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22 Brunch restaurants in Chicago that earn more on your cards

Chicago has 22 Brunch restaurants in our listings: 22 take a dining program and none has a card perk. Most common price: $$ (moderate). Top neighborhoods: Irving Park (3), Streeterville (2), and Des Plaines (1).

22 restaurants

  • Alexander's - Chicago

    up to20%

    American · $$ · Logan Square

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+11 more

  • Alexander's - Edgewater

    up to20%

    American · $$ · Far North

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+11 more

  • Alexander's - Lincoln Square

    up to20%

    American · $$ · Irving Park

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+11 more

  • Pancake Cafe Broadway

    up to20%

    Breakfast · $$ · Lake View

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+11 more

  • Smack Dab Chicago

    up to20%

    Brunch · Rogers Park

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%

  • Stacked and Folded - Evanston

    up to20%

    American · $$ · Evanston

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+11 more

  • Stacked and Folded - Winnetka

    up to20%

    American · $$ · Winnetka

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+11 more

  • The L Station

    up to20%

    Southern · $$$ · Loop

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+11 more

  • Mirella's Tavern

    up to16%

    American · $$$ · Ukrainian Village

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside12%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+8 more

  • Chapel Street Cafe

    up to15%

    American · $$$ · Streeterville

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside9%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+10 more

  • Wake 'n Bacon

    up to14%

    Brunch · $$ · Lake View East

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xUpside8%+10 more

  • 5800 North Cafe

    up to12%

    Breakfast · $$ · Irving Park

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Breakfast House

    up to12%

    Brunch · $$ · Irving Park

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Breakfast House Belmont Height

    up to12%

    Brunch · $$ · Dunning

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Brunch City Cafe

    up to12%

    American · $$ · Des Plaines

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Eggs Inc Cafe

    up to12%

    Breakfast · $$ · Streeterville

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Kamari Kafe

    up to12%

    Breakfast · $$ · Norwood Park East

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • La Grange Breakfast Cafe

    up to12%

    American · $$ · La Grange

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Toast It IZ

    up to12%

    Breakfast · $$ · River North

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Toast It IZ

    up to12%

    Breakfast · $$$ · Evergreen Park

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Rye Deli & Drink

    up to12%

    Bagels · $$ · West Loop

    American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more
Restaurants
22
Neighborhoods
19
Cuisines
9
Dining programs
14
With a card perk
0

The 3 best cards to bring to dinner in Chicago

Ranked by what each card earns across this city's restaurants at our point valuations, counting the dining program that pays most at each one. Card credits aren't counted. AAdvantage Dining (21 restaurants) and TrueBlue Dining (21) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 22 restaurants. American Express Gold Card tops the list here on its own dining rate — ≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner before any program.

  • American Express Gold Card

    American Express Gold Card

    $325 annual fee

    ≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner

    Card details
  • Chase Sapphire Reserve

    Chase Sapphire Reserve

    $795 annual fee

    ≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner

    Card details
  • Chase Sapphire Preferred Card

    Chase Sapphire Preferred Card

    $95 annual fee

    ≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner

    Card details
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14 dining programs that pay in Chicago

Dining programs pay on top of your card. Join one, link a card, and every meal at a participating restaurant earns twice.

8 cuisines in Chicago

Brunch in 19 Chicago neighborhoods

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Some restaurant addresses, phone numbers, websites and cuisines come from Overture Maps Foundation open data (Meta and Microsoft, CDLA Permissive 2.0; Foursquare, Apache 2.0; AllThePlaces, CC0 1.0). Overture attribution Some neighbourhoods come from Who's On First boundaries (CC-BY 4.0). Who's On First licenses Some opening hours, phone numbers, websites and cuisines are © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). OpenStreetMap copyright

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