This coffee shop in the South Loop serves food throughout the day. The relatively inexpensive menu includes a full breakfast, many vegetarian selections, grilled sandwiches, various desserts and several brands of beer and wine by the glass. Expect pleasant, efficient service. Rotating exhibitions of artwork adorn the walls. Occasional live music and poetry readings enliven the evening and help...
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photo: Elisabeth Kilpatrick Culinary skills clearly run in the family for Cafe Mediterra owner Mutaz Abdullah. Inspired by his "old man," as he says, who operates Hyde Park's Cedars of Lebanon, and his brother's Chicago Sultan's Market chainlet, Abdullah recently opened his own resto-coffeehouse hybrid. Cafe Mediterra resides in the South Loop's former Gourmand space, a coffee shop beloved...
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I don't know how this place got its "coffeehouse" of the year rating. Maybe they do fine of the basic drip order but even a sandwich seems to much for these guys to handle.
Inconsistent would be a kind word to describe the experience here. Sometimes you can get your order perfect in a matter of minutes. More often the wait is 15-30 minutes for a sandwich, and the order may not even be...
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Posted by stapaulova
on April 21, 2009, (Edited June 30, 2004)