"Pearl’s Place in Bronzeville focuses on Southern food, serving breakfast all day in a space that looks like a mid-range hotel’s nondescript dining room. There’s a regular menu with things like omelets and pancakes, but the best way to eat here is by going full-on breakfast buffet, which is available every day. And that’s where you’ll also find pancakes, grits, breakfast meats, an omelet bar, and chicken wings—basically anything you can think of, and some stuff you might not, like salmon croquettes. It’s affordable (the buffet is $23.99 on weekdays), and enjoying as much of it as possible is a justifiable reason for being late to work." - sam faye, adrian kane, john ringor, veda kilaru