While Caffe Streets is thrilled to be counted among the elite Third Wave coffee shops across the country, their primary objective is to provide an enduringly memorable experience for their patrons. These abiding memories are achieved through a three-pronged standard of aesthetic, culinary, and customer service excellence. The vibrant space is in perfect harmony with the eclectic, bohemian spirit of the surrounding Wicker Park neighborhood. Extensive storefront glass reveals the sleek bamboo interior seating area and the well-designed coffee bar to the streetscape. Marbled bamboo plywood is used to create custom communal tables, chairs, wall paneling and an organic sculpted ceiling inspired by the Baristas cappuccino creations. The Barrista Bar is illuminated by actual Chicago streetlights, back-lit perforated metal panels suggest the coffee filtering process, and custom stainless steel tools and tables create a laboratory environment for experimentation and perfection of their product. Communal tables and intimate seating, combined with a walk up coffee bar that encourages interaction with the Barrista reaffirm a symbiotic relationship at Caffe Streets, we are all in this together. As a member of the Specialty Coffee Association of America, they take a meticulous approach to their beverages through a combination of state-of-the-art equipment and superior ingredients. From the centerpiece, the top-of-the-line Synesso Hydra espresso machine, to the custom-built pour over bar, to the stately Hario cold brew dripper; this facility blurs the line between coffee bar and laboratory. Using premium beans from a rotating selection of local and regional roasters, along with high-quality milk and ingredients from vendors who share their commitment to excellence, they pursue perfection in every cup. This perfectionist ideology could never come to fruition without their highly skilled, approachable staff. The comprehensively trained baristas treat the exceptional equipment and coffees with due respect and use their expertise to churn out a world class product. This disciplined, artisanal approach to coffee is compounded with an impeccable customer service ethic. The team is as dedicated to providing friendly, efficient service as they are to engaging and educating; even hosting special home barista classes and intensives for customers eager to learn more. By offering consistently amazing coffee in a friendly, social atmosphere that harkens back to the Greenwich Village coffee houses of the 1960’s, Caffe Streets aspires to set the standard for all coffee shops in America’s Most Caffeinated City.