Milk Bar

Milk Bar is a Prospect Heights institution on Vanderbilt Avenue — a small all-day cafe that has been one of the neighborhood's daily-driver coffee spots for years. The space is intimate, with a few seats inside and outdoor tables that activate in warmer months along the busy Vanderbilt corridor. The coffee program covers the standard third-wave fundamentals delivered consistently. The food program leans Australian-cafe — toasts, breakfast plates, salads, sandwiches — with the kind of considered execution that has earned Milk Bar a regular base of locals and a steady stream of write-ups in local publications. Reliable, neighborhood-rooted, and genuinely good.