Chocolate
A familiar swirl for warm Chicago afternoons — in a cone or a cup.
Spring + Summer
Soft Serve & Ice Cream Season
The confirmed starting point is simple on purpose: soft-serve chocolate, vanilla, a twist, and shakes. Additional flavors and seasonal specialties are coming soon.
Vanilla
The classic that works on its own or as the quiet half of a twist.
Chocolate & Vanilla Twist
Both at once — the combination people ask for without overthinking it.
Classic Shakes
Cold, thick, and built for sharing a table after school or after work.
Flavored Shakes
A rotating set of flavored shakes, finalized as the opening menu comes together.
Seasonal Shakes
Shakes that follow the weather and the moment, not a fixed year-round list.
Sundaes, cones, and shakes are part of the dessert conversation — including A Cone & A Conversation. Additional flavors and seasonal specialties coming soon. No prices yet; none have been set.
Fall + Winter
Soup & Chili Season
Chicago winters ask for something that holds heat. These are the everyday bowls Charles is planning to serve — a commercial seasonal kitchen, not a free-meal program.
Classic Chili
A steady, familiar chili — the one you come back to on an ordinary cold night.
5 Alarm Chili
The same idea, turned up. For people who want the bowl to wake them up.
Chicken Noodle
A comforting classic for the days when the wind comes straight down the block.
Cream of Mushroom
A quieter winter bowl — creamy, savory, and meant to be eaten slowly.
Tomato
Bright enough to cut through a gray afternoon. Simple enough to share.
Soup of the Day
A daily feature that can change with the pot, the season, and what is tasting right.
Bread appears in some of these photographs because it belongs beside soup. Bread is not listed as an item for sale until that is confirmed.
From the kitchen
A culinary background behind the winter menu.
Charles graduated from culinary arts school. His training leaned toward soups and bread — the kind of food that makes a cold room feel occupied.
That background is why the cold-weather menu is not an afterthought. When ice cream season ends, the kitchen still has a reason to be open.
Menu selections are being finalized and may change as we prepare to open.
More from the table
A few more plates while the menu finds its final shape.
These supporting photographs help show the range of a year-round kitchen. They are not additional confirmed flavors or soup names.