Fancy Plants Cafe

Fancy Plants Cafe 100% Vegan café in Chicago, with Dark Matter Coffee, wonderful pastries, and thoughtful cooking.
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Special be SPECIAL at Fancy Plants Cafe this weekend.Come indulge with us! We ❤️ you Chicago!
09/06/2026

Special be SPECIAL at Fancy Plants Cafe this weekend.
Come indulge with us!

We ❤️ you Chicago!




HAPPY LABOR DAY WEEKEND! Fancy Plants is STILL OPEN, and the weather should be great for our patio, or you can kick it i...
09/05/2026

HAPPY LABOR DAY WEEKEND!
Fancy Plants is STILL OPEN, and the weather should be great for our patio, or you can kick it inside if you want to chill. We have summer drinks like our Peaches & Cream Matcha, we have sneaky fall specials like Pumpkin Spice Scones. And we always have our Croissant Breakfast Sandwiches.
Come check out the first vegan coffeeshop in the Midwest, and let our lovely staff take care of you. Hell yes, we’re open Monday too.

We ❤️ you Chicago!




Need a boost this weekend? Come grab a quick bite and cool off with a Fancy Plants cold brew and a breakfast sandwich, o...
09/03/2026

Need a boost this weekend? Come grab a quick bite and cool off with a Fancy Plants cold brew and a breakfast sandwich, or start feeling fall with a PUMPKIN SPICE scone.
Welcome to the tipping point!
We’re here to catch you.

Come say hi to us at Fancy Plants while we close out the season. Love You Guys!

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THANK YOU for the outpouring of support this week! Yesterday was one of our busiest days ever, and I want to thank our ...
08/30/2026

THANK YOU for the outpouring of support this week! Yesterday was one of our busiest days ever, and I want to thank our customers, our staff, and our manager Sarina for making it smooth. As many of you heard, I’m moving to Los Angeles in November. I’ve been talking with the employees at Fancy Plants about this since March. Our landlord is awesome, and we’ve been talking for a while too. I love that neighbors from East Lakeview have given us flowers, expressed deep gratitude for the character we bring to the area, and also express loss that the eccentric, q***r, ‘alternative’ cafe in the neighborhood may disappear.
We are exploring options for a vegan coffee shop to stay at 613 Briar!
It’s the staff that makes Fancy Plants Cafe what it is. I play coach, do legal paperwork stuff, and pay taxes. They literally do everything else; from the schedules, to the inventory, ordering, hiring, training, bakery specials, drink creation, opening, closing, cleaning.... you get the idea.
Yes, I deep cleaned the cafe with the staff last week, and made a Peaches & Cream drink. I opened the place with a Kickstarter for $20k, and pretty much lived at the cafe for a few years. But I’m more of a chef, less of a business person. I enjoy business now, but I would much rather focus on being a vegan chef, and blowing that spark into a 🔥

We’ve been so busy, and I am extremely proud of how our staff is handling it.
The 5-course dinners that Paula, Amethyst, Alex, and I are hosting are keeping me busy, and sold out much faster this week.
Thank You so much Chicago, thank the Fancy Plants staff when you see them, thank Sarina for making these croissants look extra nice, thank Diane Mejia/Mindful Baking and Diane for making gluten-free muffins for us for 7 years, thank Misericordia Hearts & Flour Bakery and Cafe for recently taking on our croissant pre-production, thank Big Shoulders Coffee for providing us with amazing beans, and even thank Tiago Pappas and Chicago Apartment Place for being awesome building managers and taking a chance on helping us open the first vegan coffeeshop in the midwest.

I’m really in love with Chicago, but also ready for the next chapter.

Have you tried our Peaches and Cream Matcha?We buy Mick Klug Farms peaches at the , macerate and strain them, and add o...
08/27/2026

Have you tried our Peaches and Cream Matcha?We buy Mick Klug Farms peaches at the , macerate and strain them, and add organic coconut cream!
We then mix with matcha and oatmilk.

Come check it out!
Send us some love at Fancy Plants Cafe

Our patio is open, and it’s beautiful.


Today is a good day to get some ‘work’ done on our patio! Perfect with a Shaken Cubano, or a Mick Klug Farms Peach Match...
08/24/2026

Today is a good day to get some ‘work’ done on our patio! Perfect with a Shaken Cubano, or a Mick Klug Farms Peach Matcha!


Lakeview East

Fancy Plants Cafe has Fancy Nachos today!Broadway is closed down for the last event of the summer, and we wanted to ma...
08/22/2026

Fancy Plants Cafe has Fancy Nachos today!

Broadway is closed down for the last event of the summer, and we wanted to make some Soyrizzo, Refried Beans, and Spicy Cheese Street Nachos for you to walk with!

We also have a Shaken Espresso Cubano with Coconut.

Come say hi! Fancy Plants has even more patio space and tables today, and the vibe is correct.

Love you Guys!

This weekend is a special Vegan Burmese collaborative dinner with our friend Chef Amethyst! Amethyst grew up cooking in...
08/21/2026

This weekend is a special Vegan Burmese collaborative dinner with our friend Chef Amethyst!

Amethyst grew up cooking in Myanmar, and once helped me cook a ‘Burma Superstar Tribute Dinner.’ We are featuring that famous tea leaf salad and Samusa Soup, but Amethyst is adding her own inspiration to this once-in-a-lifetime Collaborative Vegan Dinner Experience.

We have 2 seatings of this dinner on Saturday, and one on Sunday. The 5:30 seating each night is almost SOLD OUT, and the dinners will be on the patio, weather permitting!

Get these patio days in while you still can!

GF option available, $59.

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(Menu may be subject to small changes)

Shan Chickpea Tofu with Preserved Meyer Lemon Sambal
Classic Chickpea Tofu with Fried Garlic, Herbs, Homemade Sambal

Paratha filled with Burmese-style Dal
Served with Housemade Yogurt and Spice

Burmese Tea Leaf Salad
Tomatoes, Cucumbers, and Laphet (tea leaf) Lime Dressing, served with Fried Crispy Chickpeas, Shallots, and Sunflower Seeds for garnish, and Crisp Romaine

Burma Superstar-Style Samusa Soup
Housemade Fried Samusas and Chana Dal Falafel to add to our Umami-Rich Tamarind Broth, served with Shredded Cabbage, Cilantro, and Lime.

Coconut-Pandan Jelly
with Klug Farm Peaches

If you’d like to join us for this fun dinner, search for Fancy Plants in the Tock reservation app, or simply click the link in our bio.

Later!

SURF AND TURF CANDLELIGHT DINNER is happening at Fancy Plants Cafe this weekend, as our friends at Four Star Mushrooms a...
08/12/2026

SURF AND TURF CANDLELIGHT DINNER is happening at Fancy Plants Cafe this weekend, as our friends at Four Star Mushrooms are able to source some amazing lobster mushrooms for us this weekend.
We’re taking less reservations this weekend in case this dinner is indoors, but if the rain passes, expect another beautiful Chicago summer dinner on the patio.

There will be Truffle Arancini,
Heirloom Tomato Caprese with Cashew Mozzarella,
Roasted Pattypan Squash with Saag Pesto and Pumpkin Seeds,
and Seitan Steaks with Lobster Mushrooms, Potatoes, Pearl Onions, Green Beans, and Bearnaise.

Paula will be making a Pineapple Cherry Upside Down Cake, served up with Vaca’s Vanilla Ice Cream. :D

This dinner has a 5:30 seating this Saturday and Sunday, as well as an additional candlelight seating Saturday at 8:00 (almost sold out)

If you’d like to join us, simply search for Fancy Plants in the Tock Reservation app, or simply click the link in our bio!



Tonights dinner may be sold out, but there are still 5 spots available for New Edition Vegan Cheesemaking Class & Dinner...
08/09/2026

Tonights dinner may be sold out, but there are still 5 spots available for New Edition Vegan Cheesemaking Class & Dinner this Wednesday!
If you’d love to learn some vegan cheesemaking techniques, get a recipe book, and eat a nice dinner including Eggplant Parmesan, sign up for your class! This is fun for friends, and many coworkers come equipped with a bottle of wine to share, as well as an appetite! Fancy Plants will feed both your mind and your body. :D

We’ll be making:
1) Cultured Cashew Cream 2) Melon Seed Ricotta 3) Tofu Cashew Ricotta 4) Cashew Mozzarella 5) Cashew Burrata

And we’ll get to eat:
1) Burrata and Tomato Salad with Cucumbers, Red Onion, Olives, Basil and Mint
2) Ricotta and Toast with Cherries and Tarragon
3) Eggplant Parmesan with Ricotta and Cashew Mozzarella

PLUS, you’ll get to take home cashew cheese starter (for fermenting your own!) as well as a recipe book of the cheeses you made!

If you’d like to join us, simply search for Fancy Plants in the Tock Reservation app, or simply click the link in our bio.Inline image

Are you ready Chicago?

Address

613 W Briar Place
Chicago, IL
60657

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 4pm
Tuesday 8am - 4pm
Wednesday 8am - 4pm
Thursday 8am - 4pm
Friday 8am - 4pm
Saturday 8am - 4pm
Sunday 8am - 4pm

Telephone

+17738571588

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