A nationally recognized coffee brand is moving out to the suburbs this year.
A sign is up for the second Fat Miilk Coffee shop in a Naperville shopping plaza at 1555 N Aurora Road, from recent social media posts. The first shop opened in 2024 at 5018 N Broadway Street in Uptown. Owner of Fat Miilk Lan Ho told What Now Chicago the opening date will be around June or July.
Ho founded Fat Miilk in 2020. She appeared on the hit show “Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars” before debuting her shop. Ho pitched her Vietnamese coffee brand to Ramsay and was able to get national attention towards her brand.
“Fat Miilk is more than a coffee brand. It’s a condensed, bold challenge to miilk life for all it’s worth,” says the description on their website
The company works with Vietnamese farmers to source organic green coffee beans. The cafe offers many specialty drinks, phin drip coffees, teas and robusta espressos. A standout is their “egg coffee with signature,” topped with a “custard-like foam” and the staple Fat Miilk. For syrup flavors, vanilla, salted caramel, hazel and lavender are offered.
Along with the coffees, Ho sells Fat Miilk merch like an embroidered hoodie, crew socks, hats, glass mugs and coffee kits. Roasts can also be purchased on the website, which go for $25.
The new coffee shop will be joining the plaza with Sarpino’s Pizzeria Naperville. This is a developing area of the suburb as more concepts are set to be announced soon.
