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Peach's at Currency Exchange Cafe

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305 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago

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Gotta love it! This is an excellent addition to this community. Great ambience, uniquely designed. Meeting various needs i.e. eating area, lounga(sofa) area, meeting area AND study area....wow!!! Food was great! Had the shrimp and grits with jamaican rum coffee(no rum ), my son had peach bourbon french toast. We also got a biscuit but it wasnt needed. Check out the pics showing this wonderfully designed spot.....Awesome

I park near here in order to catch the train and decided to pop in one Sunday with my family. I love that they kept the old brick, the painted original Currency Exchange sign. It has a old and familiar feel but also modern. My husband and I both ordered shrimp and grits. Our daughter ordered French toast with a side of bacon. My sister-in-law and niece ordered the Long Yard. My mother-in-law ordered the salmon omelette without capers. Originally my daughter wanted a parfait but...read full review
I read about the Currency Exchange Cafe in a book about social 'third' places and its origins. CEC was started by the Rebuild Foundation which had to goal of setting up spaces for arts, performances and culture. It changed hands about a year and a half ago and the menu was redone with the new ownership. The space actually DID used to be a currency exchange and there's still a lot of the old fixtures left, the sign hangs up in the back and the old and frankly, underused basement...read full review

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