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$6-12BrunchHyde Park cafeteria breakfast
Valois Cafeteria in Chicago is the Hyde Park cafeteria on 53rd Street since 1921, the See Your Food steam-table breakfast, an Obama-era $7 tray.
OrderObama tray: scrambled eggs, sausage, hash browns, toast.
TipCash only. Order the Obama tray and pay $7.
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$10-18BrunchSwedish-American breakfast and lunch
Ann Sather in Chicago is the 1945 Swedish-American breakfast room whose Broadway location carries the city's cinnamon roll after Belmont closes mid-2026.
OrderMaple-glazed cinnamon roll (free with every entree), Swedish pancakes with lingonberry.
TipThe cinnamon roll is included free with every entree; ask for it warm. The Broadway and Granville rooms continue after the Belmont site closes 28 June 2026.
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$15-25BrunchFarm-driven American brunch
Lula Cafe in Chicago is Jason Hammel's Logan Square brunch room on Kedzie since 1999, with farm-driven plates, vegetable hash and a Logan Boulevard patio.
OrderVegetable hash with poached egg and brown-butter sage.
TipArrive 09:30 on weekends. The queue is long by 10:30; the patio opens at 10:00 in summer.
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$14-22BrunchSweet-and-savoury brunch, big pancakes
Bongo Room in Chicago is the Wicker Park brunch institution on Milwaukee Avenue, with three-pancake stacks the size of frisbees and a vegan jackfruit hash.
OrderPretzel-crusted French toast with white chocolate caramel.
TipOrder one savoury and one sweet to share. The pancake special is a quarterly-rotating menu posted on the front board.
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$16-26BrunchFilipino breakfast plates
Kasama in Chicago is Tim Flores and Genie Kwon's Filipino bakery in Ukrainian Village, with longanisa breakfast plates, ube cruffins and a corner counter.
OrderLonganisa breakfast plate with garlic rice and an egg.
TipArrive at 07:15 to land the warm cruffins. The breakfast plate at the counter is a perfect 10:30 pause.
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$16-26BrunchItalian-influenced brunch, pasta-and-egg
Daisies in Chicago is Joe Frillman's Logan Square Italian-influenced brunch on Milwaukee Avenue, with hand-cut pasta, a carbonara-and-egg plate and house.
OrderCarbonara with a sunny-side egg on top.
TipBook 14 days ahead on Resy. Patio seats in summer go first; the indoor banquettes are the second-best seat.