Spoke & Bird Cafe (South Loop)

205 E 18th St, Chicago - 60616
227 reviews
Coffee & Tea Beer Gardens American
(929) 263-2473

Beautiful cafe with good ambience, friendly staff and good coffee. I wish customers would receive real mugs for dine-in.All drinks are served in single-use plastic cups.The amounts of unnecessary waste produced hurts to see.

Cute little neighborhood cafe with only outdoor seating available. Cafe serving great soups + salads, sandwiches, pastries, and all day breakfast options. The food was okay, nothing special. A great place to grab coffee with a friend if you live nearby in the neighborhood but I wouldn’t seek this place out.

Walked here from nearby hotel, easy walk and went through a nice park that this outdoor eatery is nice to. Weather was nice and made the experience great. I had their egg sandwich and was quite surprised with how much I liked it, I guess a farm to table should be able to elevate simple ingredients.

This is a fantastic woman run independent staff and shop offering fantastic beverages and food that can be eaten in the garden of this coffee shop. It is very dog friendly and you will often find a local residents coming here with their dogs to enjoy breakfast and a morning coffee. The staff are very helpful.

Love this spot, cute little courtyard with amazing food and drinks. Their breakfast BLT is one of my favorite breakfast sandwiches of all time. The mixed greens they serve with it always have a great dressing too. And I always look forward to their lavender lemonade every summer. My favorite way to start the day!! Their baked goods are all amazing too.

Great spot for breakfast in urban Chicago!Beautiful outdoor area, good, original coffee choices, and nice food. I had the grits bowl with turkey sausage, really tasty and good size. My wife had the vegetarian omelet which was small but very nicely done and worked well for her. That and two specialty coffees plus tip was $48 -- pretty good these days!

Lovely dining experience on their patio. Burger was surprisingly good(could have used a tiny more seasoning in meat). Side salad was good. Huge variety of beer for lunch. Overall maybe a bit pricey for what you get but quality and setting are there.

Lovely location, just at the side of the park. Great coffee and the BLT was spot on. Very popular, so service can be a little slow - just more time to relax and enjoy the chilled vibe!

I’ve been here many times. Never have I said “this is really good”. Always disappointed. Never will I come back.This time I had the classic breakfast sandwich. Ultra dry and bland. A $15 sandwich should taste like it came from heaven, not under the couch. Also the sandwich is half of a sandwich. I feel robbed.Last time I had the grits, and it tasted like punishment.The pastries are always average for a bougie price. I’ve had enough. Never again.

Only "food service heros" are allowed to eat at this restaurant! They tell you this after you order and tip them! Oh wait, they did offer that I could sit on the patio in 40° with rain and 20mph winds - while holding my 10 month old son. This place is a joke. So pretentious. So overpriced. So rude. Either be a restaurant or just close down. Don't be some bizzaro in-between business.