American Roadhouse

The VaHi brunch staple chose Grant Park for its first new location in two decades, keeping the Beignet Connection's blonde marble bar but brightening up the inside with cartoony paintings of old pickups, and the outside with a multicolored 8ft metal rooster. Fill out on plates of corned beef red flannel hash w/ Idaho potatoes, the fried chicken/ cheddar eggs/ thick bacon-topped Love Me Tender Belgian waffle, and daily specials such as meatloaf cupcakes, which'll provide a challenge to anyone who's ever said "I won't do that".