Ann Sather

Frommer's Review

A sign hanging by Ann Sather's door bears the following inscription: "Once one of many neighborhood Swedish restaurants, Ann Sather's is the only one that remains." This is a real Chicago institution, where you can enjoy Swedish meatballs with buttered noodles and brown gravy, or the Swedish sampler of duck breast with lingonberry glaze, meatball, potato-sausage dumpling, sauerkraut, and brown beans. All meals are full dinners, including appetizer, main course, vegetable, potato, and dessert. Sticky cinnamon rolls are a highlight of Sather's popular (and very affordable) weekend brunch menu (it can get frenzied, but you should be OK if you get here before 11am). The people-watching is priceless: a cross section of gay and straight, young and old, from club kids to elderly couples and families with toddlers.

There are smaller cafes with similar menus at 3411 N. Broadway (tel. 773/305-0024) and 3416 N. Southport Ave. (tel. 773/404-4475).

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