North Shore Foodie Finds

Blue Cat Cafe Offers Tasty Flatbread Pizza

This cafe located in downtown Highland Park serves up a tasty flatbread pizza for $8.99.

The Blue Cat Cafe, which recently opened in downtown Highland Park, serves up more than just coffee. In addition to pour-over Intelligentsia, the cafe overs flat bread pizzas made in-house for $6.99. Served on thick bread, the pizzas comes with the options of fresh vegetable toppings and different kinds of cheeses. Each ingredient is $.50 extra, but simplicity is key: you only need a few to make for a flavorful dish. I was there with a co-worker working on a few stories, and we split a pizza with mozzarella, Parmesan, tomatoes and mushrooms. It was definitely enough for two people to share, and, as far as the flavor was concerned, it didn't need anything else. The only downside was we were there before 5 p.m., because after 5 you can get …

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forest barbieri

12:07 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013

My 11 year old and her friends love the cheese cake! Where else do you ask for a cup of water and they open a bottle and pour for you without charge. Nice little addition to HP and hope they are successful.   more ›

Central Avenue Cafe Stays Open Late

The Blue Cat Cafe, located in Port Clinton Square in downtown Highland Park, serves pour over coffee by day, and craft beer and wine by night.

Despite opening in the lull of the holidays, business has been decent for the Blue Cat Cafe, located in Port Clinton Square in downtown Highland Park. "It's been good," says barista Angel Kamysz. "And now that it's the end of winter break, everyone's coming back." Because its housed in same spot as the former Central Avenue Starbucks, comparisons between the two coffee houses are bound to occur. Which seems to be what the Blue Cat Cafe is hoping for. Its baristas serve the much beloved Intelligentsia coffee, and they use the pour over method to do so, meaning that each cup of coffee is made individually (pre-brewed coffee is also available for those in a rush). "It's a lot bolder, fruiter than Starbucks," Kamysz says about the poured-over …

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