It was my friend Aaron's birthday. He really wanted everyone to come out to his favorite breakfast place for brunch near his place on the South side. So we headed out to Nana's restaurant in Bridgeport.
Restaurant: Nana, 3267 S. Halsted St. Chicago, IL. Neighborhood: Bridgeport. Pricewise, more expensive than your typical breakfast joint but organic food costs more, so for an organic restaurant is was reasonably priced. Bonus points as the restaurant is BYOB.
Who went: Aaron, Frank, Loiusee, Roy and myself.
All I really knew about the place before I went was that Aaron loves the place and it's an organic restaurant. Everything. I was a bit skeptical as the closest I had ever been to an organic restaurant was the Chicago Diner. Let's say it I was pleasantly surprised.
When you walk in, you know it's not going to be like other breakfast places. The restaurant is nice and bright, with lots of sunshine. You can also see that they paid attention to detail in the design. The kitchen is open so you can see them cooking but just enough that you feel confident about the food. The details in the design, from the subway tiles in the kitchen, the wainscoating and the copper lighting hanging above the juice bar let you know that they were serious about what they do.
The food was very good. I had the AM burger which is an organic beef, applewood smoked bacon, home-made mayo and a fried egg on a hearty bun. I've never had an organic burger before but it was really good. It tasted better than a regular hamburger plus the bacon rocked. Seriously, I had never had a burger with an egg on it and I enjoyed it. I had the egg cook over easy but it had enough juice, so to speak, so that the burger was perfect without any condiments. It was also served with home fries which were just ok.
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