Chicago Drag Brunch
Updated July 7, 2026
Chicago Drag Brunch — Events
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Drag brunch might be the most fun you can have before 2pm in Chicago. The city takes it seriously — bottomless mimosas, a full cast of local queens working the room table to table, themed shows built around everyone from Dolly Parton to Chappell Roan, and enough options that you could brunch with a different show every weekend for months. It's become the default birthday, bachelorette, and Sunday-Funday move for queer and straight groups alike.
This is the local's guide to where to go, with the day, seating times, and price for each so you can actually plan. We've sorted the city's best into the big bottomless brunches, the classic dinner-theater rooms that also do brunch, and the neighborhood and themed spots worth a trip. Reserve ahead for all of them — Chicago drag brunch sells out.
Pro Tip
Almost every drag brunch here requires a reservation, and the popular Sunday seatings book up a week or more out. Grab tickets through the venue's site (most use Tock, OpenTable, or Eventbrite), come with cash for tipping the performers, and arrive on time — many rooms give your table away if you're late.
The Big Bottomless Brunches
Bottomless drinks, a full show, and a party atmosphere — these are the go-big options.
Pro Tip
Matching the brunch to the occasion: bachelorette or big birthday group? The River and Lips are built for celebrations and audience participation. Want something you can't get anywhere else? Furama's Dim Sum & Drag or Simone's in Pilsen. After a polished, cast-driven show? Kit Kat or the Baton.
The River Kitchen and Bar
2909 N Sheffield Ave · Lakeview · Sundays, 11am / 1pm / 3pm
The River bills itself as Chicago's largest drag brunch — "The Real Drag Brunch of Chicago" — and it has the reputation to back it up, with a Netflix feature and a top-10-in-the-country nod from Yelp. It runs every Sunday with three seatings (11am, 1pm, 3pm), and the roughly $59.99 ticket bundles the show with a full brunch plus bottomless mimosas, Bloody Marys, domestic beer, and well cocktails. Book through Tock — this is the one that fills fastest.
Roscoe's Tavern — EggsYZ Drag Brunch
3356 N Halsted St · Northalsted · Saturdays
Roscoe's runs "EggsYZ" on Saturdays, a 90s/00s-themed drag brunch hosted by Korra Nation with a DJ spinning throwback hits. It's a bottomless mimosa package with the show, and seating is table-only (parties up to 6, two-hour limit), so grab tickets in advance. It's the rare Saturday brunch on the strip, which makes it a great pairing with a Friday night out in Boystown.
Splash Chicago
3339 N Halsted St · Northalsted · Sundays
Splash pours a bottomless Sunday drag brunch on the Halsted strip — an around-$50 package for food and drinks, show at 1pm, with rotating hosts (Miss Toto, Robyn Banks) and a weekly theme. It's a club-forward room, so the energy skews high — a good pick if you want the brunch to roll straight into a Sunday Funday.
The Classic Dinner-Theater Brunches
Chicago's sit-down revue rooms bring the same polished, cast-driven show to their weekend brunch service.
The Baton Showroom at the Chicago Eagle
4713 N Broadway St · Uptown · Sundays, brunch 11:30am / show noon
Chicago's most storied drag room, opened by Jim Flint in 1969, brings its full-cast revue to a Sunday drag brunch billed as "Sundays Are a Drag," hosted by Shavonna Brooks — brunch at 11:30am, show at noon. Flint sold the Baton in 2025, and its revue now runs inside the newly reopened Chicago Eagle — a leather bar that revives a former Chicago club and expands the Atlanta Eagle brand — at the same Uptown address, where the same cast performs in a dedicated Baton Showroom. It's a livelier, later-night setting than a typical brunch room, so it's worth knowing before you book a group. Reserve ahead; this is a destination.
Kit Kat Lounge & Supper Club
3524 N Halsted St · Northalsted · Saturdays & Sundays, 10:30am / 1pm / 3:15pm
Kit Kat — the Chicago Reader's 2025 Best Venue for Drag — runs its "Divalicious" brunch on Saturdays and Sundays with three seatings (10:30am, 1pm, and 3:15pm), a prix-fixe menu, and the Kit Kat Divas performing diva tributes tableside. It moved to a new Art Deco space at 3524 N Halsted in fall 2025, so it's roomier than the old spot. Reserve through OpenTable.
Lips Drag Queen Show Palace
South Loop · Sundays, 11:30am & 2:30pm
Lips does a "Dragalicious" Sunday gospel brunch — two seatings (11:30am and 2:30pm), around $45.95 with an entrée and all-you-can-drink mimosas, plus the campy, interactive style Lips is known for. It's built for celebrations, so expect birthday sashes and a lot of audience participation. Reservations required.
Neighborhood & Themed Brunches
Beyond the Boystown core, some of Chicago's most distinctive drag brunches are in Edgewater, the Loop, Pilsen, and Uptown — including a few with a genuinely unique twist.
Pro Tip
Sunday is the classic drag brunch day, but Saturday is the underrated move — Roscoe's EggsYZ, the Walnut Room, and Camp Mary's are Saturday-only, and Kit Kat and Lark run both days. Saturday seatings tend to book up a little less frantically than the Sunday rush.
Hamburger Mary's
1055 W Bryn Mawr Ave · Edgewater · Drag brunch Sat & Sun, 1pm + HamBINGO
Mary's runs drag brunch both weekend days at 1pm — "Camp Mary's" on Saturdays (a campy show featuring cast from the "Camp Wannakiki" drag-reality series) and "Glam & Eggs" on Sundays — alongside its famous burgers, with bottomless mimosas and a $10 show fee. It also hosts HamBINGO drag bingo on Wednesdays and Sundays (7pm, $20 suggested donation for a rotating charity). Mary's reopened in Edgewater at 1055 W Bryn Mawr in July 2025, so note the location if you knew the old Andersonville spot. It's a more relaxed, restaurant-style room compared with the clubs.
The Walnut Room at Macy's
111 N State St, 7th Floor · The Loop · Saturdays, 11am & 2pm
For drag brunch with a side of Chicago history, the Walnut Room — the century-old restaurant inside Macy's on State Street — hosts a themed Saturday drag brunch headlined by local legend Lucy Stoole and produced by Flip Phone Events (shows at 11am and 2pm). Editions salute artists like Dolly Parton and Chappell Roan. Admission is around $20 plus an entrée, and the setting — crystal chandeliers, historic walnut paneling — is unlike anywhere else on this list. Tickets through Flip Phone Events.
Simone's Bar
960 W 18th St · Pilsen · First Sunday monthly
Pilsen's Simone's runs "A Brunch of Drag" on the first Sunday of most months, hosted by Jasmine Phoenix with three performers per seating. Tickets come in two tiers — a $36 Traditional Brunch with an entrée and a drink, or a $24 Liquid Brunch with a mimosa bundle — both including the show. It's a great option if you're on the West Side and want drag brunch outside the North Side circuit.
Furama — Dim Sum & Drag
4936 N Broadway St · Uptown · Recurring, noon & 2:30pm
The most original brunch on this list: "Dim Sum & Drag" at Furama, a longtime Uptown dim sum house, pairs buffet-style dim sum with a cast of AAPI drag performers. Two-hour seatings run at noon and 2:30pm for around $35, with themed editions built around pop-culture worlds like Pokémon and Avatar. It's a recurring series (roughly monthly) — grab tickets through do312 or the show's Instagram, @dimsumanddrag.
Lark Restaurant & Bar
Northalsted · Saturdays & Sundays, 11am–3pm
Lark rounds out the Boystown options with a weekend drag brunch (Saturday and Sunday, 11am–3pm) — $29 for 90 minutes of bottomless drinks — and rotating themed shows (Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, '90s pop) in a stylish room just off the Halsted strip. It's a solid, less-crowded alternative to the marquee spots when Roscoe's and Kit Kat are booked out.
Find This Weekend's Drag Brunch in Chicago
Out x Out tracks the live drag brunch calendar across the city — see which shows are on this Saturday and Sunday, and book before they sell out.
Drag Brunch in Chicago by Neighborhood
- Northalsted / Boystown — Roscoe's (Sat), Kit Kat (Sat & Sun), Splash (Sun), Lark (Sat & Sun)
- Uptown — The Baton Showroom at the Chicago Eagle (Sun), Furama's Dim Sum & Drag (recurring)
- Edgewater — Hamburger Mary's: Camp Mary's (Sat) & Glam & Eggs (Sun)
- The Loop — The Walnut Room at Macy's (Sat)
- South Loop — Lips (Sun)
- Pilsen — Simone's (first Sun monthly)
- Lakeview — The River Kitchen and Bar (Sun)
How much does drag brunch cost in Chicago?
It ranges from about $20 to $60 per person depending on what's included. The value end is admission-style options like the Walnut Room, at about $20 plus an entrée, and Lark at $29 for 90 minutes of bottomless drinks. The full bottomless packages run higher — Splash lands around $50 and The River tops the list at about $59.99 for the full food-and-drinks bundle. On top of the ticket, bring cash to tip the performers.
Do you need reservations for drag brunch in Chicago?
Yes — almost always. The popular Sunday seatings (The River, Kit Kat, Lips) book up a week or more in advance, and several rooms like Roscoe's EggsYZ are table-only with a two-hour limit. Book through the venue's ticketing link (Tock, OpenTable, Eventbrite, or do312 depending on the spot) rather than showing up and hoping for a table.
What's the best drag brunch in Chicago?
For the biggest bottomless party, The River Kitchen and Bar — it calls itself the city's largest and fills every Sunday. For a polished, cast-driven show, Kit Kat (the Reader's 2025 Best Venue for Drag) or the historic Baton. For something you can't get anywhere else, Furama's Dim Sum & Drag. The "best" really depends on whether you're chasing bottomless mimosas, a classic revue, or a one-of-a-kind theme.
What day is drag brunch in Chicago?
Sunday is the main event — The River, Splash, Lips, the Baton, and Kit Kat all run Sunday seatings. But Saturday has grown into a strong second day: Roscoe's EggsYZ and the Walnut Room are Saturday events, and Kit Kat, Lark, and Hamburger Mary's all run both Saturday and Sunday. Simone's runs the first Sunday of the month, and Furama's Dim Sum & Drag is a recurring (roughly monthly) series, so check its calendar.
Is drag brunch in Chicago family-friendly?
It varies by venue, and many drag brunches are 21+ or held in bars, so don't assume kids are welcome. Daytime rooms like Hamburger Mary's tend to be more relaxed, but the shows are adult-leaning in humor. If you're bringing anyone under 21, confirm the specific brunch's age policy with the venue before booking.
What should you wear to drag brunch?
Anything from casual to full glam — drag brunch is a come-as-you-are (or come-as-your-most-extra-self) event. Groups celebrating a birthday or bachelorette often coordinate outfits, and dressing up is encouraged but never required. The one non-negotiable: bring small bills to tip the queens.
Want the evening version? See our guide to [drag shows in Chicago](/blog/drag-shows-chicago) for revues, nightclub drag, and Drag Race nights. Explore the full [LGBTQ+ Guide to Chicago](/blog/lgbtq-guide-chicago), browse all [Chicago LGBTQ+ venues](/venues/chicago-il), or find [upcoming events](/events/chicago-il) on Out x Out.
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