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Mormors Cafe

Super GemAndersonville · Swedish Community-sourced, unverified
📍 5217 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640

Mormors Cafe sits on the first floor of the Swedish American Museum, in a building the museum specifically bought in 2017 to open a cafe serving home-baked Swedish treats — it connects directly to both the museum galleries and the Kerstin Andersson Museum Store, making it a natural stop before or after a visit rather than a standalone destination.

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It's a genuinely different operation from Andersonville's other Swedish food landmarks: not the historic Swedish Bakery (which closed in 2017 and was replaced by Lost Larson down the street), and not Simon's Tavern (the bar famous for its glogg since 1994).

For anyone doing an Andersonville Swedish-heritage crawl, this is the museum-attached stop on that list.

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Hours

Tue-Thu10AM-3PM
Fri10AM-4PM
Sat-Sun11AM-4PM
🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 (773) 728-8111

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❔Wheelchair access: unverified

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