CHICAGO — Working from home is good — that is, if we can get any work finished during home.
While it can be relaxing to be out of a office, staying home can be distracting. But don’t worry, we can help: We asked Block Club’s reporters — who work out of a neighborhoods they cover each day — to share their favorite spots to work, accommodate with people and can squeeze a punch to eat or a coffee during a day.
Whether you’re looking for a bustling cafeteria that’ll assistance we stay energized or a still mark to concentration with a crater of coffee, we’ve got we covered.
Here’s what a reporters suggest:
Chatham
Whitney Young Library
“The librarians are unequivocally nice, and if we need a quieter place to work we can use your label to lease out one of a investigate bedrooms for free.”
– Jamie Nesbitt Golden
Where: 415 E. 79th St.
Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, noon-8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sundays
Edgewater
Fireside Restaurant and Lounge
“If it’s a finish of a work day a flattering chill place to squeeze a splash and a punch is Fireside Restaurant Lounge, 5739 N. Ravenswood Ave. While it doesn’t open until 4 p.m., a bar and kitchen stay open until 4 a.m., that is good for anyone operative a late shift. The menu has pig chops, burgers, crab cakes and, on occasion, pho — that is good when it’s subzero outside. The happy hour specials during a week are also flattering good and a bar isn’t too swarming until after in a evening.”
– Alex Hernandez
Where: 5739 N. Ravenswood Ave.
Hours: 11 a.m.-4 a.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 a.m. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-4 a.m. Sundays
Englewood
Kusanya Cafe
“Good vibes, good people, good coffee. After your second visit, you’ll feel like a unchanging during Kusanya Cafe. Seating’s so accessible you’ll unequivocally leave with a new crony or two. If we do go, get there early adequate to get a spot.”
– Jamie Nesbitt Golden
Where: 825 W. 69th St.
Hours: 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday
Garfield Park
Garfield Park Conservatory
“The Conservatory competence be a best place in a city to do some writing, generally on a cold winter day. While a city outward competence be solidified and dry, and all a trees barren, a Conservatory is always immature and sensuous underneath a climate-controlled potion dome. we like to set adult during Horticulture Hall, where there are tables to work during and free, surprisingly discerning WiFi. And there’s no improved approach to take a brief mangle for some artistic impulse than by holding a wander by a botanical collections in a Conservatory’s palm room, dried residence or fern garden.”
– Pascal Sabino
Where: 300 N. Central Park Ave.
Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Tuesday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday-Sundays
Hyde Park
Cafe 53
“When we consider of cafes, food options don’t indispensably come to mind first. Maybe we can find a few finger foods, a integrate baked products or a peculiar breakfast sandwich, yet coffee is customarily a star of a show. Cafe 53 flips that thought on a conduct (though a coffee drinks are top-notch, too). The volume of food options in this tiny emporium is ridiculous: From kufta and Cajun duck sandwiches to outrageous pastries and a far-reaching accumulation of vegan choices, it’s tough to find a improved place to eat and work. Remember this cafeteria in a warmer months, too — there’s zero improved than operative out of a relaxed behind square with a crater of gelato, surrounded by aged Chicago bricks.”
– Maxwell Evans
Where: 1369 E. 53rd St.
Hours: 8 a.m.-9 p.m. daily
Mesler Lounge during a Sophy Hotel
“If we adore grand design and accessible fireplaces, this corner is for you. Avail yourself of one of a gentle chairs or couches while enjoying a splash (non-alcoholic even!) from a bar and watch your capability soar during a Mesler.”
– Jamie Nesbitt Golden
Where: 1401 E. 53rd St.
Hours: 7 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday and Sundays, 7 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday
Irving Park
Backlot Coffee
“A good coffee emporium to work with friends is Backlot Coffee. They’ve got a good chi latte and vegan donuts from Do-Rite Donuts. They also have a long, common list that is good for groups, a parking lot and a cafeteria is right by a CTA’s Irving Park Blue line stop. Oh, and they have a printer for when we don’t have ink or paper during home.”
– Alex Hernandez
Where: 3982 N. Avondale Ave.
Hours: 6 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday
The Cabin during Old Irving
“One low-key bar to hang out during and do some work is a The Cabin during Old Irving. The bar is embellished out like a winter ski lodge, that is ideal for Chicago winters, and it opens during 11 a.m. Beers are flattering affordable and they also have pizza and pretzels with cheese salsa if you’re hungry.”
– Alex Hernandez
Where: 4104 N. Pulaski Road
Hours: 11 a.m.-2 a.m. Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Saturday-Sunday
Cafe Urbano
“When I’m not operative from my cot or typing adult records while in my car, we like to lay down and have a coffee during Cafe Urbano. The avocado BLT is my go-to lunch with a black coffee. They’re always personification good song like The Strokes or Lauryn Hill, and it’s a flattering good place to work alongside a crony or two, yet it can get crowded.”
– Alex Hernandez
Where: 4176 N. Elston Ave.
Hours: 7 a.m.-4 p.m. daily
Lincoln Square
Geraldine’s
“Another coffee emporium is Geraldine’s. It’s flattering still and there’s customarily a chair or dual accessible even during a lunch rush.”
– Alex Hernandez
Where: 4743 N. Lincoln Ave.
Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. daily
Logan Square
Buzz Coffee Roaster and Baker
“There are so many coffee shops to select from in Logan Square, yet Buzz is among a best. It has desk-like setups in a front, that is extraordinary when we need to get a lot of work done. And it’s always quiet. Plus, they make a meant prohibited chocolate (I don’t splash coffee!) and a baked products are tasty. Rosemary sea salt cookie, anyone?”
– Mina Bloom
Where: 2779 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Hours: 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday
Gaslight Coffee Roasters
“Gaslight is my go-to for a few reasons: It’s mainly located (in Logan Square, where we do a lot of my reporting), it gets a lot of healthy light and a food is to die for. Seriously. The fungus toast is incredible. It does get utterly busy, yet if you’re propitious adequate to obstacle a table, you’ll never wish to leave. Oh, and a eavesdropping is good, too. It attracts a lot of would-be screenplay writers and academics arguing over theories and such.”
– Mina Bloom
Where: 2385 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Hours: 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday-Sunday
North Lawndale
Douglass Library
“The library is new and neat after a new redesign. It’s a lot some-more complicated and gentle than a old-school libraries of a past. The corridor has a skylight that keeps a place splendid and airy, creation it a ideal sourroundings to stay focused. And a library is good and quiet, so we have no choice yet to be prolific while you’re there.”
– Pascal Sabino
Where: 3353 W. 13th St.
Hours: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sundays
Pilsen
Step Down Cafe
“Among a handful of Pilsen coffee shops, one of my favorite places to get work finished is Step Down Cafe. I’m mostly using around a neighborhood, so we can park nearby a cafeteria and conduct out when a story calls. They have a accessible staff, gentle booths, a few high tops and bar seating. They have an implausible mazapan latte and glorious cafeteria de olla! Plus, they only updated their food menu, that includes breakfast sandwiches and wraps, tortas, and a few other items. If we haven’t been, we suggest we check them out.”
– Mauricio Peña
Where: 2023 S. Racine Ave.
Hours: 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays
Ravenswood
Sulzer Library
“Another good mark is Sulzer Library. Libraries are good for when we only need a still place to consider while we work though wanting to buy a coffee in sequence to hang out.”
– Alex Hernandez
Where: 4455 N. Lincoln Ave.
Hours: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sundays
South Shore
South Shore Brew
“This Black-owned coffee emporium was my breakwater when we initial changed to Chicago. Maybe it’s best to come to South Shore Brew on a lighter day of work, as you’re firm to get held adult in review with someone (or many someones) we know if we live in a neighborhood. The baristas hoop a music, and something good is always personification — we appreciated visiting one day and conference Solange’s ‘A Seat during a Table’ front to back. Shout out to Giovanni a barista, a gifted artist who is behind many anniversary creations on a menu and is always discerning with recommendations for fun events around a city.”
– Maxwell Evans
Where: 7101 S. Yates Blvd.
Hours: 6:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily
Uptown
Everybody’s Coffee
“In a area abundant with coffee shops, this is simply my go-to. Everybody’s Coffee has copiousness of seating and a sound turn is only right — not distractingly shrill and not so still a phone call would chuck off a room’s vibe. Plus, a coffee and baked products are on point.”
– Joe Ward
Where: 935 W. Wilson Ave.
Hours: 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Sundays
The Green Mill
“Did we know a mythological jazz night bar opens during noon? At night, The Green Mill is bustling with area folks, jazz heads and tourists. During a day, however, it’s a still area bar with copiousness of seating and bar space to concede for reading or writing. There’s no wireless internet accessible during The Green Mill. But if we need a still place for a meeting, or some waste to accumulate your thoughts, The Green Mill is an iconic plcae that can’t be beat.”
– Joe Ward
Where: 4802 N. Broadway
Hours: noon-4 a.m. Monday-Friday, noon-5 a.m. Saturdays, 11 a.m.-4 a.m. Sundays
West Loop/Fulton Market
Hoxton Hotel
“Love operative from a comfy couch? Hoxton Hotel’s run has we covered. Laptop warriors can suffer coffee, tea and pastries during a mini coffee bar or squeeze a punch from Cira, a Mediterranean restaurant, on a hotel’s run floor. One thing is for sure: You won’t feel alone as we chip divided on that to-do list.”
– Mauricio Peña
Where: 200 N. Green St.
Hours: 24/7
West Town
West Town Library
“I get some of my best essay and investigate finished in a West Town library. The library is inside a Goldblatt’s Building, a unequivocally ancestral square of Chicago architecture. The categorical area has several college-sized investigate desks, so we can unequivocally widespread out with your laptop, headphones, snacks, papers, etc. The WiFi is good and outlets are plentiful. Need a mid-day meal? Look no serve than Chicago Avenue’s array of mom-and-pop taco shops. Need to step outward for a phone call? Grab a coffee subsequent doorway during Six06. Or, if we wish to widen your legs on your coffee break, travel a few blocks to Standing Passenger.”
– Hannah Alani
Where: 1625 W. Chicago Ave.
Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, noon-8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Saturday
Wicker Park
Volumes Bookcafe
“I adore Volumes for several reasons. It’s mainly located in Wicker Park, nearby a Damen Avenue Blue Line stop. The emporium is still adequate to get work done, even yet it doubles as a present and bookstore. The owners of Volumes are unequivocally plugged in to a community, so if you’re looking for something to do this weekend, check out a array of eventuality fliers nearby a front door. The WiFi is discerning and reliable. The drinks are fantastic. I’m a personal fan of a matcha latte with oat milk, yet we can’t go wrong no matter what we order. And, given you’re in a present store, we can finish a workday by grabbing locally-made art, earrings or reading materials!”
– Hannah Alani
Where: 1474 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Hours: 9:30 a.m.-9 p.m. daily
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