THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED Café Marie-Jeanne

THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED Café Marie-Jeanne Restaurant Review:

Humboldt Park’s California Avenue is slowly building its restaurant clout, in part due to places like Café Marie-Jeanne, an all-day dining spot with a deli and to-go menu. With a tin ceiling, long bar and intimate two-tops, this is a prime destination for brunch, lunch or an afternoon cocktail. Haute breakfast options, from steak tartare to caviar toast to pickled, smoked and cured fish such as mackerel, sturgeon and bowfin roe, will impress the foodies in the group. For traditionalists, there’s a solid breakfast sandwich paired with an egg any style with cheese on country wheat or an English muffin plus two à la carte items. On the lunch menu, the HMBLT (HM as in herring mayo) bursts with smoky flavor, while the ham rillettes and crispy home fries are worth sharing. Dinner choices are edited to upscale café options, including the New York strip and frites and fusilli col buco with octopus. A chocolate and pistachio napoleon seduces even non-sweets eaters.