Lutz Cafe & Pastry Shop

Morgan's Restaurant is a great brunch spot located in a little old purple house on 29th Street.

Know Before You Go: For dessert, Lutz's adjacent bakery offers plenty of treats. The bakery also creates wedding cakes with delivery service in the Chicago area and neighboring suburbs.

The Extras: Special creations are available, such as marzipan figurines, exquisitely decorated as frogs, ducks, Christmas characters and more.

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Just making it past the pastry display cases at the front of this place is a triumph of willpower over good sense. The lunch and early dinner menu is no different, bringing with it crêpes, quiche and sandwiches as well as a few more substantial dishes like goulash and pizza. But it's the creamy, sensuous desserts that continue to take center stage (we highly recommend the chocolate brandy...

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The decor is from a bygone era, and clientele is similarly senior. Low-key service shines with unexpected details, like soup served on a doily-adorned silver platter. The...

Lutz is Chicago bakery that offers an amazing selection of cakes, tarts, tortes, cookies and chocolates all created using traditional European recipes.