Essential Kitchen Cafe

Essential Kitchen & Essential Kitchen Cafe is an organic, all natural, vegan food company lead by Chef Shawn Bork & Located in Gurnee, IL… We use a holistic, whole food approach to creating refreshing juices & smoothies at the cafe, and preparing fresh, ready to eat meals that are delicious, nutritionally balanced, and available for you to grab & go. EK is passionate about sharing with you the tools available for healthy living. Our emphasis is on tasty, delicious and most importantly healthy food options.

Located at INSIDE CENTRE CLUB, 1405 Hunt Club Rd, Gurnee, IL 60031, Essential Kitchen Cafe operates as a juice serving Gurnee in Illinois. This page gathers the practical details people usually look for before visiting: where it is, how to reach it, when it opens and how customers rate it. Besides its main category, the business also describes itself as vegan restaurant, so it may cover more than the name suggests.

Hours at these spots often run into the evening, later than a typical coffee shop, and many stay open on weekends when demand is highest in Gurnee. Seasonal and limited-time drink or dessert flavors are common, so a shop's current menu can differ from what is posted online; checking recent photos or calling ahead helps. Some locations in Illinois are dessert-only with no seating, meant for takeout, while others have cafe-style seating for staying a while. Straws for bubble tea are typically wide to accommodate the toppings, and are provided automatically unless you ask for a regular one. Loyalty apps and stamp cards are common at chain locations, and ordering ahead through an app can shorten a wait considerably at busy locations during peak after-school and after-dinner hours.

The business lists hours on 6 days of the week. Typical hours are 6 am–6 pm. It is closed on Sunday. As with most places, expect changes around holidays; the phone number below is the fastest way to confirm. You can reach Essential Kitchen Cafe at (224) 848-1999; calling is usually the quickest way to ask about availability, prices or directions. More information is available on its website, essentialkitchencafe.com.

On Google it holds a rating of 4.7 out of 5 from 57 reviews, which is a strong result for a juice in Gurnee and suggests consistent service.

Gurnee is in Illinois, in the Midwest, where summers are warm, winters are cold and snowy, and most errands are done by car; businesses keep steady year-round hours with the usual holiday changes. Getting around Gurnee is easiest by car; street parking is metered in busy downtown areas, and most suburban businesses have their own lot. Ride-share apps such as Uber and Lyft operate across Illinois's larger cities, and public transit varies from extensive to minimal.

See the other juice & smoothies in Gurnee listed below to compare ratings, hours and locations before you decide. Details on this page come from public sources and may change; confirm anything important by phone before relying on it. Business owners can claim the listing to keep it up to date.