Our guide highlights the best brunch in Chicago, including the best restaurants to find those all-important brunch cocktails.

Old-school in the best sense of the phrase, Lutz has rows of glass cases filled with sweets the likes of which you haven’t seen since Grandma was out cutting a rug…

At this eco-conscious eatery, as much as possible—charcuterie, beer, cheese—is local. Particularly local are the breads and baked goods, which are made in house…

Stephanie Izard’s sister restaurant to Girl & the Goat is more Denny’s than “Nighthawks”; nevertheless, it has all the trappings of a diner: all-day breakfast (try the phenomenal paratha burrito), six types of burgers (we like the classic) and traditional plates such as fried chicken (good) and

Pierre Zimmerman (baking champion and instructor at the French Pastry School) has done an admirable job giving this long, narrow bakery (which he runs with his family) a French sensibility…

You might think this is just a chocolate shop, where ingenious flavor combinations (passionfruit-ginger–white chocolate, goat-cheese-walnut) take shape as decadent truffles. One sip of owner Katherine Duncan’s hot chocolate, however, and you’ll know that this is really a test of will…

Coffee, crêpes, sandwiches, salads, pastries and soft serve (naturally, right?) in the South Loop.

A café as lovely and sunny as this inspires lingering. But lingering requires cup upon cup of caffeine, and that could become hazardous. This European export has a solution for that, though: a full menu of food, most of it the unlikeliest coffeehouse food you’ve come across…

This simple grab-and-go coffee outfit lacks the elegance of its sit-down locations, but look through the window behind the counter and you’ll know this is where the magic happens…

Snag one of the three tables in this tiny Guatemalan café—you don’t have enough hands to take away everything you’ll want to try. Don’t miss the chile relleno sandwich, a delicious spread of peppers and onions on soft, housemade bread…