Best Buildings Near Chicago's Best Brunch Spots

TL;DR The best brunch is the one you can roll out of bed and walk to. Wicker Park buildings put you near The Bongo Room and Dove's, West Loop and Fulton Market buildings near Beatrix and Bandit, and Lakeview's Southport Corridor near Southport Grocery and Little Goat. Here is where to live for the weekend ritual.

Weekend brunch is practically a sport in Chicago, and the best spots draw a line. The cheat code is living close enough to walk over, put your name in, and stroll back when your table is ready. Here are the buildings that put the city's best brunch on your block.

Wicker Park: The Bongo Room and Dove's

Wicker Park is brunch country. The Bongo Room on Milwaukee is the institution, famous for its dessert-style pancakes, and Dove's Luncheonette on Damen is the Michelin-listed counter doing Southern-meets-Tex-Mex, with Ina Mae for a Creole spin. Buildings near Milwaukee and Division put all of it within a short walk, plus the Blue Line.

The West Loop and Fulton Market: Beatrix and Bandit

The dining capital does brunch too. Beatrix in Fulton Market brings an in-house bakery and crowd-pleasing plates, Au Cheval serves its famous burger and diner-style eggs all day, and Bandit is the bottomless-mimosa pick on Randolph. West Loop and Fulton Market buildings near Restaurant Row walk to the whole lineup.

Lakeview: the Southport Corridor

Lakeview's brunch heart is the Southport Corridor, a walkable strip with Southport Grocery (famous for bread pudding pancakes), Stephanie Izard's Little Goat Diner, and Uncommon Ground. Lakeview buildings near Southport put a great brunch crawl at the door.

How to use this

Pick the brunch scene you love, then live near it. Wicker Park, the West Loop, and Lakeview's Southport Corridor are the three strongest, each walkable from great buildings. For the full venue-by-venue guide, see our best weekend brunch by neighborhood post, for overall dining our best buildings for foodies ranking, and for the neighborhood our Wicker Park and Bucktown guide. Then browse current openings and book a tour.

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