Sarah's Pastries: Escaping from the big green monster

“We met at Starbucks. Not at the same Starbucks but we saw each other at different Starbucks across the street from each other.” -- Quote from the 2000 movie Best in Show

 

I believe this quote sums up the gourmet coffee options in the Gold Coast.  High rents, a plethora of chain stores, and rampant new development replacing older buildings don’t make opening a cute independent coffee house an easy option. Thankfully there’s a place on Oak and Rush called Sarah’s. Some of you may have heard the press on Sarah’s chocolate (and it is really a chocolate and pastry place), but I’m thinking of their coffee, a welcome addition in a neighborhood crying for variety.

They use mild roast Intelligentsia coffee (I’ll save that post for later) as opposed to you-know-who’s burnt roast (I’ll leave the name out for fear I might have to hire a lawyer or that they might run Sarah’s out of business).  I admit I haven’t had much of the chocolate but they have fresh, flaky croissants (albeit expensive). The young, peppy staff generally keep fresh coffee on hand and best of all  there’s not a huge line.

Sarah’s Pastries & Candies
11 E. Oak St.
312-664-6223