In the Ranally city rating system, Chicago is ranked 1-AAA, which is the highest ranking of any Midwest city. Cleveland, Detroit, Minneapolis, and St. Louis are ranked 1-AA. Cincinnati, Columbus, Indianapolis, Kansas City, and Milwaukee are ranked 1-A. For the definition of the Midwest, I use the U.S. Census Bureau's official definition of the region, which is the 12-state region stretching from Ohio on the east to Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota on the west.
When I took Home Economics back during the Pleistocene era, there was a difference between baking and roasting. Baking was done in the oven, and open ie. a cake or cookies. Roasting always meant the cover was put over top, as in a roast.
City Roast. This roast is 1-2 shades darker than the Cinnamon roast and typically carries just as little body. The difference between the City roast and Cinnamon roast are the caramel notes that are present, which is not present in the cinnamon roast. It has a slightly longer roasting time, and some loss of acidity. Most specialty coffee is roasted to this roast level.