Chicago breakfast, South Side up: Lou Mitchell's Route 66 donut holes, Bronzeville's Peach's and Pearl's Place, Erick Williams' Virtue, and the South Side bakeries. Twelve of these tables are Black-owned.
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A Route 66 institution since 1923 serving fluffy omelets, thick French toast and free donut holes.
Pip’s Tip Daily 7 to 3, a Route 66 institution since 1923. They hand out donut holes to the line.
A Black-owned brunch star famous for its flight-of-French-toast and long weekend lines.
Pip’s Tip Closed Tuesdays, 8 to 2. Black-owned, and the French toast flight is the order. Weekend lines are long.
A beloved Black-owned Bronzeville breakfast spot known for salmon croquettes, grits, and shrimp and eggs.
Pip’s Tip Daily 8 to 3 in Bronzeville. Black-owned, salmon croquettes, and calmer than the Lincoln Park spots.
An Andersonville breakfast cafe celebrated for bliss cakes, brioche French toast and seasonal scrambles.
A Black-owned Southern soul-food mainstay serving all-day breakfast, grits and salmon croquettes for decades.
Chicago's oldest restaurant, serving Woodlawn since 1892, now Black-owned for hearty classic breakfasts.
A wildly popular downtown pancake house with a sprawling menu of crepes, skillets and stuffed toast.
A Black-owned Bronzeville favorite piling crispy fried chicken atop golden waffles and shrimp-and-grits.
A longtime Wicker Park brunch institution known for decadent pancakes and inventive rotating breakfast plates.
Chef Erick Williams' acclaimed Black-owned Hyde Park Southern kitchen with a coveted weekend brunch.
A pioneering Logan Square farm-to-table cafe famous for its inventive, market-driven weekend brunch.
A warm Black-owned Bronzeville cafe serving morning sandwiches, smoothies and its famous layered cakes.
A Southern-comfort breakfast institution beloved for shrimp-and-grits and cornmeal-crusted morning plates.
Stephanie Hart's iconic Black-owned South Side bakery for caramel cake and morning sweet treats.
A legendary Black-owned Chatham soul-food kitchen, once an Aretha Franklin favorite, serving Southern breakfasts.
Burritt Bulloch's beloved Black-owned Roseland shop hand-making apple fritters and old-fashioned doughnuts since 1972.
A Michelin-recognized Pilsen restaurant whose creative globally-inspired weekend brunch draws devoted crowds.
A Black-owned Bronzeville soul kitchen serving chicken-and-waffles, shrimp-and-grits and hearty weekend brunch.
A Black-owned South Shore bakery beloved for cakes, cinnamon rolls and sweet morning pastries.
A classic 24-hour South Loop diner slinging skillets, omelets and hash browns since 1939.
A Route 66 institution since 1923, fluffy omelets, thick French toast and free donut holes.
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