Serves meat, vegan options available. Kitchen and bar with a few branches serving diner & brunch food. Menu includes a vegan section listing pancakes, french toast, a wrap, tofu scramble, and few others. Open Mon-Thu 7:00am-10:00pm, Fri-Sat 7:00am-10:30pm, Sun 7:00am-10:00pm.
Categories: Lacto, Ovo, American, Juice bar, Beer/Wine, Non-veg
7 Reviews
First Review by dzgarcia
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Menu is wrong about what is vegan - Edit
There are a number of items on the menu which are marked vegan and are definitely not (“Egg white omelet”). There are some items which seem like they surely must be, but aren’t marked as so. Got the “vegan pancakes,” and when there waitress brought out the food she mentioned that they don’t have vegan butter.
Basically, you can eat there if you’re stranded in the south loop, but be careful and it’s not worth going out of your way to eat there.
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Great place for vegan to go with non-veg friends - Edit
It has decent vegan breakfast options.
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Great pancakes, tofu scrambler is just ok - Edit
The vegan pancakes are delicious. The tofu scrambler is cooked well, but lacks flavor.
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Really Disappointed - Edit
I had planned on eating here every morning while I was in Chicago, but after the first visit, I had no desire to return. Their tofu scramble is not a tofu scramble but rather a plate of steamed vegetables with a few cubes of tofu mixed in. If you liked high priced steamed vegetables with no flavor to speak of, this is the dish for you. Otherwise, don't bother.
Updated from previous review on 2017-09-26
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Pleasantly surprised - Edit
I went here with my dad for brunch and we both split the 3 grain sliders and the vegan pancakes. Everything tasted fresh and carefully put together. The waitress even split the food for us so we didn't have to share the same plates. They make their own ketchup which was delicious. The ambience is very nice and they make fresh smoothies and orange juice. Overall a great experience and I will hope to be back soon
Pros: Specific vegan menu, gluten free options, fresh fo
Cons: Somewhat expensive
Contributions +40
love their vegan breakfast - Edit
I'm so happy there is a restaurant that understands vegans like to go out for breakfast with our non-vegan friends. This is the only place I know of where my meat eating friends and my vegan friends can all go together and we all can get satisfying food. Thank you I wish more restaurants got it.
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Underwhelmed - Edit
There are 6-8 vegan options and nothing inspired or even interesting. I ordered the vegan french toast, it was fine, but not excellent and a sad portion size for the price charged.
Pros: clearly marked veg/vgn options
Cons: portion size, variety, price
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