Artist Room Cafe (ARC) is a café and creative gathering space in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood. Owned by husband-and-wife team Margaret and William Mojica, ARC brings food, art, live entertainment, and community together in one space.

The café serves breakfast and lunch. Breakfast options include pancakes, French toast, breakfast sandwiches, skillets, tacos, and the ARC Platter. Lunch choices include sandwiches, burgers, chicken and steak tacos, salads, Chicago-style hot dogs, and Polish sausage.

Drinks include coffee, tea, hot chocolate, lemonade refreshers, shakes, and smoothies. ARC also serves its house-made Remedy Tea with lemon, ginger, raspberry, and peppermint.

Artist Room Cafe goes beyond food. The space hosts open mic nights, local art showcases, live performances, pop-up vendors, and other community events. ARC also provides opportunities for artists to connect, perform, and develop their skills.

Classes and workshops cover music, acting, poetry, and dance. Programming supports musicians, singers, songwriters, actors, poets, dancers, and other creatives at different experience levels.

For anyone looking for a café in Austin Chicago, Artist Room Cafe combines breakfast, lunch, coffee, art, entertainment, and creative community in one neighborhood destination.