9 editor picks in Chicago.
9 brunch places 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 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.
TipReservations open four weeks ahead and book in a day. The farm dinner is $65 and includes wine pairings on certain weeks.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
OrderButtermilk biscuit with sorghum butter and the shrimp-and-grits.
TipSunday tables go two weeks ahead. The bar takes walk-up if you arrive at 09:30 on the dot.
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.
OrderOyster tower, country-ham plate, soft-scrambled eggs with bacon-cheddar biscuit.
TipBook at 10:00 for the lightest dining room. The oyster-shucker is at the bar; order a half-dozen there if you walk up.
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.
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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