Chicago's Home of Chicken & Waffles

Rosscoe's

A great little place serving all sorts of different combinations of, as you might expect, chicken and waffles, as well as your standard soul food menu, expertly executed. The neighborhood is underserved by such nice establishments, though, and given the small space that means there's a significant wait to be seated virtually any time of the week. Oh, and the extra "s" in Rosscoe's is to forestall lawsuits from the Los Angeles chain. The pretty building the place inhabits was a hotel back in the days when blacks could not stay at "white hotels" around the city, so this one played host to some big African-American celebrities, including local Muhammad Ali.

Address

3947 S Martin Luther King Jr Dr

Hours

Sun-Thu 9AM-9PM, Fri Sat 9AM-11PM

Price

$10-15

Website

chicagoschickenandwaffles.com (opens in a new tab)