Intruducing Shrubs to our Printers Row menu this Autumn!
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Read our 2024 Sustainability Plan for our Oceanic Global Blue Certification
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Why it really does make a difference to be sustainable
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Kate Vrijmoet of necessary & sufficient coffee® will receive the Corporate Woman of Achievement Award at Women Mean Business®: NAWBO Chicago's Regional Entrepreneurial Conference & 41st Annual Fundraiser.
The Corporate Women of Achievement are named by their respective firms as one who has overcome obstacles to climb to extraordinary heights in her company while bringing other women along with her. She has accomplished extraordinary deeds in her company while paving the way for other women to follow.
I am deeply honored by this recognition from my peers. I could not have grown my company without the support of myriads of women, as well as the investment and grace from First Women’s Bank. -Kate Vrijmoet
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You might be wondering what exactly is third wave specialty coffee, and how is it different from its predecessors? Well, here is the short shot version — let us break it down for you.
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necessary & sufficient coffee joins Chicago Business Hall of Fame, receiving Chicago Best Coffee Shop three years in a row!
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We’ve chosen a fixed gratuity fee of 10% for several reasons.
First, we want to provide fair and consistent wages for all of our staff. Working for tips means that some shifts are good for your favorite server and some slow shifts barely bring in minimum wage. In order for our staff to live healthy and secure lives, we provide them with a fixed and dependable income.
That title might be a bit surprising, given that we’re usually all about reducing, reusing and recycling over here. Don’t worry, we haven’t changed our tune. In my own life, I’ve been thinking about how I can maximize and get more use out of what I have. I’m trying to be creative in how I apply the concept.
The Jewish High Holidays just happened and every year my friend and I pick our own word to be our focus for the year. Mine is, you guessed it, maximize! I can tell it’s the right one for now because when I talk about it, I get the chills.
This past weekend I was talking to a customer about how it could be applied to a lot of situations.
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How do we keep each other safe? As a business, with indoor services, we have to keep our employees and our customers safe. We do that with high grade filtration, indoor/outdoor air flow, medical grade UVC lights, and professional sanitization services.
Read MoreWe continue on our mission to connect through coffee and have embarked on a long term relationship with The Center, an organization that protects and supports the well-being and rights of LGBTQIA+ community members.
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We’re thrilled to be considered one of the Best Coffee Shops in Chicago. Read on to learn more!
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While we learn more about Covid Delta variant, we will continue to exercise an abundance of caution by restricting access to the cafe interior and masking on the cafe floor. Thank you neighbors!
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The inside of the café is full of people browsing the menu, ordering, waiting or admiring the hand-painted ceiling. Bridget Daly walks up to the worker’s window on Wrightwood Avenue and orders a coffee, chatting with the barista as she pays and takes the hot drink.
“It’s great to have a place to get a great cup of coffee in the neighborhood that’s not a Starbucks,” said Daly, a resident of Logan Square.
Located at 3624 W. Wrightwood Ave. in Logan Square, Kate Vrijmoet’s coffee shop, necessary & sufficient, officially opened Oct. 24 offering coffee, specialty drinks and food from local vendors and housing Vrijmoet’s art studio behind the café space.
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In addition to typical coffee offerings, Necessary & Sufficient will also have specialty drinks, some of them seasonal, like the Close Female Friendships latte, a beetroot latte with rose and vanilla syrup, or the Golden Latte, made with turmeric. All menus are printed in English and Spanish and you also have the option of adding CBD to your drink. If you’re surprised that your cup is smaller than what you’d get at Starbucks, it’s because Vrijmoet is using proportionally correct cups, meaning your espresso drink won’t be diluted by additional milk or water.
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In 2019 Olympia Coffee is leading the industry by ensuring that their coffee is Fair for All. They seek to provide a higher quality of life for every individual in the story, including every part of the supply chain. They seek to be pioneers in this effort, setting an example they hope that many companies will follow.
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