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An Old Pilsen Garage Has New Coffee Plans

Official Café Jon interior photograph showing its vinyl wall, mounted scooters, and a car engine repurposed as a coffee table.

Café Jon has turned a longtime Pilsen auto shop into a coffee space with vinyl, vintage Chicago memorabilia, and an engine that now works as a coffee table.

Café Jon & Galleria
Where: 2002 W. 18th St., Pilsen
Hours: Tuesday–Sunday, 8 a.m.–6 p.m.
Website: Visit Café Jon

The café celebrated its grand opening September 6 after summer weekend service. Monday Coffee Company supplies the coffee, with house syrups including honey-rosemary and brown sugar vanilla. It makes an easy nearby stop before this week’s Festival del Arte Popular at the National Museum of Mexican Art.