🏖️🎶 Beachside Beats & Bites: Waterfront Cafe Jazz Night 🌴🎷(part 2 of 2)

🏖️🎶 Beachside Beats & Bites: Waterfront Cafe Jazz Night 🌴🎷(part 2 of 2)

🌴 Let’s Go Back to Waterfront Cafe! Dinner, Drinks & Live Jazz!🎷
We love this spot! It’s like being whisked away to Miami right here in Chicago—great lake views, live music, and a laid-back beach café vibe. We’ve had many fun nights here over the years. Join us for food, drinks, and live jazz on the patio at the Waterfront Café in Berger Park!

🎵 Live music on Friday, July 18th features Second City Jazz (7–9 pm). They'll play classics and originals in the style of Herbie Hancock, Coltrane, Miles Davis, and more.

NOTE:
This Meetup is only for the dinner & music portion. We’re doing the Sand, Sun & Shenanigans: Mahony Griffin to Berger Park Walk as a separate event earlier that day. Numbers are limited for each, so please RSVP for both events separately if you want to attend both!
👉 Link to Walk Event
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🌞 The Plan

• Meet at Waterfront Café in Berger Park (6219 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago)
• We’ll arrive early to grab tables since there are no reservations and it’s first-come, first-served
• Tables are limited to ~4–6 people each. We’ll try to grab a cluster
• If you can’t arrive early but want to come later, let me know—we’ll try to hold a spot (but no guarantees!)

🎶 Live music starts at 7 pm, but tables fill up well before that!
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🍔 About the Venue

• Historic landmark coach house attached to one of the last remaining lakefront mansions in Chicago
• Outdoor patio dining with amazing lake views
• Casual, take-out–style menu and full bar
• Cashless venue (credit/debit only)
• Check the 2025 menu may vary slightly from 2024’s online prices
• 📜 Menu Link

🪑 Counter service: Everyone pays separately.
Price Tip: Please plan to add 32% (12% Chicago tax + 20% tip) to your order total.
Website:
🌐 waterfrontcafechicago.com
📘 Facebook page
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⚠️ VERY IMPORTANT
✅ PLEASE only RSVP if you’re 95% sure you’ll attend! Seating is tight so we need accurate headcounts.
✅ No-show policy: 3 no-shows without updating = 3-month pause on RSVPs
✅ Cutoff time to update RSVP is the event start time
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🧭 Transportation
🚇 CTA: Check Google Maps or CTA Trip Planner
🚗 Driving: Metered parking on Granville + limited free side-street parking (watch permit signs!)
🅿️ Consider SpotHero or ParkingWhiz for easiest parking
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🦟 Pro Tip
Bring bug spray! It can get buggy right by the beach.
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🎷 About Second City Jazz
Chicago-based ensemble playing classic and original straight-ahead jazz since 2008. Expect music inspired by Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, and more.
🌐 secondcityjazz.com
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Let’s soak up summer, enjoy the music, and pretend we’re on a beach in Florida! 🌴🍹🎷
REMEMBER: This Meetup is only for the dinner & music portion. We’re doing the Sand, Sun & Shenanigans: Mahony Griffin to Berger Park Walk as a separate event earlier that day. Numbers are limited for each, so please RSVP for both events separately if you want to attend both!
👉 Link to Walk Event