Beans & Bagels Information

Beans & Bagels is an award-winning* independent café and bakery serving Chicago's Lincoln Square and Ravenswood neighborhoods. We offer a unique combination of (mostly) organic directly traded specialty coffee paired with food prepared with seasonal and locally sourced ingredients. Beans & Bagels strives to make a positive environmental impact on planet Earth by being a model business in reducing our waste to zero, decarbonizing our operations, and embracing a circular and regenerative economic model. Environmentally minded, quality focused, and community centered, we dedicate ourselves to baking fine viennoiserie, preparing good food and quality coffee, and making the world a bit better day-by-day. * Green Restaurant Association 3 Star Rating Retained 2024 * Blue Standard Certified Plastic Free 3 Star Rating 2023 * Chicago Circular Economy Leaders Network Member 2022 * Slow Food USA Snail of Approval Award 2021 * Green Restaurant Association 3 Star Rating Retained 2021 * Chicago Reader's Best of Chicago Reader's Poll 2021 * Chicago Food Bracket Best Bagels 2021 * Green Restaurant Association 3 Star Rated Restaurant Awarded 2018 * Time Out Chicago's Love Chicago Award Runner Up 2016