There’s a stretch of Route 66 running through Chicago where history isn’t just preserved in museums or commemorated with plaques, it’s actively being served on plates alongside perfectly crispy hash browns and coffee that never stops flowing.
Lou Mitchell’s sits on West Jackson Boulevard like a delicious time capsule, feeding travelers and locals the kind of breakfast that makes you understand why people get nostalgic about the good old days.
Walking into Lou Mitchell’s is like stepping onto a movie set, except everything is real and the food is actually edible, unlike most prop food which I imagine tastes like disappointment and paint.
The neon sign outside has been beckoning hungry travelers for decades, promising the world’s finest coffee, and while that’s a bold claim, they’ve got the track record to back it up…