The Other Side

135 Beardsley St, Crystal Lake
(779) 220-9843

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From the front door of The Other Side, you sense it: this isn’t a club, a bar, or a sterile clinic — it’s a sanctuary that’s reinvented what “going out” means for people in recovery. Daylight welcomes the aroma of fresh coffee in a relaxed café ambiance. Nightfall, and the same space quietly shifts into a sober-bar: mocktails stand in for old habits, and laughter, conversation, music, and community replace what once was.

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December 2025

This is a unique and amazing coffee shop, not just because it's a sober bar, because it has expert baristas, fun events, and meeting space for art, meetings and community gatherings. The staff is downright amazing! So is the coffee ☕

November 2025

I spoke with a Jessenia (I forgot how to spell their name, I'm sorry if that's incorrect), and she was very polite and helpful as I tried to order my drink. I like a chai from Starbucks but with soy milk, but they didn't have that, so she helped me to find what to use to make an equivalent to that, and it was delicious. I liked it befrer than the one I order at Starbucks.

July 2025

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