Istria Cafe
Coffee/Tea/Juice
vegan-friendly
Coffee, gelato, sorbet
This place makes coffee, sandwiches, and gelato. Some of the gelato is made with soy, and they also have vegan sorbet. The staff knows exactly which flavors are and are not vegan.
Directions:
Underneath the Metra tracks at 57th and Lake Park.
- Wireless (free)
Added by Eric Purdy on Nov 20 05 (updated Nov 20 05)
Reviews
Jonathon Cihlar -
Nov 20 05
I must agree - I had the raspberry sorbet and it was pretty good. I noticed that they had a decent selection of coffee drinks all available with soy.
Eric Purdy -
Nov 20 05
This place is pretty good. The staff knows which sorbet/gelato is/isn't vegan, and the sorbet is pretty tasty. The coffee is pretty decent too.
The gelato is amazing. The various vegan flavors that I've seen are the following:
Blood Orange
Kiwi
Strawberry
Forest Berry
Raspberry
Lemon
Cherry
Pineapple
Mango
Soy Chocolate
They usually have between 2 and 5 vegan flavors. The staff is very helpful. Istria even sell tubs of gelato for catering events. The best part is that the gelato is very inexpensive and they give huge portions. Occasionally flavors taste freezer-burnt. This problem tends to exist less in the summer (when gelato is more popular and doesn't sit in the freezer for more than a day or two).