Pierrot Gourmet - Peninsula Hotel, Chicago, Illinois

We have been to this restaurant many times, but only for breakfast. It is located at the Peninsula Hotel and we discovered it when we stayed there because the price is very reasonable compared to the main restaurant. You actually do have to go outside the hotel and walk a few steps to get there.

This is a cafe style restaurant, similar to what you would find in Paris. If you are a social person you might want to share one of the large family style tables with strangers. Not us, we always get a table for two.

Today we both ordered the Breakfast Bread Pudding. They have two kinds and we both got the one with ham, leeks and gruyere cheese. It is really good! The other bread pudding is made with bacon, potato and cheddar cheese. That one is good too (we've had it in the past), but we are both fans of gruyere cheese. It is similar to a regular bread pudding, but it's savory rather than sweet. It is served with a light salad on the side.

My wife is a tea drinker and whenever she has ordered milk on the side for her tea, they bring it heated. She loved that small touch, however, this time they did not do that. They were too busy to ask for it to be heated. That bring up the subject of service. It's not the greatest; it too reminds you of a Paris cafe. No one is in any big hurry.

Anyway, this is a great place to get a creative, inexpensive breakfast.

Pierrot Gourmet