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IL · Brunch
Harry is professionally sceptical of brunch. The queue is not a quality signal. The Bloody Mary menu is not a quality signal. The places below have survived Harry's scoring methodology and are worth your Saturday morning.
Chicago does brunch without ceremony and is better for it. The Polish diner in the Ukrainian Village is the standard. A short stack, a sausage link, and coffee that costs two dollars and gets refilled without being asked. The Bloody Mary bar is a tourist attraction. Skip it. The eggs are the point.
| No hype discount | Brunch venues accumulate Instagram followers faster than Michelin stars. Harry cross-references tourist signal against local review patterns. A place that locals go to on a weekday morning is different from a venue that trained its front-of-house to suggest tagging the location. |
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| Harry Score | The composite score from Google, Yelp, Tripadvisor and critic signals. Brunch has a high floor for bad scores — the category attracts mediocrity. A high Harry Score here means it consistently outperforms the genre, not just the competition next door. |
| Worth It score | Brunch is the meal most likely to charge you $26 for eggs. The Worth It score flags places that charge a reasonable price for what they deliver — and flags the ones where the atmosphere is the product and the food is the afterthought. |
34 E Balbo Dr, Chicago, IL 60605, USA
500 S Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60605, USA
1112 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605, USA
22 E Adams St, Chicago, IL 60603, USA
33 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603, USA
181 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60602, USA
22 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601, USA
340 N State St, Chicago, IL 60654, USA
144 S Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60603, USA
330 N Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, USA