When it comes to breakfast, Illinois doesn’t mess around, and according to Mashed, the best “hole-in-the-wall” breakfast spot in the state proves it.
Mashed calls it a “snapshot of a lost legacy of dining.” It should be; it opened back in 1937 and was rebuilt after a 2016 fire, only to “rise from the ashes like some extra crispy bacon.”
The Chicago Diner That’s Old-School to Its Core
Sitting on Irving Park Road in Chicago, this old-school counter spot is the kind of place where the coffee’s always hot, the grill’s always sizzling, and the menu probably hasn’t changed in about 50 years.
What Diners Love Most About This Classic Illinois Breakfast Spot
Need more proof that this place is the ultimate “hole-in-the-wall” breakfast restaurant in Illinois?
One Yelp reviewer called it a “divvy diner. Win-win.”…