Egg Harbor Cafe to open in Streeterville

By Jesse Wright | May 1, 2019

Optima Signature, a residential and retail building at 220 E. Illinois St., announced Egg Harbor Café, a restaurant specializing in breakfast, brunch and lunch, will be the open its first Chicago location this fall.

There are 20 locations in Illinois, Wisconsin and Georgia.

Egg Harbor Café’s Streeterville restaurant will be occupy 4,905-square-feet of space on upper Illinois Street, steps from Michigan Avenue and the Chicago River.

Egg Harbor Café is the latest retailer to lease space at Optima Signature. Existing businesses include GoodVets Streeterville, a full-service vet clinic; Guidepost Montessori at Magnificent Mile and RUNAWAY fitness. In addition, Bedazzled Nails & Spa will open a 1,530-square-foot salon this spring. With these leases, Optima Signature will have only one 490-square-foot retail space remaining.

“Retailers have selected Optima Signature for many of the same reasons our residents have – its prime location off Michigan Avenue and modern design aesthetic in the heart of Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood,” said Tara Hovey, president and COO of Optima, in a press release. “With Egg Harbor Café, we’re continuing to curate businesses that enhance the building’s distinctive mixed-use community and help it serve as a destination to live, work and play. More residents than ever have made Streeterville home in recent years, and a popular breakfast and lunch restaurant perfectly complements the other neighborhood restaurant offerings serving our Optima Signature residents as well as the community as a whole.”