Tea and Term Papers
Good study spots are realistically not that hard to find. However, when you’re in downtown Chicago, surrounded by options, where do you go? Water Tower campus is only a block from Michigan Avenue, and there are So. Many. Options.
One of my favorite places, however, is Argo Tea. There are a few locations (two within a three or four minute walk from Corboy) but the one I’m going to highlight is the one located on the corner of Wabash and Chestnut. It’s an all glass building with all of Argo Tea’s many drink choices, AND a frozen-yogurt type soft serve machine, where you fill your dish with tasty dessert and put all the toppings of your choice on it. (They have healthy choices like a variety of berries, nuts, and coconut!) Delicious.
It’s a quiet study environment, and although it is smaller, it provides a warm way to experience the city that you’re surrounded with. Outside there is a piano that anyone with musical talent can take a go at, although I could not tell you if you can hear it inside Argo Tea, as it’s been rather cold out and awful motivation for talented piano players to bang out some tunes.
The hours are pretty good as well, as they are open until 11 PM every day except Sunday, where they close at 10 PM. If you go on a Friday, the intercampus shuttle will drive you there and back as long as you leave before midnight, when it stops running! It’s located in a really well lit area, so even as the sun sets earlier, you will feel safe while walking to your chosen mode of transportation.
However, I will warn you to come with a fully charged battery. There is only one outlet available for use in the store, and nothing is worse than a dead battery in the middle of a long research paper. But to counteract that, there is a perk! Argo tea has an app, and with your first sign up, you get a free drink (up to $5). When you visit ten times and use your app to order and purchase your drink, you will receive $4 in credit to go towards your next purchase.
May you have full batteries and high marks on your term papers!