I asked my friend Anne (right, and first featured here) to investigate Swim Cafe in Chicago, just cuz it sounded so cool — and served fair trade coffee from Just Coffee!

Here’s Anne and her friend Sam’s report:

All of their coffee is fair trade, which they seem very proud of. The food was very good — in fact, Sam claims it was the best tuna sandwich of her life. The baked goods are also delic – they are all mini — and V. mini.

There was a pretty limited amount of organic choices and no farmers market items (however, very few Chicago places seem to have farmers market stuff – must be more of a cool LA thing :).

The atmosphere was very chill – casual, steady stream of people, but not too crowded. Oh, and the name comes from the fact that they are across the street from a natatorium (i.e. a big indoor pool).

Kinda makes me wanna visit the windy city again…. In the meantime, I’m thinking of doing a series of semi-guest-posts from people visiting fair trade cafes in their area. Must investigate further.

For now, thanks Anne and Sam!

Update, 7/27/07: I finally got to visit Swim Cafe myself!

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