A Chicago faucet is a commercial-grade faucet made by Chicago Faucet Company, founded in 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, now headquartered in Des Plaines, Illinois, known for extreme durability and reliability in heavy-use commercial environments. Chicago Faucet Company, owned by Geberit Group since 2002, makes Chicago faucets that are made in USA from solid brass with heavy chrome plating, designed for schools, hospitals, airports, restaurants, laboratories, and other places where faucets are used hundreds of times per day and must last decades. A Chicago faucet typically features Quaturn cartridge, Chicago Faucets signature cartridge tested to 1 million cycles that prevents drips and is easily replaceable, or Eccentric or ceramic disc cartridges in newer models. Chicago faucets like 305, 540, 420, and 1100 series are known for vandal-resistant, lead-free, and WaterSense certified options, with flow rates of 0.5 to 2.2 GPM for water savings. Chicago faucets cost $150 to $600, more than residential Delta or Moen, but last 20 to 30 years versus 10 to 15 years for residential. They have functional, institutional design focused on durability rather than luxury aesthetics. So Chicago faucet is commercial, made in USA, solid brass, Quaturn cartridge, built for heavy use, lasting decades, used in commercial buildings, not typical decorative residential kitchen faucet but excellent for forever durability.
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