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Batter & Berries

Lincoln Park · Breakfast/Brunch Community-sourced, unverified
📍 2748 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614

Batter & Berries has been doing brunch in Lincoln Park since 2012, and it's grown from a single storefront into a genuine small chain — a suburban Olympia Fields location and a South Loop outpost at 23rd and State have followed, with chef Ken Polk, a Chicago native carrying 25-plus years of kitchen experience, running the back of house.

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The Cluck-N-Gaufre — a sweet potato waffle stuffed with chicken, topped with fried chicken and nutmeg hot sauce — from a BYOB brunch spot that's grown from one Lincoln Park storefront into a 3-location Chicagoland chain.

The signature dish is the Cluck-N-Gaufre: a sweet potato waffle stuffed with chicken, topped with a whole fried chicken breast, and finished with a nutmeg hot sauce that's specific enough to be a genuine point of differentiation rather than a generic drizzle. The French toast program rotates through flavors like blueberry and strawberry, and the kitchen also runs a Brisket Hash and a B&B Breakfast Wrap for anyone who wants the menu's range rather than its headline dish. It's BYOB, which keeps brunch affordable in a neighborhood that doesn't always make that easy, and Black-owned, with Craig and Dr. Tanya Richardson running the business behind the counter as well as the kitchen.

The restaurant has been a regular feature of Midwest Black Restaurant Week, which tracks with 12-plus years of actual neighborhood standing rather than a recent trend-chasing entry. Hours run breakfast-and-lunch only, roughly 8 a.m. into early-to-mid afternoon depending on the day and the source consulted (listings disagree slightly on the exact closing time) — call ahead if you're cutting it close. No happy hour applies to a daytime-only BYOB brunch spot, but a restaurant that's expanded to three locations off one original idea has clearly found its own version of a deal that works.

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Batter & Berries

Lincoln ParkCommunity

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roughly 8am-3pm/4pm (sources disagree on exact closing time and weekday variation)
🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 (773) 248-7710

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