The Royal Grocer & Co. sits on North Damen Avenue in Bucktown, built around a dog-friendly patio and an indoor dining room that draws a steady neighborhood crowd. The kitchen leans into Greek-inflected American cooking, and the atmosphere — warm, casual, staff who know the regulars — is as much the draw as the food itself.
Weekend brunch has become a fixture, and the space functions as a genuine neighborhood hangout rather than a destination restaurant, the kind of place where people return often enough to be recognized at the door.
Weekend brunch has become a fixture, and the space functions as a genuine neighborhood hangout rather than a destination restaurant, the kind of place where people return often enough to be recognized at the door.