Kodachrome Coffee

Super hipster but the pour over is delicious! Don't let the outside scare you off.

The second location of Zen Cafe is located near the corner of LaSalle and Hill Street. Front door directly across Saint Joseph Catholic Chruch. As of the writing of this post the lactation is in its "pop-up" layout, with plans in the work for expansion. I love the original location for its eclectic look, comfortable couches, and warm vibe.

The coffee and chais are just as phenomenal as ever and the baristas are very personable. I stop by at least once a week and if there's a shirt wait for a brew, it is well worth it. Highly recommend!

This location has great potential and look forward to the expansion on March.

The coffee was good. Nothing extraordinary. I was shocked to get such a tiny cup of coffee for $3. And I just got plain coffee. The atmosphere was common relaxing. Clean. Beautiful interior. If not for the price they would have gotten five stars.

First time visiting this location. Had been to the old location several times and it was great. The baristas were rushing around and it wasn't even busy. Just threw my coffee together to the point it looked like it was made in a keurig. We go to craft coffee places so they actually craft the coffee. It's not Starbucks, folks won't mind waiting an extra minute or two.
The new space looks great though. 👍

Would have given 1 star if only rating the service…maybe woman who helped us having a bad day??We were so excited to check it out per the reviews… stood around quite a bit when we arrived as no one seemed to be taking orders or even care we we there.

When we were able to place our order, we mentioned it was out first visit and ‘was it Kodachrome or Zen?” (We had seen both names in reviews) Woman was not interested and flat in her response. “Same owner just name change” okayyyy enuf of the small talk despite no one behind us in line, lol…moving along to the order…

Coffee was good BUT :
Surprised the coffees are SO SMALL, like the size of this font. Great if you just want a shot of coffee; kidding…but seriously maybe it was 5 ounces?

Don’t go if you’re hoping for a variety of milk options. You can choose Whole milk or Oat. That’s it. Go crazy.

Bring your own sugar as they offer none. Odd. You can request simple syrup but that’s still strange.

Staff in no hurry so plan on waiting 7-10 minutes for your coffee after you order. You can peruse the 100+ pieces of mushroom- themed pottery while you wait.

Again, coffee was decent but only prepared lukewarm. And expensive for how little you receive.

We will try other cafes for future as we didn’t feel welcome or appreciated as customers.

Great local specialty coffee shop.

This new location is much more accessible than their original roaster/cafe in LangLab. Nearby street parking and large lot across the street.

Typical speciality cafe drink menu, but no pastries or food items when I visited. Wish they offered a macchiato between an espresso and cortado, but great coffee overall.

Espresso Grinder: Victoria Arduono Mythos II
Espresso Machine: Synesso MVP Hydra
Batch Brew Grinder: Mahlkonig EK43
Batch Brew Machine: Fetco CBS XTS

Love the vibe coolest coffee shop in town. Great for meetings and work. Coffee beans roasted in house.

Zen's uniquely cozy atmosphere and warm, knowledgeable staff are the best. They offer oat milk (at no additional cost) and house-made sweeteners for vegan-friendly drinks like chai lattes, matcha lattes, and more.

Zen has the highest quality coffee beans I've ever tasted. It follows that their espresso is the best in the area, their drip and pour-over coffees are without rival and their cold brew (when they do have it) is by far the finest cold brew I've ever tasted. They occasionally offer cafe miele (spelling?) Which is a real treat. Overall, they go above and beyond to offer only high quality items and to offer options you won't find elsewhere. The talented staff is friendly, highly knowledgeable and they appear to love all aspects of coffee, which makes them a joy to work with. I highly recommend this shop.
Edit: now it's Kodachrome Cafe, they've rebranded, but it's still the same great coffee roasted to perfection and expertly brewed. The decor keeps getting better too.

Great Cappuccino and the best dirty chai latte that I ever had and it's the best with oat milk, the microfoam is super creamy and delicous! I usually like extra hot because the temperature is prefect for me. I usually come here all the time until one barista told me they changed the coffee machine setting on temperature so they could not make it hotter. I still ordered one but it doss not taste the same anymore!! So I don't go as often anymore.

Not many seating area but the atmosphere here great. I wish I was misinform by the lady who told me they can't fix the temp so I can have my perfect dirty chai latte with oat milk AGAIN!!