name, but she was a young, Indian lady. She had a radiant smile and sunny disposition. She didn't rush us and took the time to ensure that she had gotten our order correct. i ordered the hash browns, eggs, bacon and toast. The eggs were great but everything else left something to be desired. The bacon had a lot of gristle on it and was very salty. The hash browns weren't cooked enough. They weren't browned at all, and the toast wasn't toasted enough. It was also chewy and much harder than I would have expected. My sister ordered the corned beef hash. She was disappointed because there was very little corned beef! It was mostly hash browns... she said if she'd known that the serving was so small she would've ordered it as a side. She felt the same way I did about the hash browns and toast. They also charged her $4 for a toddler-sized glass of orange juice. I understand that it's freshly squeezed, but the size was a complete rip-off. The environment is louder than most restaurants, but it's comfortable. The bathroom was also clean. My sister wanted to let the waitress know that the corned beef serving was minimal so she could warn other patrons before they ordered it. She genuinely wasn't trying to get a discount, but the waitress insisted on mentioning the complaint to her manager. She was very apologetic even though it wasn't her fault. Anyway, our waitress comes back and says that the manager had taken the corned beef off the bill. That was unexpected and a very nice thing to do. My sister gave the waitress a fifteen dollar tip as a result. It turns out that Yolk still isn't my cup of tea. Give it a try though. Maybe it'll be yours...

Used to come here for college when I had the rare dollar or ten to blow, and I'm so glad to say…read morethat it still tastes just as good. You gotta get the cheese sauce with your fries. Unless you're lactose intolerant there's no excuse, and even then I'd still say it'd be worth it. Try not to get eyes bigger than your stomach- as delicious as the food is, you end up feeling the food coma much sooner than other restaurants.

This is a very nice spot inside and the service is great as well. It does have that old school…read morefamily oriented diner feel and was busy with families/groups around 1pm on Monday. The food was just OK in my opinion. I got the Zenith which is pastrami and corn beef on three slices of rye with swiss cheese and thousand Island. It was just ok, they pile the meat on the rye bread to where it does look like a lot, but it really doesn't seem like much when you spread it to all sides of the bread. The sandwich I got came with very mediocre pickle and a side of coleslaw, which was also very mediocre. One plus is they fry all of their fried foods in beef tallow, but they use frozen fries so I say that defeats the whole purpose of using a high-quality ingredient to fry. I came in because I was curious, when I walked by a few weeks ago, it was busy. After seeing pictures of their sandwiches, I wanted to try a corn beef sandwich to compare to others I've had. They serve breakfast all day, but I was told they would prefer I ordered lunch if possible, luckily I wanted lunch but they did say they would still serve breakfast if I wanted. Kinda an odd thing to say. The menu is pretty big like a nfl play sheet and takes up a lot of space when looking at it. Over all, it's a nice place with good service. Plenty of seating options from the bar (they serve alcohol and wide variety of pops and shakes) and a variety of booth tables. The food didn't blow me away or anything and I thought it was kind of bland. Maybe I'd go for actual breakfast next time but it may just be if I can't find anything else, which this place is usually open. The place 4 stars, the food 3.5.

Connected to our Best Western Grand hotel, convenient location for us to get a quick fresh pastry…read more I noticed this place is a chain, because we saw these stores all around Chicago including Chinatown. My daughter loves strawberries and tried the strawberry croissant and enjoyed it. I tried the hash brown ham and cheese croissant, because I prefer savory over sweet. I did not enjoy it. I had to take it back to the counter to have it warmed up, it still wasn't that warm . It would taste better warm, so I would not recommend this savory pastry. The ketchup on top did not accompany the pastry well. I was not impressed. I'd try this place again, but definitely get something different. Pros: the individual pastry tongs to grab your pastry and then you take it the counter so they are cleaned, this keeps it very clean.

Absolutely love Paris Baguette. Every time I go there's something new to try and it's always…read moredelicious. The pastries on display open for customers to pick exactly which pastry they want, then it's brought to the counter to check out. It's my go-to for a sweet treat and friends & family always ask to go when they visit.

We love Flo & Santos' deep-dish pizza takeout. This time (Feb 2026), we got friends together for…read moretavern-style pizza ... shaped like a heart for Valentines Day! Silly, fun, and soooo tasty! We started with their Saturday special: a $20 bucket of 5 Polish beers. (Or you could get American beers.) To let everyone taste them all, we asked for glasses, which they brought frosty-chilled. The Tyskie Gronie is a golden color lager with a light hoppy flavor. The Warka Classic is more coppery in color, a little bready or malty, with some light herbal lemony flavors, with a drier finish. Okocim "O.K. Beer" is a pilsner, a bit floral and sweet, crisp, and lightly but sharply hoppy. These were great frefreshing pizza beers. They also had a wide range of beers from crafts to midwest standards. We also showed them the recipe for Orange Crush, invented in Ocean City, and Maryland's Official State Drink since Jun 2025. Hey, they've got a shandy on their menu, so we can order our fsvorite summer drink if we want during Chicago "false spring" heat wave this week :-) We shared appetizers of calamari and pierogis. The $17.50 calamari was tender and hot, lightly coated with crisp flakey salt and pepper crust, with spicy marinara for dipping and lemon to brighten the flavors. We cut the tender seared $13 pierogis to share the thinly wrapped potatoes & cheese, meat, and sauerkraut & mushroom, with sides and servings of homemade bacon-specked sauerkraut, sour cream, and applesauce. We would have ordered more of the peirogis, to have more than a few halves per person, but there was pizza work to do! Flo & Santos is (are?) serious with their tavern-style pizza! The crust is terrifically thin, like Italian piada bread, cooked crispy crunchy like a cracker, and cut into squares for sharing :-) Of course covered with all kinds of creative toppings, and red marinara sauce, or garlic cream white sauce, or no-sauce! We got the heart-shaped Valentines Feb 13-15 special with thin-cut pepperoni, lightly spicy and cutely relaxed about the exact shape :-). We added Nama's Veggie pizza, generously covered in tender sweet spinach, fresh tomato, bitey diced onion, chunks of sweet juicy green pepper, and a scattering of black olives and mushrooms for umami flavoring. Quite a marvelous collection of flavors. And we went a little wild with Marco's Italian Beef pizza! Don't shy away. They didn't imitate that classic Chicago sandwich. Instead, they lay that savory thin-sliced beef over tomato marinara pizza-sauce, then add a flsvorful zingy hot giardiniera, and make it even richer with fire-roasted tomatoes and caramelized onion. I think we got the $29 14-inch size of each pizza, plenty of deliciously-topped crunchy pizza for our group of six adults and three children, with some wonderful leftovers to take home :-) For a special dessert, they offered a super-cute whipped-cream-decorated heart-shaped strawberry $6.50 gelato with a chocolate-covered strawberry. When we saw the one, we shared several more around the table. A lovely refreshing finish. loved the food and drink, and the friendly attentive staff. We showed up without a reservation at 4:20pm on a Saturday, and with little waiting, they assembled a table for our group of nine. As we left two hours later, they were setting up a table for 20! We found street-parking pretty easily nearby for one car, and most of us arrived about two blocks away at the Roosevelt stop on the Orange, Green, and Red "L" lines. Come get your excellent Tavern-style thin-crust pizza!

I have been to Flo & Santos a few times, and it's an okay place to grab a drink or some nosh…read more The only thing I don't care for a ton is that they seem to not want to collect for individual drinks when paying cash, but then it's awkward during shift change. It makes it a "one and done" place for me, which, funny enough, two different bartenders have asked me if my drink is one and done when they see I am paying cash. They do have a large outside seating area and some okay specials during the week. Bartenders are usually pretty attentive, but I cannot help but think they cater more to regulars sitting at the bar than others who are just popping in.

Buttercup in the South Loop is an absolute gem, especially if you're even remotely into amaro. The…read moreselection is unreal, like the kind of list that makes you pause and realize you're about to learn something whether you wanted to or not. It's curated in a way that feels intentional, not just "we stocked a bunch of bottles." You can tell whoever built it actually cares. And shoutout to Axel behind the bar, because she is amazing. Friendly, dialed in, and genuinely knowledgeable without doing the annoying bartender thing where they make you feel dumb for asking questions. You can tell she really enjoys working here. She makes a fantastic Negroni. Great vibe, great drinks, and the kind of place you immediately want to make "your spot."

It's nice to have another coffee shop in south loop and this place is very cute! Cozy vibes and the…read moreservice is nice and fast enough. My friends and I each tried their specialty drinks and i got an everything croissant. We had high expectations because everything looked so good on the menu. Unfortunately none of us particularly enjoyed anything we got. All of our drinks just tasted like milk (both iced and hot options) and my croissant was oddly sweet because of the filling and I didn't love that. The pastries are actually being shipped in from elsewhere (they have exactly the same one in coffee shops out in Naperville too lol). Which leaves nothing special here. It's also very small so it gets crowded and swamped pretty fast. You're really constantly stepping out of someone's way when you're just waiting for you order, so that's not ideal either. Likely won't return.

Clean friendly environment Have a great choice of…read moreproducts. Counter personnel friendly.

The South Loop Market has a convenient location on Michigan Avenue. They carry most categories of…read morenecessities. Variety is slightly lacking if you are looking for a specific brand. As anticipated, prices are higher than your typical grocery store, but it serves a purpose, especially if you're tired and don't want to go far away.

This was my fiancé and I's first stop once we arrived in Chicago. It was recommended to us from a…read morefriend. I was skeptical at first because it is a local chain, rather than a singular location. However, it lived up to the hype. Service: it was extremely busy when we came in. The line was almost out the door. They have a system in place for ordering and seating so it worked well and fast given how busy they were. We didn't have any questions on where to order or where to stand when waiting for a seat. The staff were friendly and helped us find a spot to sit at. Ambiance: classic cafe in a city. Loud chatter, but it's a vibe. Very colorful and fun interior with cool textural elements. We had a seat that was facing the street so it was fun to people watch as we sipped and ate. Food: amazing breakfast selection! We ordered the morning sandwich and barbacoa bowl. The morning sandwich had THICK scrambled eggs which were super soft and tasty. I could've used more salsa verde on it. The bread was barely toasted. I'd rate the sandwich a 3.8/5. It got the job done. The barbacoa bowl was "really good" according to my fiancé. A great source of protein, fresh ingredients, nice flavor, and great portions. He would rate it a 5/5. Coffee: I am a coffee snob so I am quite harsh when it comes to reviewing it. Their machine is a cute La Marzocco. Appropriate sized "for-here" glasses according to the drinks. Plus, they were really cute. Wide variety of drink selection from your standards to the more girly-drinks (if there is such a thing). We ordered a cappuccino and small hot mocha. Latte art 4.5/5, temperature 5/5, flavor 4/5. The espresso didn't stand out to me, very standard flavor profile. However, the chocolate in the mocha was delicious. It's more of a rich, dark chocolate. Nice thin layer of foam. Would recommend to try at least once when you're in Chicago! Glad to have stopped in.

I walked over from my hotel right at the time they opened, and it was raining. There was no line,…read moreonly a handful of people waiting for their order. I got the pistachio croissant, shakshouka pastry, and berry crunch oatmeal. It took about 20-25 minutes, which made no sense because the pastries are in the case and the oatmeal......is oatmeal. I suspect they opened without having all of their prep done because the delay made no sense. Their staff looked frantic. The croissant wasn't filled, it just had pistachio cream on the top with a couple of nuts. I would order the shaksouka pastry again. The egg was cooked well, and the tomato was very good. They were supposed to heat it up, but it wasn't warm.