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Julius Meinl Cafe
3601 N. Southport Ave.
773-868-1857
800-506-3465

Julius Meinl (pronounced my-null), the Viennese coffee giant, has opened its first U.S. "Vienna Kaffeehaus" in Wrigleyville. The tidy cafe features standard coffees plus specialties brews, including the Vienna ice cream coffee (vanilla ice cream with espresso and whipped cream), more than 20 loose-leaf teas, and plenty of house-made pastries, cakes and strudels. The coffee, tea, chocolate and preserves are imported directly from the Meinl plant in Vienna. The pastry case displays daily selections (breakfast fare in the mornings and desserts later in the day), or you can order such made-to-order treats as the mohrim hemd, a hot, molten-center cake with warm chocolate sauce. Several sandwiches are available, including the Tyrolean ham and the roasted turkey with Gouda. A soup and salad combination is also offered.
Hours:
Coffee and pastries:
6 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday;
6 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday
Kitchen:
11 a.m.-8 p.m. daily

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"The desserts were to die for!
I just wish that they were open a tad later for my dessert cravings.
I love how they serve the coffee in fine china on a silver platter."

Posted October 2003 on:
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