Chicago Coffeehouses

June Sawyers is an editor and journalist, and teaches at the Newberry Library. Her work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, NewCity, the Common Review, Third Coast Review, and Chicago Quarterly Review. Her books include Chicago Beer: A History of Brewing, Public Drinking and the Corner Bar and Chicago Portraits.

Foreword by Mary Schmich Introduction: A Short History of CoffeehousesWe Were All Strangers Once: The Rise of the Ethnic CoffeehouseBohemian RhapsodyA Joyful Noise: Music CoffeehousesHow Sweet the Sound: Church CoffeehousesCaffe LitHolding On: Coffeehouses and Social JusticeThe Coffeehouse Revival, Community, and the Public SquareCoffeehouses in the Digital Age Notes Bibliography AppendixA Subjective List of Midwestern Coffee SongsCoffee MottosA Moment in (Coffee) TimeAcknowledgments [tk] Index [tk]

"June Sawyers' deep dive into the history of Chicago coffee shops is a loving and valuable chronicle of the cafes that have been the creative hubs of artists, musicians, writers, and misfits for generations. She also weaves in this local emphasis with fascinating research into the global origins of the coffee phenomenon. Her words are as upbeat and energizing as a premium blend." --Aaron Cohen, author of Move On Up: Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural Power "Whether your taste in coffee tends toward plain black drip or elaborate six-ingredient and ten-steps-to-make, drive-the-barista-mad concoctions, Chicago Coffeehouses is the book for you. June Sawyers brews up a deep history of the coffeehouse, and a wide-ranging survey of vital culinary and cultural third places in Chicago. Every Chicago coffeehouse with a bookshelf needs this tome on hand." --Bill Savage, author of Chicago by Day and Night: The Pleasure Seeker's Guide to the Paris of America "Whether your taste in coffee tends towards plain black drip or elaborate six-ingredient and ten-steps-to-make drive-the-barista-mad concoctions, Chicago Coffeehouses is the book for you. June Sawyers brews up a deep history of the coffeehouse, and a wide-ranging survey of vital culinary and cultural third places in Chicago. Every Chicago coffee house with a bookshelf needs this tome on hand." --Bill Savage, author of Chicago by Day and Night: The Pleasure Seeker's Guide to the Paris of America