Base Community Cafe

1200 W 35th St, Chicago
(773) 609-2347

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Genevieve Petruzzelli

What a lovely Cafe in the Bridgeport Fine Arts Center! Art work, really nice staff and good food!

Sean Vinson

Chef James and the Owner Paul offer 5 start service. I love the immediate welcoming energy to patrons they showed along with the kindness of the staff.

Musical selection is 👌 and the cold brew mocha with oat milk is a winning selection.
I had the grilled cheese with ham off the bone and while the flavor was solid, the texture of the freshly made sandwich was surprisingly a bit chewy. I suspect that the parchment paper used to wrap the sandwich was the culprit. Otherwise, really good.

Atmosphere is uplifted by the incredible artwork lined on the walls.

I hung around to knock out a ton of work and stumbled upon great conversation and networking opportunity. Definitely will return in the near future.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

R

Had the best poppyseed bagel in my life! Staff was very kind and the cafe itself had a really calm atmosphere - would highly recommend stopping in to do some work, plenty of places to sit/outlets.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

sianna Liu

The atmosphere is great, and everything is made to order. The only downside is that they don't have beef. But thankfully, there are other options. The view from the window is my favorite part—it's beautiful. The location is easy to find, and parking is very convenient. If the restaurant is full, you might have to wait a while for a spot. There's water available at the entrance. There aren't many surprises, but it's suitable for those who work nearby and want to grab a bite to eat.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Nickcole Bolden

This place is what I've discovered to be a hidden gem! It is quaint, a very nice atmosphere. Locals frequent this coffee shop. The menu is extensive with lots of great breakfast sandwiches, muffins etc....... I'm not a big coffee drinker, but I had the Lavender Latte and it was good! Great customer service!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Christina Tamayo

Their rebel sandwich is everything. So good!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

YASMINE FRANCO

Service was horrible and the owner was extremely rude. He was also degrading his employees in front of everyone. So unprofessional, will never go again.

Service: 1

Adam Zagata

My name was announced and walked up to a counter and grab the only drink that was there. Seconds later a male employee walked up hostile and made it a point to rudely explain how we took someone else’s coffee (well why you call my name when my drink was not there?) minutes later he decided to drop off the invoice (which I ended up paying) for the coffee I accidentally grabbed during my professional meeting. Customer service needs to improve as it did not make anyone at our table feel welcoming after standing in a line for 20 mins to make an order. Vibes were nice and coffee was good but I don’t plan on ever contributing to this business again. Situation could have been handled a lot better.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1

Michael

Me and my colleague came here for a professional meeting with a potential client. We ordered 3 coffees, he called our name and I asked if this was our coffee, he said yes. I grabbed the coffee and brought them back to the table.

The gentleman making the coffee proceeded to come to our table and tell me I grabbed the wrong one. I apologized but he was very rude. Then he proceeded to come back to our table and give us a receipt for the coffee I accidentally took. Very rude and completely throwing off the whole vibe of the meeting going forward.

I normally will not leave a bad review. I just won’t go back but he was disrespectful on two occasions.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 1

Mya Lewis

Really love it here

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mitch Bobbin

Very good coffee in the Bridgeport art center. My partner had a blueberry matcha latte and was pleased. Not overly sweet, or grassy.

I had a pistachio latte. It grew on me and can say I’d highly recommend! Nutty, and not overly sweet. Well balanced drinks overall

The ambiance inside is cool and industrious.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Celeste Thompson

The owners are nasty racists, and they’re dirty.

Turby Homewood

Whoever has access to this business’s Facebook page has been using it to post racist dog whistle comments on various news articles. Just a heads up ✅

Steven Davis

Making microagressive comments regarding a black man teaching a hip-hop elective course using their official facebook page. Do not waste your time here.

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

Elizabeth Avalos

Absolutely worst experience. The barista that attended to me was lovely but I witnessed the owner openly disrespect and threaten to fire them in front of me when they were being very patient and kind to me. So disrespectful and disgusting. Will not be supporting this business.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

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