all spots
- Alinea Group — Lincoln Park
- AliveOne — Lincoln Park
- Back of the Yards Coffee — Back of the Yards
- Bayan Ko — Ravenswood
- Begyle Brewing — North Center
- Bernice's Tavern — Bridgeport
- Big Gay Sal's Pizza — Lakeview
- Big Shoulders Coffee — Pilsen
- Big Star — Wicker Park
- Billy Goat Tavern — River North
- Bridgeport Records — Bridgeport
- Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! — Lincoln Park
- Cafe Bionda — Near South Side
- Cafe Urbano — Irving Park
- California Clipper — Humboldt Park
- Calumet Fisheries — South Chicago
- Carnitas Uruapan (Gage Park) — Gage Park
- Carol's Pub — Uptown
- Chef's Special Cocktail Bar — Bucktown
- Chicago Bagel Authority — Lincoln Park
- Chicago Bagel Authority — Belmont — Lakeview
- Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder — Lincoln Park
- Chicago Waffles — South Loop — Near South Side
- Chop Shop — Wicker Park
- Club Lucky — Bucktown
- Cobra Lounge — West Town
- Colectivo Coffee — Lincoln Park
- Comfort Station — Logan Square
- Comrade Cycles — West Town
- Dante's Pizzeria — Logan Square
- Dark Matter Coffee — West Town
- Dawn A.M. Eatery — Hyde Park
- Devil Dawgs — Near North Side
- Dorothy Downstairs — West Town
- Dovetail Brewery — Ravenswood
- Dusty Groove — Ukrainian Village
- Easy Does It — Logan Square
- Eggy's Diner — Loop
- Empty Bottle — Ukrainian Village
- Estelle's — Wicker Park
- Fatpour Tap Works — Wicker Park
- Fatso's Last Stand — Ukrainian Village
- Fireside Bowl — Logan Square
- Gaslight Coffee Roasters — Logan Square
- Gman Tavern — Wrigleyville
- Goddess & The Baker — Riverfront — Loop
- Goodman Theatre — Loop
- Goose Island Beer Co. — West Town
- Great Lakes Tattoo — West Town
- Green Mill — Uptown
- Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ — River North
- Half Acre Beer Co. — Lincoln Square
- Handlebar — Wicker Park
- Hangry's — Belmont Cragin
- Hello Kitty Cafe — Loop
- Hero Coffee Bar — Loop
- Hexe Coffee Co. — North Center
- Hop Butcher For The World — North Center
- Hopewell Brewing Co. — Logan Square
- Hot Doug's — Avondale (closed)
- Illuminated Brew Works — Norwood Park (closed)
- In Good Spirits — West Town
- Intelligentsia Coffee — Loop
- Italian Village — River North
- Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams — Old Town
- Jim's Original — Near West Side
- Joe's Barbershop — Logan Square
- Kale My Name — Albany Park
- Kasama — Ukrainian Village
- Kitchen Karaoke — River North
- KookKook Khao Man Kai — Lincoln Park
- Lao Peng You (is/was brewing) — Ravenswood
- Layers Chicago — Wicker Park
- Leaders 1354 — West Loop
- Lem's Bar-B-Q — Chatham
- Loaf Lounge — Avondale
- Longman & Eagle — Logan Square
- Lottie's Pub — Bucktown
- Lula Cafe — Logan Square
- Magnifico Coffee — Avondale
- Manny's Cafeteria & Delicatessen — Near West Side
- Maplewood Brewery & Distillery — Logan Square
- Margie's Candies — Ravenswood
- Marz Community Brewing — McKinley Park
- Metric Coffee — West Loop
- Metro — Wrigleyville
- Metro / Smartbar — Wrigleyville
- Mi Tocaya Antojeria — Logan Square
- Middle Brow Beer — Logan Square
- Monochrome Brewing — Pilsen
- Mr. Beef — River North
- Murphy's Bleachers — Wrigleyville
- Music Box Theatre — Lakeview
- Nobody's Darling — Andersonville
- NoodleBird — Logan Square
- Off Color Brewing — Goose Island
- Osito's Tap — Little Village
- Parson's Chicken & Fish — Logan Square
- Pequod's Pizza — Lincoln Park
- Piece Brewery & Pizzeria — Wicker Park
- Pilot Project Brewing — Logan Square
- Pizzeria Portofino — River North
- Powell's Books Chicago — Hyde Park
- Quimby's Bookstore — Wicker Park
- RAYGUN — Andersonville
- Reckless Records — Wicker Park
- Reckless Records — Loop
- Reggie's Music Joint — Near South Side
- Revolution Brewing — Avondale
- Richard's Bar — West Town
- Riviera Theatre — Uptown
- Sando Street — Wicker Park
- Sawada Coffee — West Loop
- Scofflaw — Logan Square
- Shuga Records — Wicker Park
- Sip of Hope Coffee — Logan Square
- Soul & Smoke — Avondale
- Spinning J — Humboldt Park
- Stan's Donuts & Coffee — Wicker Park
- Stax Cafe — Taylor St. — Near West Side
- Steppenwolf Theatre — Lincoln Park
- Subterranean — Wicker Park
- Superdawg Drive-In — Norwood Park
- TE'AMO Boba Bar — Chinatown
- Thalia Hall — Pilsen
- The Alley — Avondale
- The Annoyance Theatre — Lakeview
- The Clark Street Dog — Lakeview
- The Hideout — Goose Island
- The Lodge Tavern — Near North Side
- The Owl — Logan Square
- The Salt Shed — West Town
- The Second City — Old Town
- The Warehouse — West Loop (closed)
- The Whistler — Logan Square
- The Wiener's Circle — Lincoln Park
- Three Dots and a Dash — River North
- Toro Sushi — Lincoln Park
- Unabridged Bookstore — Lakeview
- Uprise Skateshop — Wicker Park
- VietFive Coffee — West Loop
- Vito & Nick's Pizzeria — Ashburn
- Voodoo Doughnut (Fulton Market) — West Town
- WHINER Beer Co. — Back of the Yards (closed)
- Women & Children First — Andersonville