In Pursuit of A Cold Quad
Posted by mark
I quaff an iced quad espresso each and every morning. This has been my habit for several years, thus I'm forever on the hunt for high quality coffee and talented, dedicated baristas. Upon moving to Chicago, I have found this combination oddly difficult to source. My pre-commute options are limited to Starbucks on Lincoln and Wilson. Or I could ride to Montrose and get off and go in to Bean and Bagel and then get back on. Instead, I ride the Brown, sans espresso, to Madison and Wabash—one stop before my actual stop at Randolph and Wabash. I exit early for Millennium Perk, on Madison just before Michigan Avenue. The coffee is great, the people (and setting) are nice, and it's an indie coffee shop making a go of it directly across the street from behemoth Starbucks. Plus, a Caribou Coffee is going in around the corner.
