Located in Chicago’s highly desirable Lakeview neighborhood, this established bagel café and deli offers a simple, easy-to-run operation with a strong reputation and consistent customer traffic. The shop serves a variety of bagels, breakfast and lunch sandwiches, coffee, espresso drinks, smoothies, salads, and light desserts—appealing to both daily regulars and new walk-in customers.

The café is fully equipped with a hood system, large walk-in cooler and freezer, multiple refrigeration units, spacious prep areas, and comfortable seating. All equipment is in excellent condition, with several recent upgrades including new flooring and a custom front counter. A large basement provides valuable storage and offers expansion potential for a dedicated catering kitchen.

Surrounded by dense residential buildings, retail shops, public transit, and steady foot traffic, the location is ideal for breakfast and lunch business. Current operations run limited daytime hours, leaving significant opportunity to grow through extended hours, increased catering, wholesale partnerships, or outdoor patio activation with landlord approval.

This is a turnkey, profitable, neighborhood café with strong online reviews, loyal repeat customers, and meaningful upside for a new owner-operator.