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Loaves & Witches

Super GemEdgewater · Cafe / Bakery (Vegan) Community-sourced, unverified
📍 6034 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60660

Loaves & Witches started as a joke between two friends, Julia Goodmann and Lisa Harriman, who met during active addiction and reconnected in sobriety — Harriman brought irreverently-named baked treats (like 'sinnerman rolls') to their queer softball league games until the bit became an actual bakery.

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The 'Ides of Starch' potato tart from a queer/sober/witchy vegan bakery — Chicago Reader's Best Coffee Shop 2025

The Edgewater cafe they built is explicitly a 'queer, sober, magical' third space, not a bar, though it stays open until 10pm on Fridays and Saturdays as a genuine sober late-night hangout, complete with trivia nights and Halloween events.

Both owners practice earth-based witchcraft, and the menu backs up the identity: almost entirely vegan, about 30% gluten-free, anchored by a signature potato tart called the 'Ides of Starch.' It won the Chicago Reader's Best Coffee Shop in the paper's 2025 Best of Chicago poll — a real credential for a cafe that started as a bit between friends.

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Loaves & Witches

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The 'Ides of Starch' Potato Tart
EdgewaterCommunity

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Tue-Thu6:30am-6pm; Fri 6:30am-10pm; Sat 7am-10pm; Sun 7am-4pm; closed Mon
🥡 Takeout unconfirmed

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❔Wheelchair access: unverified

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