This morning Divvy Bikes came to our #31morgan corner of Bridgeport. Right between our original coffeehouse and Maria's and Pleasant House stands a new Divvy station — giving a much wider circle of people an easy and fun way to get some amazing food and drink!...
Our new sign was installed at the Roosevelt Collection in the South Loop. Grand opening to be announced soon! #rooseveltcollection ...
We heard a rumor that individuals in Hyde Park were less than enthusiastic about Bridgeport Coffee coming to the Hyde Park Art Center. The reasoning was supposedly due to Bridgeport's reputation as a discriminatory neighborhood. We feel the need to respond to this in a few...
It is with great sadness that we mourn the loss of Carissa Hinz. While she was volunteering at a nearby community event Friday night, she was killed by a hit and run driver. Our deepest heartfelt sympathies go out to her family and friends. She was...
Bridgeport Coffee is proud to announce our third coffeehouse location at the Hyde Park Art Center. "Founded in 1939, the Hyde Park Art Center is at once a contemporary art exhibition space, learning lab, community resource, and social hub for artists and art-curious alike." 2013 will...
The new 2013 harvest is now being roasted — and it is delicious. "One of the best El Salvadoran coffees we've ever served," says Mike Pilkington, owner and roastmaster of Bridgeport Coffee. "The secret may be that it was dried on raised beds, the traditional method...
The first roast of this year's harvest is Santa Josefita: the first direct trade relationship coffee imported by Bridgeport Coffee. Purchasing direct from growers is part of our company's mission — and our friendship with Santa Josefita's famers, the Lima brothers, is becoming stronger. This roast...
Bridgeport Coffee is proud to announce our second coffeehouse location at the center of the Roosevelt Collection, next to the ground level entrance of the Showplace Icon movie theatres. Although our roasted beans can be found throughout Chicagoland, we are delighted to offer a second location...
On Saturday March 2 we invited about a dozen El Salvadoran coffee farmers to meet with Chicago's finest specialty coffee roasters for a direct trade event. The idea was to connect small high-quality coffee farmers with the best roasters in the Midwest, so that they...