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Thrd Coffee in Bucktown is a multi-roaster specialty coffee shop founded from a pandemic coffee cart. Consistently good drinks, well-trained baristas, and a bright neighborhood space near the 606 trail.

The Center for Order and Experimentation in Ukrainian Village is part coffee shop, part curated retail, and entirely worth visiting. Here's what it is and why you should go.

Coffee Lab on Lincoln Avenue in Lakeview roasts small batches on-site and serves a rotating bean selection in a cozy, laptop-friendly space. A solid neighborhood stop, nothing more.

Sawada Coffee in Chicago's West Loop opened in 2015 from Japanese latte art champion Hiroshi Sawada. The pedigree is real. The execution hasn't matched it. Here's the honest take.

Prequel in Ukrainian Village curates good beans including Four Letter Word but the execution has been inconsistent. A fine neighborhood stop. Here's the honest take.

Dark Matter Caravanserai in Avondale is the most visually distinct location in the Chicago coffee collective, with a Mesoamerican theme, adobe warmth, and the same consistently good espresso program.

Dark Matter Electric Mud in West Town is a small, music-themed coffee shop near the Western Blue Line with a polka-dotted espresso machine and consistently good coffee from the Dark Matter collective.

Dark Matter Star Lounge is the punk offering from Chicago's Dark Matter coffee collective, with graffiti walls, pool tables, and a big back patio. Here's what makes it different from the other locations.

Dark Matter Osmium in Lakeview is a cyberpunk-themed coffee shop with eyeball murals, a back patio, and the same consistently good espresso as the rest of the Dark Matter collective.