Coffee

Visit these award-winning coffee shops on National Espresso Day Saturday, Nov. 23.

Joliet City Council approved a plan for a Dunkin' along Collins Street that staff says could lead to traffic backing up onto Liberty Street.

Nicola’s Heavenly Cucina in Lockport, featuring Italian pastries, cookies and coffee, had it's grand opening on Saturday.

Starbucks is relocating to the former Sandberg building in downtown Wheaton

The Lockport City Council approved a special use permits and a site plan for a Scooter's drive-thru coffee kiosk at its meeting on Wednesday.

Rise and Shine Paddle will be held the morning of Thursday, Aug. 22. at the Will County forest preserve in Monee Township.

7 Brew Drive-Thru Coffee is officially coming to Huntley.

At its June 11 meeting, the Oswego Village Board agreed to sell land it owns at the intersection of Route 71 and Washington Street to developer HD 71 LLC for $35,000.

The Corner Grind did not previously have bakers on staff. The limited baked goods they offered were prepared by their baristas, so bakers Molly Fraser and Austin Dabbert have brought new life to the coffee shop’s menu.

For those craving a fresh cup of coffee, a grilled donut and an artisan craft, you can get all three at The Makers Cafe and Markets.

Dunkin’ now plans to build a drive-thru coffee kiosk at the intersection of Route 71 and Washington Street in Oswego after Scooter’s Coffee dropped its plans for the property.

The Joliet Police Department will take part in the Special Olympics of Illinois' Cop on a Rooftop event on Friday, May 17.

The independent coffee house is located at 1109 Ritter St., and is the fourth Krema Coffee Roasters, joining other locations in Plainfield, Lockport and Tinley Park.

Twenty-two businesses will serve coffee-inspired items.

Twenty-two Geneva businesses will be offering coffee-themed items.

Scooter’s Coffee has dropped its plans to build a restaurant near the intersection of Route 71 and Washington Street in Oswego.

You’ll find a delightful array of coffee shops, bakeries and cafes that will kick-start your morning on the perfect note.

Smarty Pants Cafe marks its first anniversary serving the Tri-Cities. The celebration kicks off with a game night on Thursday, March 14.

The Joliet City Council last week approved a drive-thru permit for the latest proposed Starbucks, which is to be built on Houbolt Road near the intersection of McDonough Street.

Next Starbucks coffee house slated for Houbolt Road in Joliet.

Smarty Pants Cafe, a science-themed coffee shop in Batavia, has enlisted the participation of several local schools for the ceiling art project and is eager for more participants.

Then City Council approved a drive-thru permit for a new Starbucks on Jefferson Street in Joliet, replacing a closed Bakers Square.

Krema coffee in Lockport and Plainfield and Oak + Bean Coffee and Wine bar in Oswego have some new mugs celebrating their local communities. The artist behind these mugs is Ashley Ann Klockenga, a Plainfield native who has made coffee mug art into a small business.

The Book and Bean Cafe will serve its last cup of coffee for Joliet library patrons later this month. Tammy and Grady Duckworth have run popular cafe since 2011.

But Book and Bean in Joliet was more than a community café. It was hub for local artists.

State Senator Meg Loughran Cappel will meet with residents at her Coffee and Conversation event from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday.

Biteable bakery opened its doors in downtown Lockport in August and has already amassed fans with their bite-sized bars other baked goods.

The plan before the City Council for the drive-thru coffee shop on Essington Road faced opposition from a neighboring preschool that has been there for 30 years.

National Coffee Day, the perfect day for people in Will County to celebrate America’s favorite beverage.

The rapidly growing national Scooter’s Coffee chain is coming to Rock Falls and Sterling via franchisee High Port Coffee, which also is considering a location in Dixon, High Porch’s director of operations said Wednesday.

7Brew plans to tear down empty Long John Silver's building and build coffee stand.

Plants such as these that have been left high and dry, so to speak, by the whims of climate change and evolution, are known as ecological anachronisms.

The coffeehouse elevates the breakfast and lunch experience with its views of the Fox River.

Between the beginning of fall this week and the cloudy weather, you deserve a steaming cup of coffee. These are the best five coffee shops in McHenry County, as voted by readers.

Jitters is located in downtown Joliet

Dawn Kincaid, of Lake in the Hills, opened Aroma Coffee & Wine, this month in downtown Crystal Lake, 77 E. Woodstock St.