Cupán Tae · The Café

A proper cup of tea, and a taste of home

Cupán Tae — that's "cup of tea" in Irish (Gaeilge, if you're being formal about it) — opened in 2025 next door to Gaelic Imports, bringing the café to the corner that was always missing one. Everything in the kitchen is homemade every morning: soups, scones, soda bread, bridies and pasties. The tea comes in a proper little teapot — enough for two good cups, and it stays hot. Pull up a chair by the fireplace and stay a while. Sláinte.

Family owned · Homemade daily · Fireplace seating · Real Irish imports next door

Tue–Wed 8am–3pm · Thu–Fri 8am–7pm · Sat–Sun 8am–5pm · Closed Monday

Last orders go in 30 minutes before we close — dine-in or pickup, doesn't matter, the kitchen still needs its head start. Order-ahead food is ready in about 30–35 minutes, so time it right and it'll be waiting, not the other way around. Orders placed outside opening hours (or on a Monday, when we're closed) are ready from opening time on the next day we're open.

The app takes a big cut. We don't.

Order ahead below and skip the queue — your order goes straight to the café the moment you pay, just like ordering at the counter. The café keeps close to 100% of every order, versus giving up 25–30% to a food delivery app.

Via a delivery app

~$7.50

taken from a $30 order (~25% commission)

Direct on this site

~$1.17

card processing only (2.9% + 30¢)

Café favorites

Order ahead below

Breakfast

Full Irish Breakfast

Sausage, rasher, black & white pudding, eggs, beans, tomato, toast.

$21

Dinner · after 1pm

Bacon & Cabbage

Carrots, cabbage, mashed potatoes, parsley sauce — a house favorite.

$18

Lunch · after 11am

Ham & Cheese Toastie

Grilled to order, tomato and lettuce.

$10

Dinner · after 1pm

Bangers & Mash

Proper sausages on creamy mash with onion gravy.

$15

Pastries

Bridie

Traditional shortcrust hand pie — a proper handheld lunch.

$5

Breakfast

Breakfast Roll 12"

Sausage, rasher, black & white pudding, fried egg, Chef's sauce. 7" roll $11.

$17

Now serving Emerald Irish Ice — Chicago's Irish-Italian ice, made fresh in-house. A refreshing treat while it lasts.

The full menu

6346–6348 W Gunnison St · (773) 792-1905

Breakfast

Irish BreakfastSausage, rasher, black & white pudding, eggs, beans, tomato & toast. Half is a lighter portion of the same.
Breakfast RollSausage, rasher, black & white pudding & a fried egg on a roll with Chef's sauce.
“Full Monty”Rasher & sausage with a fried egg on a roll — everything, together.
$12
Sausage SandwichIrish banger on fresh bread with brown sauce.
Rasher SandwichCrispy Irish back bacon on fresh bread.
Add cheese to any sandwich
$1
Breakfast Burrito
$10
Side of any meat or eggs$3 each

Pastries

Sausage Roll
$5
PastieHeartier hand pie, crimped edge.
$6
BridieLighter, sealed Forfar-style hand pie.
$5
Ham + Provolone Croissant
$6.25
Couple of Scones
$3.75
Soda BreadTwo slices, baked fresh every morning.
$3

Lunch

Served after 11am

Grilled CheeseButtery and golden, on griddled bread.
$5
Tayto Sandwich w/ cheese
$5
Ham & Cheese Toastie
$10
Chicken Fillet Sandwich
$10
Boiled Bacon SandwichThick-sliced Irish boiled bacon (cured, not smoked) on fresh bread.
$10
Blackened Chicken SandwichBlackened chicken breast on a fresh roll, with all the fixings.
$9
Irish Ice
$5
Soup of the DayServed with a whole wheat scone — ask what's on today
$9

Dinner

Served after 1pm

Bacon & Cabbage
$18
Bangers & Mash
$15
Taco DinnerThursday special
$10
Taco DinnerFriday & Saturday
$12
BurritoYour choice of beef or chicken.
$8

Drinks

Tea, Coffee or Iced Coffee$3
Tea To-Go
Coffee To-Go
Club Lemon
Lucozade
Glass of MiWadi
$3
Chocolate Milk
$2.75

Ice Cream

Add caramel or chocolate syrup — just ask

Cone
$3.50
99 Cone
$5
Tub
$5
Order ahead and skip the queue — tap Add, and your order goes straight to the kitchen the moment you pay. Lunch is served after 11am and dinner after 1pm. No app fees: every dollar goes to the kitchen, not 25–30% to a delivery platform. Last orders go in 30 minutes before close.

Like something on this menu? Most of the packaged goods here — Barry's tea, Tayto, HP sauce and more — are also sold over the counter at Gaelic Imports, right next door. Browse the shop →

Find us

6348 W Gunnison St (the door next to the shop)
Chicago, IL 60630 — right off the Blue Line, Jefferson Park stop
(773) 792-1905

Regulars tell us it's the little teapot that does it — two proper cups, and it stays hot till the end — plus a chair by the fireplace on a cold Chicago day. We'll take it.

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