Dialtone Cafe is lining up two more Chicago rooms, a coffee bar in the Loop and a cafe and wine bar in River North. The addresses are public. The opening dates are not.
What Now Chicago reported Thursday that the coffee bar is planned for 200 N. LaSalle Street and the cafe and wine bar for 369 W. Grand Avenue. Opening dates have not been announced. The additions would join two Dialtone locations already open in the city. Onni Group owns the cafe.
Coffee at Lake, wine on Grand
The Loop plan is the narrower of the two: a coffee bar at 200 N. LaSalle St., Chicago, IL 60601, at Lake Street on the north side of the Loop, close to the river. What Now Chicago puts a FARE location at the base of that building, with Taste of Japan and Ajida nearby and the Clark/Lake CTA station a short walk away. For a weekday coffee stop, the transit math is already doing some of the marketing.
Grand Avenue gets the longer day. At 369 W. Grand Ave., Chicago, IL 60654, Dialtone is planning a cafe and wine bar in River North. Its wine bars serve traditional red and white wines, several beers and cocktails, including an espresso martini. Same bean, later hour, different glass.
The Wells Street original
The flagship opened in February 2025 at 1136 N. Wells Street, What Now Chicago reported. Writing on February 3, 2025, ahead of a February 7 debut, Chicago Food Magazine described that Old Town room as an all-day cafe and said guests would get Metric Coffee alongside pastries from Bad Butter.
The open cafes are not just a pastry case. What Now Chicago says locations offer coffee, tea, breakfast and pastries on display, with hot drinks that include a latte, matcha, chai latte, espresso and hot tea. Dialtone's Toast ordering page lists sandwiches, pastries, small bites and a rotating selection of retail goods.
Onni's other Chicago table
Dialtone is not Onni Group's only local dining bet. What Now Chicago noted that the company had debuted Solette, a new American restaurant and bar on Randolph Street in the Loop.
What Now Chicago said it was awaiting comment from Onni on the new Dialtone locations. Until a date shows up with that comment, the expansion is two street numbers and a menu the city already knows: coffee up front, wine where the room is built for it.
