Chicago Roastery Design

A multi-sensory destination of epic proportions, the Chicago Roastery is five stories of coffee theater. Both workshop and stage, it is a three-dimensional window into the coffee journey. It's an honor to share this immersive experience with you in Chicago.

First Floor

Your exploration of our largest Starbucks® starts here. Find handcrafted coffee beverages, freshly baked pastries, exclusive gifts and our rarest coffees. Before venturing up to the next stunning floor, pause a moment to witness the coffee roasting in front of you.

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The Starbucks Reserve Coffee Bar in the Chicago Roastery

Starbucks Reserve Coffee Bar

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Two smiling baristas behind the counter of the Scooping Bar in the Chicago Roastery

Scooping Bar

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A foreshortened view looking down at the Chicago Roastery metal cask from the fourth floor to the first floor, with both clear and metal tubes transporting coffee, and a spiral escalator and some seating visible on the different floors

Cask

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Clacker Board

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The large roaster on the ground floor of the Chicago Roastery, with bags of coffee beans nearby, and a network of tubes transporting coffee beans to and from the roaster

Roaster

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Display tables with a variety of products, including coffee, drinkware, brewing equipment and apparel, plus a mannequin and whiskey barrel in the foreground

Handpicked at the Roastery (1F & 4F)

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Part of a multi-floor wall mural in the Chicago Roastery stairwell, showing coffee plant greenery and a person raking drying coffee beans outdoors into a large spiral shape

Mural

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Rectangular display of hundreds of colorful Starbucks Reserve coffee cards on a large wall, with "CHICAGO" spelled out within

Card Walls (1F & 4F)

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Second Floor

Whether you're in need of breakfast, lunch or a snack, you'll find the perfect foods to pair with our coffees at our Starbucks Reserve Café, featuring sandwiches made with artisanal breads, pastries, desserts and more

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Starbucks Reserve Café

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Third Floor

Join us here to immerse yourself in the art, science and theater of coffee. Experience coffee flights and creations, exploratory brew methods, gelato, espresso classics. Discover innovative coffee preparations showcasing the incredible flavors of Starbucks Reserve.

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The Experiential Coffee Bar in the Chicago Roastery, including a view to the floor above

Experiential Coffee Bar

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A large, geometric wall sculpture with a central circular shape with multiple spokes that are flush to the wall, and with words on the spokes that describe tasting components of coffee including "CITRUS", "SPICY" and "CHOCOLATE"