Ann Sather has been a fixture of Chicago breakfast culture since 1945, built around Swedish-American diner cooking and the cinnamon rolls that carry the restaurant's name well beyond its neighborhoods. Tom Tunney, later a longtime Chicago alderman, took over the business in 1981 and expanded it into a small local chain.
The menu runs through classic diner breakfast and lunch fare, with Swedish specialties like potato sausage and Swedish pancakes marking the restaurant's origins. The original Belmont Avenue location has closed, with the Broadway and Granville locations in Andersonville carrying the restaurant forward.
Ann Sather remains a well-known name in Chicago's breakfast landscape, the kind of place regulars return to for the cinnamon rolls as much as the eggs.
The menu runs through classic diner breakfast and lunch fare, with Swedish specialties like potato sausage and Swedish pancakes marking the restaurant's origins. The original Belmont Avenue location has closed, with the Broadway and Granville locations in Andersonville carrying the restaurant forward.
Ann Sather remains a well-known name in Chicago's breakfast landscape, the kind of place regulars return to for the cinnamon rolls as much as the eggs.