5800 North Cafe
up to12%Breakfast · $$ · Irving Park
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more
48 Cafés in Chicago that earn more on your cards
Chicago has 48 Cafés in our listings: 47 take a dining program and 1 has a card perk. Most common price: $$ (moderate). Top neighborhoods: Irving Park (7), Logan Square (4), and La Grange (3).
48 restaurants
Bora Bora Smoothie Cafe
up to12%Café · $$ · Chicago Ridge
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreBrookfield Breakfast
up to12%American · $$ · Brookfield
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreCaffe Pronto
up to12%Café · $$ · Irving Park
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreChef Thiago Kitchen & Cafe
up to12%Dessert/Bakery · $$ · Lake View
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreDulce De Leche Cafe
up to12%Café · $$ · Irving Park
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreDulce Mami Cafe
up to12%Café · $$ · Garage Park
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreDulce Mami Café
up to12%Café · $$ · Cicero
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreEggs Inc Cafe
up to12%Breakfast · $$ · Streeterville
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreGrove Coffee
up to12%Café · $ · Oak Lawn
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreHanabusa Cafe
up to12%Café · $$ · Loop
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreKhepri Cafe
up to12%Café · $$ · Irving Park
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreLa Grange Breakfast Cafe
up to12%American · $$ · La Grange
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreLand & Lake Cafe
up to12%Café · $$ · Downtown
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreRussian Tea Time
up to12%Eastern European · $$$$ · Loop
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreSweet Reserve Bakery -Skokie
up to12%Dessert/Bakery · $$ · West Skokie
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreAngel's Pancake Cafe 2
up to12%American · $$ · Hinsdale
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+8 moreBia's Cafe Marianao
up to12%Cuban · $$ · Irving Park
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 moreGrind ‘N’ Gears Cafe
up to12%Coffee/Tea · $$ · Niles
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 moreGolden Tuzo - Belmont Cragin
up to8%Café · $ · Belmont Cragin
American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining
Bilt Dining1xUni Uni Boba - La Grange
up to8%Asian · $$ · La Grange
American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 moreLucy's Cafe
up to6%Breakfast · $$ · Irving Park
American Express Gold Card
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+8 more
- Restaurants
- 48
- Neighborhoods
- 33
- Cuisines
- 16
- Dining programs
- 14
- With a card perk
- 1
The 3 best cards to bring to dinner in Chicago
Ranked by what each card earns across this city's restaurants at our point valuations, counting the dining program that pays most at each one. Card credits aren't counted. AAdvantage Dining (24 restaurants) and TrueBlue Dining (24) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 48 restaurants. American Express Gold Card tops the list here on its own dining rate — ≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner before any program.
American Express Gold Card
$325 annual fee
≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner
Perk at 1 restaurant hereCard details
Chase Sapphire Reserve
$795 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
Card details
Chase Sapphire Preferred Card
$95 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
Card details
14 dining programs that pay in Chicago
Dining programs pay on top of your card. Join one, link a card, and every meal at a participating restaurant earns twice.
- AAdvantage Dining24 restaurants1–5 miles per $1
- TrueBlue Dining24 restaurants1–3 points per $1
- Eat Around Town24 restaurants4–6 points per $1
- SkyMiles Dining24 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- MileagePlus Dining24 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- Rapid Rewards Dining24 restaurants0.5–3 points per $1
- Atmos Rewards Dining24 restaurants0.5–5 points per $1
- Hilton Honors Dining24 restaurants2–8 points per $1
- IHG Dine & Earn24 restaurants1–8 points per $1
- Dine Out with Wyndham24 restaurants1–5 points per $1
- Bilt Dining24 restaurants1 point per $1
- Rakuten Dining24 restaurants5% back
- inKind23 restaurants20% back
- Upside20 restaurantsUp to 17% back
15 cuisines in Chicago
Café in 33 Chicago neighborhoods
- Irving Park7
- Logan Square4
- La Grange3
- Lakeview3
- Loop2
- The Loop2
- Avondale1
- Belmont Cragin1
- Bronzeville1
- Brookfield1
- Buena Park1
- Chicago Ridge1
- Cicero1
- Downtown1
- East Hyde Park1
- Edgewater1
- Garage Park1
- Hinsdale1
- Kinzies Addition1
- Lake View1
- Lakeview East1
- Lincoln Park1
- Lincoln Square1
- Little Village1
- Niles1
- Oak Lawn1
- Oldtown1
- Ravenswood1
- River North1
- Streeterville1
- West Loop1
- West Skokie1
- West Town1
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