In addition to eggs, omelets, and pancakes there’s the cholesterol-enhancing Big Mike’s Irish Breakfast: a fried egg, rasher of bacon, sausage, broiled tomato, potatoes, and a pint of Guinness. The brunch overflow from Lula Cafe often makes its way to this second location of Doug and Michael Dunlay’s Clark Street bar and grill. | Breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily | $ | 2524 W. Fresh churros and homemade tamales return to the menu this month. There’s also a coffee bar, a case of mostly classic Breyer’s ice cream flavors, fountain creations like the Coco Angel, a lovely coconut and pineapple shake served in a cutesy coconut shell bowl, a shifting menu of homey soups, and free WiFi. Standout sandwiches on house-made bread include the pastrami–salty, marbled meat and thick slices of good Swiss pressed between slices of buttered French. Armitage | 77Ĭomfy deli/coffee shop/ice cream parlor with mismatched chairs and a case of used library books. But if for some reason you find the call of the sea in Logan Square irresistible, the jumbo shrimp do keep a faint memory of sweetness under their battered armor. At ASH the critters are overbattered in an unseasoned glop that smothers any taste of the sea and require a heavy dose of heat or cocktail sauce to get them down. Is it too much to expect that a humble, prairie-locked shrimp shack land a fresh catch and sell it at working-stiff’s prices? Apparently so. Best of Chicago 2023: Music & Nightlife.Best of Chicago 2023: Sports & Recreation.