Jam’n Toast

Toast is a sweet little eaterie tucked away on Webster Avenue just off the Halsted St. shopping strip in Lincoln Park.  The breakfast food consists of fresh, well-cooked ingredients and the menu is a confluence of creative options that blend the classic good stuff with modern culinary ideology. Example: The Pesto Scramble – Scrambled eggs with tomato, prosciutto and gruyere with fresh house pesto. Another option would be the lemon poppyseed, banana pecan or blueberry pancakes with mascarpone cream. Lunch offers more classic of fare, grilled cheese and tomato, caprese, grilled chicken sandwich, turkey burger, but throws in enough highbrow selection to be worth the price: croque monsieur,  ahi tuna sandwich and sliders made of organically raised buffalo meat. Vegetarians will enjoy the veggie burger on a french bolo or the beet or webster blue salads.

 What’s great about Toast isn’t just the food though. The place itself is cozy and the decor warm. They offer alcohol: craft beers, mimosas, spiked hot chocolate. The prices are decent. The wait can be long for weekend brunch here, but what’s a Sunday morning with a raspy voice worth without thick toast and delicious jelly, hangover food worth the wait.