Caribou Coffee

05/23/08

Best cafe to drink coffee, socialize, and surf the internet

by maxwelle

starbucks is great, but caribou is better. The number one reason i say, is that there are usually more people lounging around at caribou, and i like that. The single most important reason i go to caribou is to drink coffee AND use free wifi and surf the internet. At starbucks and other spots you have to pay for internet and i think that... that is waay overrated now a days. Internet should be free and at caribou it is, that's why i take my business to caribou. Also they have outlets so you can plug in your laptop.

• Pros: free internet, power sockets for laptops, great artistic environment
• Cons: sometimes not enough power sockets

02/27/07

Forget Starbucks!!!!

by akira101

i'm from southern california and starbucks is good. fairly reasonable. but when i went to caribou coffe @ the olgilvie metra station and had a white hot chocolate and i was blown away!!!! best coffee i had ever had period!!!

• Pros: deeeeelicous coffee. better than starbucks.

03/07/03

Caribou Rocks!

by asinn

Great coffee drinks - great atmosphere. I first went to one in Chapel Hill, NC, and fell in love - they later became a chain, but still have that down-homey feel that's so important for a coffee shop.

12/19/02

best all-around

by smirkerin

it is a shame more 'Bous aren't around, because they are welcome oases from the yupped-out Starbucks and even the independent coffeehouses downtown. yeah, they're a chain, but i don't think that matters if they're brewing the best coffee around. even if you're not a straight-up coffee fan, their vanilla coolers are amazing and, sadly, addictive. even if the coffee was the same quality as anywhere else, the atmosphere alone is worth going in for... it's cozy, warm, and completely unpretentious (as, generally, is the staff). i am a devoted customer!

• Pros: comfortable, never snobby, delicious
• Cons: sometimes pricey

12/09/02

WATCH OUT STARBUCKS!

by kat_gernenz

OKAY, I AM A STARBUCKS-AHOLIC, AND HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS. I EVEN LOVE THE URBAN SETTING-IT IS SO MY STYLE...BUT I FELL IN LOVE WITH CARIBOU THE MOMENT I STEPPED INSIDE.

THE COMFY, OVERSIZED FURNITURE AND LOG CABIN-APPEAL WELCOME YOU AND I COULDN'T HELP BUT FEEL LIKE I WAS ON THE SET OF "FRIENDS". WHAT A COOL HANG OUT!! EVEN HAS A COZY FIRE PLACE. LOVE THIS PLACE...AND THE COFFEE IS GREAT TOO.

• Pros: INTIMATE & COZY, GOOD COFFEE, GREAT HANG OUT
• Cons: COFFEE? OVERPRICED?, CAN BE CROWDED