Doma is a Croatian cafe in River North with great food.

This is a year-long pop-up at the Currency Exchange Cafe in Garfield Park, featuring different restaurants and artists.

Build Coffee is a great coffee shop in Woodlawn.

Hexe is a great coffee shop in Roscoe Village.

Kusanya is a coffee shop in Englewood.

Paulette’s is a market in Thalia Hall that’s good for groceries and grab-and-go sandwiches.

Foxtrot Market is like an upscale mini-mart with booze and breakfast sandwiches.

Pierre Gourmet is a French cafe in the bottom of the Peninsula Hotel.

Katherine Anne's is a sweets shop in Logan Square. Get the hot chocolate.

Bittersweet is a very good pastry shop in Lincoln Park.

Spoken is a small cafe in Ravenswood with great sandwiches and coffee.

Cellar Door Provisions is an excellent cafe and restaurant in Logan Square that’s useful for a lot of situations.

Pilot Project in Logan Square is a taproom with a bunch of small-batch breweries under one roof.

The Long Room is a craft beer bar in Lakeview that's great for an early in the game date or catching up with friends.

Ipsento 606 is a coffee shop with a full bar that's great for early in the game dates.

Fabcakes is an all-day cafe in River North with specialty pastries and sandwiches.