Once a gospel record store, New Sound Cafe in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood is filling a need for local meeting spaces.
What to expect: Across from the Austin Green Line stop and on the Oak Park border, the cafe’s sleek design with exposed brick, modern pendant lamps and a mosaic tile floor invites more lingering rather than just grabbing coffee on the go.
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- Originally home to New Sound Gospel Records & Tapes that closed about 20 years ago, the cafe features records on the walls, a vintage TV playing gospel concerts and the shop’s original sign above an organ that once sat in the store.