Best Breakfast / Brunch Restaurants Chicago

Tavernita, located in the popular River North neighborhood at the corner of Erie and LaSalle Streets, offers a mix of American dishes, using influences from France, Italy and Spain, and an innovative beverage program showcasing creative selections from around the world. Designed to encourage sampling and sharing, the menu has something for every taste.
Presenting lively atmosphere with a rustic feel, guests can relax in a warm, inviting environment ideal for socialization while experiencing a tailored dining experience – whether it’s a casual meal with friends or an exciting night on the town.

Located in the JW Marriott Chicago, in the city’s bustling Loop Financial District, The Florentine offers an elegant yet accessible interpretation of seasonal Italian Cuisine.
Characterized by simplicity and paramount ingredients, the menu showcases top imported Italian pastas, cheeses, salts and meats as well as ingredients from local and organic farms. In addition to an extensive antipasti menu and a variety of wood-fired thin crust pizzas, handmade pastas can be ordered in half or full portions. Desserts are modern interpretations of Italian classics, such as Tiramisu and Ricotta Cheesecake.

The Savoy brings a globally inspired seafood concept to Wicker Park in a cozy yet chic nautical themed space. The menu ranges from raw bar items such as East and West coast oysters to Alaskan snow crab. Coconut red curry mussels and a crab cake with smoked jalapeno sour cream serve as exotic beginnings. A variety of inventive fish dishes await you as entrees. Pork belly, Berkshire pork chop and a bone-in ribeye are offerings from the prairie. The Savoy also offers an unparalleled beverage program that ranges from a vintage cocktail list inspired by pre-prohibition era cocktails as well as modern selections, an eclectic wine and beer list and a wealth of alluring absinthe and spirits. The space itself is built for destination place guests. The restaurant opens into a wood laden raw bar then eases into a main dining space that gives way to a bar that glows with the warmth of soft Edison lighting.

Blonde wood, high ceilings, exposed brick walls and a fireplace give this hangout a cozy vibe. Young professionals from the neighborhood enjoy drinks, dine at tables in the front room, which spills into the adjacent bar area and onto the patio.
 

The 3rd Coast Cafe & Wine Bar is nestled in the heart of Chicago’s Gold Coast at the corner of Dearborn and Goethe. Open 7am to Midnight daily, this vintage location has been a site for famous restaurants since the 1920’s.

The oldest cafe in the gold coast will surprise you with its culinary delights. Locals love the options of breakfast all day, incredible salads, sandwiches, a changing dinner menu including fresh seafood, pasta, and steaks, the best brunch in Chicago, not to mention the wall of wine. From early morning fresh baked scones to late night dinner, wine and music, the “Coast” is an off the beaten track treasure full of ambiance, good old fashioned food and cocktails.

4 Suyos Peruvian Cuisine is a new, BYOB Logan Square restaurant featuring fresh, traditional Peruvian food, which on occasion, is garnished with a modern twist. From traditional Peruvian favorites like ceviche, lomo saltado, aji de gallina, and papa a la huancaina to skewered tofu marinated in anticuchos sauce and quinoa salad, our food creations are a testament to our love for all things Peru.

A word from Adobo Grill - Old Town
Adobo serves the finest Authentic Rustic Mexican Cuisine. It is also one of the top Mexican restaurants in the city is best know for table-side guacamole, margaritas and a collection of over 80 tequilas.
 

Abundant breakfast choices beckon at this Wicker Park restaurant, where the seasonally changing menu relies on creative takes on French toast and pancakes. Look for options like three-apple brioche French toast and Black Forest pancakes. Egg dishes, in massive portions, are also popular choices. Weekend brunch offers even more choices, like eggs Benedict and chocolate tower French toast.

This South Loop spin-off satiates the need for a hearty brunch just as deliciously as the original in Wicker Park. The pancakes at the Bongo Room are the stuff of legends, and may single-cakedly be the cause of long hour-long lines on the weekend. Just reading the menu's Pumpkin Carrot Cheesecake Flapjacks and Banana, White Chocolate & Macadamia Nut Pancakes has been known to elicit groans from hungry eaters. The hearty portions and ample saucing will leave you feeling stuffed, but spiritually satisfied.

 

Welcome to Mindy’s HotChocolate Restaurant and Dessert Bar. While we know that you have many dining choices, we wholly commit ourselves to exceed your expectations in all areas of your dining experience.
From the moment you walk through the front door, it is our goal to provide you with an atmosphere that is comfortable and relaxed with exemplary service and an evolving array of high-quality, seasonal and locally-sourced food, drink and pastry.
Whether it is a casual lunch, a leisurely weekend brunch, a delightful dinner or a late night dessert rendezvous, HotChocolate continues to be one of Chicago’s most unique dining destinations.

 

Known around the globe as "the place for blues" in a town that made blues famous, this well-known venue showcases all kinds of musicians: rising stars, superstars and legends. Located on the banks of the Chicago River, the House of Blues rocks out all night long putting on some of the most memorable and enduring shows in Chicagoland. Eclectic artwork covers the walls and, combined with the music, you get a tremendous sense that you have entered a one-of-a-kind place.

HUB 51 is the new River North creation from R.J. and Jerrod Melman, the younger generation of the Lettuce Entertain You organization. HUB 51 is a convergence of entertainment, nightlife, dining and social activity-much like the offbeat creations of LEYE were years ago. Striving to be at the heart of Chicago's social and dining scene, the attitude at HUB 51 is to expect the unexpected, a place offering unconventional perks, and outstanding food, drink and service in a spacious urban setting.

Jam, one of the nation’s most celebrated brunch restaurants, in the heart of Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood. Helmed by acclaimed Chef Jeffrey Mauro, formerly of Charlie Trotter’s and North Pond, Jam treats breakfast & lunch with the same level of reverence and devotion to culinary craftsmanship, all the while, maintaining a commitment to affordability.

 

Whats in a name? it’s actually named after hotel founder Potter Palmer’s brother-in-law (Bertha Palmer’s brother), Lockwood Honore.

One of the nation's largest facilities devoted to the art of our time, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) offers exhibitions of the most thought-provoking art created since 1945. The MCA documents contemporary visual culture through painting, sculpture, photography, video and film, and performance.

The Original Pancake House was founded in Portland, Oregon in 1953 by Les Highet and Erma Hueneke. Their extensive working knowledge of authentic national and ethnic pancake recipes, enables them to offer unique and original menus. Signature items include the Apple Pancake, a single large pancake smothered with sautéed apples and cinnamon sugar baked to perfection.

Park Tavern has a contemporary spin on the gastropub experience, serving craft beer and authentic food in a casual, urban lodge setting. Featuring over 10,000 square feet of space including an oversized beer garden, three dozen TV"s, corporate event and private dining rooms and multi-level dining areas complete with a unique draft beer table tap system, Park Tavern is the perfect destination for your next pre-or-post event lunch, dinner or cocktail gathering. Located just steps away from the United Center, this unique sports bar offers a complimentary shuttle service that will escort you directly to the arena.

Big and Bustling, Shaw's Crabhouse stands as a monument to fish and seafood. Besides the usual popular dishes, Shaw's management team is passionate about presenting treats such as Pacific salmon, fresh king crab, and smelt during their short seasons

Adjacent to Chicago's hip Hotel Monaco, is a neighborhood restaurant offering American Home cooking. As a tribute to the kitchen table, South Water Kitchen remembers the time when the kitchen was the center of the home and the family meal was the most important time of the day.

Award winning cook, author, and personal chef to Lady "O" now has his own restaurant.  Their goal is to offer the highest quality, freshest handmade foods in an intimate space.