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Sunshine Restaurant

4.2 (69 reviews)
Closed • 6:00 am - 3:00 pm

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Moderate noise
Good for groups
Good for kids

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Jacqueline F.

This place is great! I've been on a recent search around Chicago to find the most affordable breakfast restaurants amd so far I have found a couple. Breakfast entrees ranging under $10 a plate and it's a damn good meal. My husband actually lured me to this one by saying he was treating his wife to a free meal. Who says no to free food? Not this Yelp Elite! I just wanted the basics - eggs, bacon, hashbrowns, and toast. I got mine for about $7 and I was very happy with my meal. Everything was tasty and a good sized portion. Worth every bit of what my husband paid for. We also got a side of pancakes to share which was nice and fluffy and sweet to eat. The servers were very friendly as well and the restaurant was nice and clean. Very inviting. I will definitely add Sunshine Reataurant to my rotation of go to breakfast places in the Chi.

Tomato, spinach, onion, feta omelet with hashbrowns, wheat toast, and coffee
Elissa M.

Diners are my favorite kind of restaurant... they are the mother I never had. I walked over here while my car was getting an oil change at Berman Nissan. My dog was with me so I called in an order from outside. Much to my delight, the waitress came out with a table and a chair just for me, saying "here, we make you to feel like you are inside." I fully intended to just take my order to a quieter street and eat it on the grass but this was so much better! I really felt taken care of by this sweet lady. My dog really liked her, too. *note to others that they are not equipped to have actual outside dining as an option for everyone, she was just going above and beyond to be sweet* The food is good, standard diner fare. Just what I was looking for.

Katherine T.

A great find while I waited for Firestone to install my tires. I used to live in this area eons ago and never once visited. I truly regret that. This place has been around 30+ years and owned by a charming Greek couple Peter and . They are a joy to chat with when it is not too busy. The place itself is cozy with great views out to the neighborhood/main streets. The breakfast here is amazing. The steaks are cooked like a dream. So is the nice ham. Good coffee too. The best part- affordably priced. No up-charge for serving a prime piece of steak here. I heard weekends are hectic and waits can be long since it is not a large establishment. I think the breakfast here is worth the wait. As for the weekday, mostly locals and not too busy where you have to wait at all. I will definitely miss this place. If you are in the area, give this place a chance.

Patty melt with fries
Bill M.

My gal pal and I wanted to get together for brunch yesterday to catch up on things, so we wound up at Sunshine Restaurant. It is situated at a somewhat awkward corner on Kedzie and Elston, close to Addison. There is a free parking lot in front that can fill up quickly. Coming in during a Saturday morning, we would expect a decent crowd. All the booths and tables were filled when we entered, but one kind gentleman at a booth was just about to leave and so he offered his table to us. Actually the entire restaurant seemed to be filled with pleasant and civilized families and friends dining on a beautiful weekend morning. There is some beat-up counter seating otherwise if all the tables are full. It seems that the family-run establishment might have been down a few workers (due to vacations?), so the workers were scrambling to serve about 2-3 times their normal workload. In other words, it took forever to get things (water, menus, utensils, food, butter). We sort of felt sorry for our waitress, who was really trying her very best but was obviously overtaxed. I had asked for a soft drink but it never came, but I did not have the heart to ask for it through the meal so I just had the cost deducted at checkout. Fortunately we each somehow wound up with two glasses of water, so we never had to ask for refills. I actually did not mind the waiting too much, as it was fun to chat amiably with my friend. So - breakfast or lunch? At diners I tend to go with lunch over breakfast, and at Sunshine I did so again. I ordered a patty melt and soup combo. The patty melt is allegedly famous, but I thought it was average at best. The toasted sandwich consisted of a burger patty, cheese, grilled onion, a pile of fries, plus a side garnish of pickle, tomato and lettuce, all of which I consumed. The cup of chicken noodle soup (the one selection of soup that was apparently available), served with some soup crackers, came piping hot at the same time as the patty melt. My dining mate went with breakfast, and she chose a Greek-style omelet with gyros meat and feta cheese cubes blended in with the egg. Hash browns and toast accompanied the omelet. I tried a bite of hers, and the egg with gyros meat and feta cheese was not bad. Overall the experience here was more of an opportunity to chat with my friend, with a bit of decent and inexpensive food thrown in.

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Love the service, food the is great and the owners are fabulous... I have been going there for quite a while and I just love it.

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Quaint, small, mom n pop breakfast diner. Loved the service--so kind! Everything was relatively cheap.

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Our server was pleasant and left us with a great family feel. We had two skillets that tasted amazing!

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Excellent gem for breakfast!! Family run with excellent service! Food was tasty with great prices. Will definitely return when in Chicago!!

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9 years ago

The service is outstanding, the people working are the best and everyone plays there role... great place for breakfast....

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Great and friendly staff. Food is very affordable. Will return when back in Avondale.

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Cheap, no thrills breakfast. Good grits, sausage, and eggs. Only go if you like greasy spoons.

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