Top nosh

Photo: Donna Rickles

Sunday services Want to succeed in Chicago’s restaurant biz? Serve brunch. It helps if you have a twist, and should be good, but really, just about any place frying bacon, scrambling eggs and pouring bloody Marys should do fine in this brunch-crazed market. Thank God then for Green Zebra, whose new Sunday brunch stands out from the masses not only for being meat-free, but also for being excellent. Pillowy popovers come smothered in saucy mushrooms and goat cheese; a pile of bitter greens hides poached eggs over buttery grits (pictured, foreground); and a thin, eggy, German-style pancake with baked-in apple slices (pictured, background) will have you reevaluating the notion that BMWs are that country’s best contribution. Best of all, since GZ’s brunch just got under way, there’s no have-your-coffee-on-the-sidewalk wait. Yet.

1460 W Chicago Ave (312-243-7100).