9 brunch rooms in Chicago we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Chicago | Brunch across every city.
Brunch in Chicago is a serious weekend ritual that spreads across the neighborhoods rather than clustering downtown. Lula Cafe in Logan Square helped define the farm-driven version, while Bongo Room in Wicker Park is known for its sweet, oversized plates. Kasama serves a Filipino-leaning morning menu, and on the South Side the Valois Cafeteria on 53rd Street keeps its See Your Food cafeteria breakfast going.
Lula Cafe (Monday Farm Dinner) ★ 4.6
2537 N Kedzie Blvd, Chicago, IL 60647
Lula Cafe in Chicago hides its Monday Farm Dinner inside the Logan Square brunch menu: a single-farm five-course dinner since 1999 that set the farm-table.
Lula Cafe (brunch) ★ 4.5
2537 N Kedzie Blvd, Chicago, IL 60647
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.
Bongo Room (Wicker Park) ★ 4.3
1470 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
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.
Kasama (Filipino breakfast) ★ 4.7
1001 N Winchester Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
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.
Daisies (brunch) ★ 4.5
2375 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
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.
Big Jones (Sunday Southern brunch) ★ 4.4
5347 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Big Jones in Chicago is Paul Fehribach's Andersonville Southern brunch on Clark Street, with buttermilk biscuits, shrimp-and-grits and the Sunday-only brunch.
The Publican (Sunday brunch) ★ 4.5
837 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607
The Publican in Chicago is Paul Kahan's Fulton Market Sunday brunch with oyster towers, ham plates and soft-scramble-and-biscuit at the communal mead-hall.
Valois Cafeteria (See Your Food breakfast) ★ 4.0
1518 E 53rd St, Chicago, IL 60615
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.
Ann Sather (Broadway) ★ 4.3
3415 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60657
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.