The Best Breakfast And Brunch Spots In Boystown Chicago

Boystown is the LGBT nightlife center of Chicago. The site of the city’s gay pride parade, it is home to thousands of LGBT residents, and some of the best brunches in the city. From cute boutique cafes to bottomless mimosa specials, find your best brunch in Boystown below.

Wilde Bar & Restaurant

It’s only fitting that one of gay culture’s leading figures, Oscar Wilde, be given a restaurant in his honor in Boystown, Chicago. The Wilde Bar & Restaurant channels Wilde’s Irish homeland with an extensive beer selection and many traditional Irish dishes. For brunch, the restaurant offers a wide variety of breakfast specials along with a host of fruity breakfast drinks, from morning mojitos to blueberry açai with Chambord liquor.

Kanela Breakfast Club

Drew’s on Halsted

With $5 mimosas on the restaurant’s patio and equally fair prices on many breakfast items, Drew’s on Halsted is a great choice for a long, lazy brunch. Scrambled egg croissants, chilaquiles, and lemon custard french toast are some of the highlights at this long-standing Boystown brunch spot. Plus, where else can you have brunch while a DJ plays for those adventurous enough to go on the dance floor before noon? Time for a breakfast martini or two.

Ann Sather Restaurant

Swedish pancakes served with Swedish meatballs are on the menu at Ann Sather’s, which serves Scandinavian fare highlighting Uptown Chicago‘s Swedish roots. With huge portion sizes, trendy offerings such as breakfast crab cakes and smoked salmon, fresh orange juice, and wait staff that keep the coffee flowing, Ann Sather’s is not just one of the best brunches in Boystown, but perhaps even Chicago.
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