House of Blues

House of Blues brunch feeds soul and appetite

For a great delicious and high-energy Sunday brunch, make a stop at Chicago’s House of Blues Sunday Gospel Brunch. 

A different Chicago-area choir sings for the diners each week — and you can expect to be driven to your feet witih rousing performances that includes guitar, organ and drums.  The uplifting spirit is catching, and guests often rise to their feet and sing along for the 45-minute performance.

The Chicago House of Blues is part of a chain with locations in 13 cities. The brunch benefits from the great accoustics provided by the high wooden ceilings in the Chicago venue at 329 N. Dearborn St. The setting is warm and never overcrowded.

If the music is powerful,  the food is abundant — the chef doesn't cut corners.

The menu includes traditional omelets, pancakes and waffles, as well as choices of jambalaya, biscuits and gravy, fried chicken, roast turkey, prime rib of beef and more. The restaurant also offers fresh fruit plates, four different salads and a dessert bar featuring its famous banana-bread pudding with white chocolate sauce.

While you are at Chicago’s House of Blues, be sure to look at the hundreds of pieces of folk art on exhibit. Nationally, the chain claims to have the largest folk-art collection in the world.

Reservations are highly recommended, although some tickets can be purchased the day of the event. The House of Blues also has a store filled with humorous soviets such as matching Jake and Elwood shirts (the names of John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in the 1980 The Blues Brothers film. Some of the folk art is for sale.