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Bryn Mawr Breakfast Club - Belmont Gardens

Belmont Gardens · Breakfast/Brunch Community-sourced, unverified
📍 4459 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60641

Bryn Mawr Breakfast Club built enough of a following at its original North Park location that chef-owner Manny Mejia expanded to a second spot in Belmont Gardens on West Belmont Avenue, and the credentials backing up that expansion are real: Yelp ranked the brand third nationally on its 2024 Top 100 Brunch Spots list, built from review volume and rating data specifically around brunch and Mother's Day mentions.

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The carnitas skillet and bread pudding French toast from a brunch brand Yelp ranked #3 in the nation on its 2024 Top 100 Brunch Spots list.

Mejia draws on his Mexican heritage and a resume that includes time at m. henry and Jin Ju, and it shows most clearly in the carnitas skillet, a hearty, specific dish that reads as a genuine point of view rather than a generic breakfast-skillet default. The bread pudding French toast gets singled out just as often, proof the sweeter side of the menu gets the same attention as the savory. Portions run large enough that Yelp reviewers consistently call them out specifically, and the interior leans into a snug, rustic-chic look rather than a sterile diner aesthetic.

The brand has since grown further still, adding a third location in Ravenswood — evidence this is a genuinely expanding local chain, not a one-off success. Hours run daily, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., per the most recent coverage, though one third-party listing gives a longer window, so call ahead if the extra hours matter. No happy hour applies to a breakfast-and-lunch-only concept, but a #3 national Yelp brunch ranking is a harder credential to come by than any discount.

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Daily7am-3pm (per NBC Chicago; one third-party listing gives 7am-8pm
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