Cafe Tabeeb opens in Printers Row after Americas coffee journey
Tahani Hassan and Mohammed Awad opened Cafe Tabeeb in Printers Row after a coffee education journey across the Americas, with Tabeeb Roasters tied to 712 S. Wells St.
Cafe Tabeeb opened in Printers Row after Tahani Hassan and Mohammed Awad spent years building a coffee education journey across the Americas. The couple, who have Palestinian and Syrian roots, brought that experience into a Chicago cafe that is meant to feel shaped by learning, sourcing and service, not just a new lease and a espresso machine.
The project sits under the Tabeeb Roasters name, which already has an online presence and an Instagram bio that calls coffee “Medicine for the Soul.” That profile lists 712 S. Wells St. in Chicago and points customers to mobile cafe information at info@tabeebroasters.com, signaling that Cafe Tabeeb is part of a broader coffee identity rather than a one-off opening.
That background matters in Printers Row, where coffee shops already serve a dense mix of residents, commuters and visitors. Printer's Row Coffee operates in the neighborhood’s orbit, with an original Chicago location in Lincoln Park that opened in 2018 and a second location near Goose Island that followed later. Cafe Deko also has a Printers Row location at 715 S Dearborn St., putting Cafe Tabeeb into a corridor where specialty coffee already has a clear foothold.
The education angle is what sets this opening apart from a routine neighborhood debut. In specialty coffee, training often shapes everything from how beans are selected to how drinks are explained at the bar, and the industry’s major players reflect that emphasis. Cafe Imports says education is at the core of its work, the Specialty Coffee Association maintains an education program, and Starbucks Global Academy’s Coffee Academy covers ethical sourcing, roasting, blending, brewing and craft.
For Hassan and Awad, that kind of background points to a cafe experience built around more than speed. The journey across the Americas suggests they are drawing on coffee traditions from multiple producing and consuming cultures and translating them into a Chicago setting where customers will notice the choices in sourcing, brew style and hospitality.
In a neighborhood with books, offices and steady foot traffic, Cafe Tabeeb arrives with a clearer point of view than most openings. It is not just another cup on Wells or Dearborn; it is a shop carrying the founders’ route through the Americas into Printers Row, where that education now meets the counter.
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