It’s Tuesday morning at Intelligentsia’s coffeebar in Lakeview, and all the parts are moving in harmony with the precision that has built the roaster’s progressive reputation. The coffees are ...

This morning California-based coffee giant Peet’s dropped the bomb that it had acquired a majority stake in Intelligentsia Coffee, the cultishly adored Chicago-based roaster. It comes just on the ...

Ashok Selvam is the former James Beard Award-winning regional editor for Eater’s Midwest region, in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. He’s a native Chicagoan and had been ...

Matthew Kang is a correspondent for Eater. Previously, he was the lead editor of Eater’s Southern California/Southwest region. He has covered dining, restaurants, food culture, and nightlife in Los ...

The recent Peet’s Coffee & Tea acquisition of the esteemed third-wave coffee pioneers Stumptown Coffee Roasters and Intelligentsia Coffee sent shockwaves through the specialty beverage community last ...

Naomi Waxman is the former reporter for Eater Chicago and an award-winning journalist who covers restaurants, bars, pop-ups. Workers at Intelligentsia Coffee five Chicago cafes voted to unionize, ...

As Starbucks Workers United racks up victory after victory in union elections across the country, workers at Intelligentsia Coffee — a small, specialty coffee company based in Chicago — are also ...

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