Following successful Reserve Roastery openings in Seattle and New York City, Starbucks has announced that it will debut its newest U.S. Reserve Roastery in Chicago on Friday, November 15.

The new location will be Starbucks’ largest-ever immersive coffee experience – spread across five floors and 35,000 square feet of retail space – celebrating the company’s heritage and the roasting and the craft of coffee.

“Over the past five years, we have created the ultimate immersive experience around all-things-coffee in spectacular Starbucks Reserve Roasteries in flagship cities around the world. This week we are delighted to open our doors on the sixth global Roastery in an iconic building located on Chicago’s renowned Magnificent Mile,” says Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson. “These Roasteries amplify the Starbucks brand, serve as innovation hubs, and create experiences for millions of customers around the world.”

The Starbucks Reserve Roastery Chicago is a working coffee roastery where Starbucks Roasters will be small-batch roasting Starbucks rarest single-origin coffees and blends called Starbucks Reserve. The coffee roasted in Chicago will be served exclusively to visitors of the location, available in handcrafted beverages as well as freshly scooped whole bean coffee.

A unique beverage experience at the Roastery is three main coffee bars, which in total offer seven brewing methods, including espresso, pour over, coffee press, siphon, Chemex, Clover, and cold brewing.

The Starbucks Reserve Coffee Bar will craft classic espresso beverages such as cappuccino, latte, and cortado. The Experiential Coffee Bar will give customers the opportunity to immerse in the art, science, and theatre of coffee. It features elevated brew methods and pairings, as well as specialty Roastery creations and brew comparison flights. Finally, the Barrel-Aged Coffee Bar showcases a variety of spirit-free coffee beverages whose beans have been carefully aged in barrels. A menu of cocktail-inspired coffee creations exclusive to the Chicago Roastery includes the Smoked Cold Fashioned (a lightly sweetened whiskey barrel-aged cold brew with aromatic bitters, smoked tableside), Minted Cold Brew (whiskey barrel-aged cold brew, shaken with mint syrup and served over pebble ice), and more.

Another unique feature is the Arriviamo bar, featuring an assortment of traditional and unique cocktails, all concepted by local mixologists. In addition to a menu of classic cocktails and a selection of local Chicago beer and wine, exclusive specialty cocktails featuring Starbucks Reserve coffee and tea that nod to the culture and traditions of Chicago.

For food options, the Princi bakery offers on-site baking of fresh breads, cornetti and focaccia, pizza and salads, plus cakes and tarts. A full menu of items will be available on the second floor Princi bakery, while select items will also be available throughout the Roastery for customers looking to pair their coffee with a savory or sweet bite. An exclusive bakery conveyor has been designed by Starbucks to transport fresh baked goods from the Princi bakery on the second floor, to the Starbucks Reserve Coffee Bar on the main level.

Additionally, the Starbucks Reserve Roastery Chicago is the only Starbucks location in the U.S. to offer on-demand liquid nitrogen gelato. It previously debuted at the Milan Roastery when it opened in September of 2018.