Brunch review: Vincent

Vincent It’s 11am on a sunny Sunday in Andersonville, and Vincent’s brunch crowd, if you can call it that, consists of a handful of straight couples and a family with kids in tow. Chalk it up to the gayborhood experiencing a mass post-Halloween party hangover, but the dearth of diners is more likely due to few people knowing the Dutch restaurant even offers brunch. That should all change once word gets out about the uitsmijter, a decadent layering of thick bacon, melty gouda and two eggs on brioche. For now, enjoy the silence with a Hollander—a Bloody Mary that may lack spice but offers an enormous helping of herring, skewered with a pickle—and the delicately fried oysters that burst with saltwater with every bite. The oysters sit on underseasoned, somewhat runny scrambled eggs—an underwhelming note in an otherwise overwhelmingly delicious meal. Brunch served 10:30am-2:30pm (Sundays only). 1475 W Balmoral Ave (773-334-7168). El: Red to Berwyn. Bus: 22, 36, 92. Average main course: $12.—Laura Baginski