Best Breakfast / Brunch Restaurants Chicago

The Parrot Cage Restaurant, is operated by Washburne Culinary Institute, offering opportunities for students to apply their skills in the kitchen as well as in the front of the house. Parrot Cage specializes in modern American Cuisine at affordable prices, prepared and served by Washburne Culinary Institute students. We ensure that a high standard for quality is always present from preparation to presentation. In fact, we have earned the industry’s prestigious Zagat rating of “Excellent or Better” for three consecutive years and our Sunday Brunch has repeatedly earned the OpenTable Diners Top Choice Award. The Parrot Cage Restaurant is located in the South Shore Cultural Center – a Chicago Historic Landmark and Architectural treasure positioned between Lake Michigan’s picturesque beach front and the lush greenery of the South Shore golf course.

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.

Stop by and experience their exciting array of specialty food groceries and a charming café serving modern comfort food. In the middle of the burgeoning shopping and dining destination that is the South-port Avenue corridor, this Grocery & Café captures the quality-focused, yet down-to-earth nature of its Lakeview neighbors.

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.   

It has reigned as one of Chicago's top dining destinations since 1938.  Located in Chicago's Gold Coast, its traditional elegance has made it the place to celebrate special occasions in the city. A gallery of celebrity photographs, many taken at the famous Booth One and others taken at the more intimate Green Booth, line the walls of the stairwell leading to the famed Pump Room Restaurant.   Featuring contemporary cuisine, a superior wine list and impeccable service, it is no wonder Hollywood's greatest flocked to the Pump Room. The Pump Room will leave a lasting impression for years to come.

The Italian countryside meets the American farmhouse...in Keith Richard's basement bar.

Scandanavian restaurants offer an intimate and warm dining environment, almost as though a family is inviting you into their home as a guest. Surrounded by wooden floors and tables and warmly lit chandeliers, Tre Kronor offers an authentic European smorgasbord of flavors.

 The White Palace Grill, open since 1939, might be the finest example of an urban diner in Chicago. A beacon on the northeast corner of Canal and Roosevelt, this diner has managed to stick around while other businesses have come and gone.

In addition to an extensive lunch and dinner menu, the White Palace Grill serves up eggs practically any way you can think of 24 hours a day. The diner attracts city workers, policemen, firemen, business people, college students, politicians, the afterhours club crowd and just about anybody. The mix of people is terrific and diverse. It is an urban oasis.

If the walls at the White Palace could describe every patron who has walked into the place, there could be a Studs Terkel book in the making. Just as a picture tells a story, the White Palace Grill is a key part of Chicago history. If you need a break from "caramelized onions", " infused " sauces and names of food you can't pronounce then come over anytime 24 hours a day 365 days a year, we will be there to serve you comfort food.