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10 Best Black-Owned Brunch Spots in Chicago

The Delta
Batter & Berries
The Duplex
Sweet Maple Cafe
Luella’s Southern Kitchen
The L Station Lux & Soul
Time Out Market Chicago
Brunch N Burgers
The Brunchery
Chicago’s Home of Chicken & Waffles II
tamales from the delta in chicago
The Delta
Lemon Drop Meringue French Toast at Batter & Berries in chicago
Batter & Berries
Old Fashioned Burger at The Duplex in chicago
The Duplex
French Toast at Sweet Maple Cafe in chicago
Sweet Maple Cafe
Chicken and Waffles at Luellas Southern Kitchen in chicago
Luella’s Southern Kitchen
BBQ Turkey Tips, Yams, Mac and Cheese at L Station Lux and Soul in chicago
The L Station Lux & Soul
Caramelized Chicken Dumplings at Urban Belly and Time Out Market in chicago
Time Out Market Chicago
burger with egg from brunch n burgers in chicago
Brunch N Burgers
French toast from the brunchery in chicago
The Brunchery
Chicken and Waffles at Chicken and Waffles in chicago
Chicago’s Home of Chicken & Waffles II

The brunch scene in Chicago is bustling with fantastic restaurants offering classic and modern brunch fare. But finding a fantastic brunch spot that is also a Black-owned business means we can lift up a minority-owned business while enjoying some of the best food in town. When in Chi-Town, grab your group of friends and hit up one of these awesome Black-owned brunch spots for a fantastic meal.

tamales from the delta in chicago
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The Delta

1745 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
(773) 360-1793

For a family-style brunch in Chicago, we love to visit The Delta for its rich, southern flavors and comfortable, casual style. The Family Brunch board for two or more comes with all the tasty brunch favorites like fried chicken, cornbread, bacon, grits and scrambled eggs. The Delta also offers a la carte brunch menu items like the Breakfast Burger or the Chicken Sando, but the Bottomless Mimosas is always a good addition to brunch here.

 

Lemon Drop Meringue French Toast at Batter & Berries in chicago
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Batter & Berries

2748 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
(773) 248-7710

This brunch, lunch and breakfast spot is one of our go-to’s in Chicago for a few reasons. First, it’s hard to resist the French Toast Flight at Batter & Berries with an outstanding combination of Blueberry, Strawberry, Lemon and Caramel French Toast on one platter. Seasonal and specialty flavors rotate through as well, creating a delicious brunch menu all year long. But we also love Batter and & Berries for their partnerships with other local Chicago businesses, helping to support and lift up other minority-owned businesses around town.

 

Old Fashioned Burger at The Duplex in chicago
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The Duplex

3137 W Logan Blvd, Chicago, IL 60647
(773) 697-4153

With a unique chef concept rotation guiding its nightly menu, The Duplex brings a fun twist to dining in Chicago. But the brunch menu here doesn’t switch up with the chef rotation menus, so we know we can always count on enjoying brunch classics here like Upside Down French Toast, Chicken and Waffles or Shrimp and Grits along with bottomless Bloody Marys or Mimosas.

 

French Toast at Sweet Maple Cafe in chicago
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Sweet Maple Cafe

1339 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607
(312) 243-8908

Serving breakfast and lunch seven days a week, Sweet Maple Café is the perfect spot to go for a traditional brunch menu. Holiday French Toast, Apple Spice Pancakes and Chorrisimo Tacos are sure to become favorites at this classic morning café, but surprising choices like Chicken Livers with Onions and Fish ‘N Eggs, a unique catfish and egg scramble dish, will delight as well. Sweet Maple Café offers a full menu of coffee drinks and juices, but don’t expect any cocktails with brunch here.

 

Chicken and Waffles at Luellas Southern Kitchen in chicago
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Luella’s Southern Kitchen

4609 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
(773) 961-8196

Routinely chosen as a customer and chef favorite restaurant in Chicago, Luella’s Southern Kitchen is a brunch destination every local and visitor should have on their shortlist. Serving up Southern favorites like Chicken and Waffles and Shrimp and Grits gets you in the door, but we love the surprising additions of Baked Shrimp and Andouille Sausage, Salmon Cakes and Beignets that remind us of the restaurant’s Southern roots.

 

BBQ Turkey Tips, Yams, Mac and Cheese at L Station Lux and Soul in chicago
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The L Station Lux & Soul

186 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 285-2414

A cozy restaurant and bar later, the L Station Lux & Soul offers a limited but delicious brunch menu. Bottomless Mimosas go perfectly with Chicken and Waffles, Lamb and Eggs or even Mama’s Soul Food Special at one of Chicago’s newest Black-owned brunch destinations. Great soul food, intimate seating, funky decor and a southern welcome ensure that L Station Lux & Soul will serve up brunch to Chicagoans for years to come.

 

Caramelized Chicken Dumplings at Urban Belly and Time Out Market in chicago
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Time Out Market Chicago

916 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607
(312) 637-3888

A great option for brunching in Chicago is the Time Out Market food hall. The bakery, Firecakes, opens at breakfast, but all of the 20 other food stalls open just in time for brunch. Some of the fun brunch menu items to check out here are the Udon Soup and Dumplings at Asian-fusion spot UrbanBelly, the various types of Street Tacos offered at the Latin-inspired Lil Amaru and the Southern brunch fare at Lizzy J’s like Crab Benedict and Lemon Ricotta Pancakes.

 

burger with egg from brunch n burgers in chicago
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Brunch N Burgers

2255 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60612
(312) 285-2965

This casual restaurant is the perfect place to try in Chicago for a low-key brunch. Brunch N Burger serves up a weekend brunch menu that ups their daily burger offerings with tasty menu items like Fried Fish and Grits, Waffle French Toast, The Catch salmon burger and even a homemade Peach Cobbler to top off your down-home brunch experience.

 

French toast from the brunchery in chicago
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The Brunchery

2552 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614
(773) 248-4580

The massive menu at The Brunchery literally has something for every brunch lover in your group. From Fancy Cakes pancake flavors like Nutella Banana to a traditional Corned Beef Skillet to a Build-Your-Own Brunch, The Brunchery is full of deliciousness in its adorable French-themed restaurant.

 

Chicken and Waffles at Chicken and Waffles in chicago
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Chicago’s Home of Chicken & Waffles II

543 Madison St, Oak Park, IL 60302
(708) 524-3300

With multiple options for plates of waffles and different chicken combinations, Chicago’s Home of Chicken and Waffles really lives up to its name. Brunch here also includes other tasty options like Cajun Red Beans and Rice and the veggie Evelyn’s Eggstacy omelet. This popular Black-owned restaurant is a great destination for an excellent brunch in a hip location.

 

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