Chicago · Logan Square, southwest edge

Damn Fine Coffee Bar

The black fronted Damn Fine Coffee Bar storefront on Armitage Avenue with its white logo in the window, a timber parklet with folded red umbrellas and a yellow brick facade above

Damn Fine Coffee Bar is a little coffee shop on West Armitage Avenue in the southwest corner of Logan Square, which it calls an oasis in an otherwise coffee desert. Its slogan is that it is pretty damn good, which the owners say is what customers tell them and the shop has been pouring there since the mid 2010s.

The menu is a classic board of drip, espresso, americano, cappuccino, cortado, latte and cold brew, with pour overs and Aeropress on request and a rotating guest roaster behind the counter. A glass case holds pastries, and the walls carry plants and art. A password for the wifi is printed on the board. The shop is open every day from seven in the morning until five in the afternoon.