Looking for a cafe with good coffee and free wireless internet access in Fulton River District? Try the Starbucks at Jefferson and Lake, near the Green Line Clinton stop, in the West Loop. You can get a lot of work/study done here.
WIFI Hotspots with Coffee
This is a collection of café reviews (for the most part) – mainly independent coffeehouses, with a significant handfuls of Starbucks – with free WIFI, predominantly in Chicago. Each review aims to tell you whether or not the WIFI is good, the space lends itself to working (coworking) or studying, and/or whether the coffee is worthwhile. Plus, if there’s GOOD EATS to be had nearby, we do you a solid and hip you to it.
Free Wi-Fi in Rogers Park: Logon Chicago, Edition V
Beard-spotting and co-working while sipping coffee in a Rogers Park Starbucks cafe near the intersection of Columbia & Sheridan (just north of the Red Line Loyola stop). Along the way: a shout out to Dr. Who and the Jesuits, as well as an on-going search for a free Wi-Fi log-on and an electrical outlet in Chicago. Plus, some socio-cultural humor and a plug for Bop-N-Grill. Wow, that’s a lot … but I swear to you, it’s all good.
Coffee, Free WIFI: Ravenswood, Chicago
Looking for free wireless in Ravenswood? Get some work done while sipping a Colombia Tres Santos pour over coffee from Ch’ava Cafe, on Clark and Leland, in Chicago.
Illinois Bar and Grill
If you’re on the way home from MDW and find yourself hungry, you’ll find a bacon-laden hamburger the Illinois Bar and Grill calls “the best” on 47th Street in Archer Park, Chicago. I suggest you have it with a Blue Moon if you’re a beer drinker, and onion rings. In between the bar and Midway, if you need internet access, seek out Starbucks.
Free Wi-Fi in Uptown Chicago, Pt. 3
Baker & Nosh (Wilson at Malden) has internet access, great coffee, good food, and nice bathrooms. It doesn’t have as many electrical outlets as I wish it did, but I recommend logging on here nonetheless – especially when the patio’s open. The patio’s nicer than anything else you’ll find in Uptown.
Coffee, Free WIFI: Archer Heights, Chicago
A Starbucks cafe on 47th and Cicero in Archer Heights has all the coffee, co-working, study space, and internet access that your hard-working ass could hope for. Read this review.
Free Wi-Fi in Uptown Chicago, Pt. 2
Looking for a cafe with internet access? Do a little co-working or studying using the wireless internet at the Starbucks on the corner of Magnolia and Wilson, in Uptown (Sheridan Park) Chicago. There are plenty of outlets. When you’re done with your log-on, unplug and head over to Baker & Nosh to grab a bite.
Free Wi-Fi in Boystown: Logon Chicago, Edition III
In its Free Wi-Fi series, Make It Like a Man visits cafes throughout Chicago, and reviews them as work and study spaces for students, travelers, and people who work from home. This edition reviews the Starbucks in Boystown. In addition: a shout out to Treasure Island.
Coffee, Free WIFI: Lincoln Park, Chicago
In its Log On series, Make It Like a Man visits cafes, and reviews them as work and study spaces for students, travelers, and people who work from home. This edition: coffee, free wifi: Lincoln Park, Chicago. Next Door, Panera Cares, and Starbucks.