Chimera Café Midtown

Chimera's Midtown location gives the Cherry Street original some room to breathe. You get the same menu people already know — breakfast tacos, grain bowls, espresso drinks, and a craft beer list that leans local — but with more square footage, a dedicated patio, and the calmer rhythm of a neighborhood coffee shop rather than the tighter, busier feel of the 15th Street spot.

It works as a few different things depending on when you show up. Morning is coffee-and-laptop territory, with the espresso program doing the heavy lifting. Lunch pulls in a mix of remote workers and midtowners grabbing a grain bowl between meetings. By late afternoon and evening, the beer taps come into play and the room shifts toward something closer to a casual hangout. The patio is the real differentiator from Cherry Street — a place to actually sit outside without being on top of the sidewalk.

If you've been going to the original for years, nothing on the menu will surprise you. That's the point. This is Chimera with more elbow room, aimed at people who want the food and drinks without the wait or the crowd energy of Cherry Street on a Saturday.