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The Cure

Eat Here on January 1. You’ll Feel Better.

You’ll exercise your hard-earned and proverbial right to party on New Year’s Eve. But with rights go responsibilities—like nursing your tender, swollen head on New Year’s Day with donut french toast, bacon and... more champagne. Cue your Thursday morning brunch strategy.

$10 Bottles of Champagne: Happening
TINY BUBBLES

$10 Bottles of Champagne: Happening

If you’re looking to extend the party, feel free to stop looking. Here’s a DJ-fueled brunch stocked with burrata-topped burgers and $10 bottles of champagne served (naturally) with plenty of OJ. It is morning, after all.

Jan 1, 11am-3pm ($10 champagne all day), 25 Degrees, 736 N Clark St, 312-943-9700

Howells & Hood Has Donut French Toast
DONUT PASS GO

Howells & Hood Has Donut French Toast

On New Year’s morning, you’ll look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself a serious question: “Am I really the type of person who needs Doritos chilaquiles and donut french toast to make it through today?” Howells & Hood is fully prepared to answer that.

You Knew There’d Be a Pajama Party
BA-BA-REEBOUND

You Knew There’d Be a Pajama Party

Sometimes getting out of bed is hard. So don’t play hero by, like, brushing your hair or changing out of your pajamas. Instead, come as you are to Café Ba-Ba-Reeba. You’ll be offered tapas, sangria, omelets and a judgment-free environment regarding the wearing of slippers in public.

Pretty Serious Bloodys Happening Here
GAGE MATCH

Pretty Serious Bloodys Happening Here

You’ll be tempted by many Bloody Mary bars on the first day of the year. Scant few of them, however, will be stocked with deviled eggs, shrimp, brisket cubes, beef jerky and Hungarian-style bacon. Thankfully, the Gage is fully attuned to your jerky/bacon/brisket/deviled egg needs.

Jan 1, 11am-4pm, The Gage, 24 S Michigan Ave, 312-372-4243

An IV Bag Counts as Brunch, Right?
LIQUID BRUNCH

An IV Bag Counts as Brunch, Right?

This one: not a brunch. Not technically a brunch. It’s one of those things where doctors connect you to IV bags and make it all okay again. Oh, and they’ve got pillows, blankets, wi-fi and bagels. Okay, pretty much a brunch.

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