| Solstice Cafe and I think of Sunday mornings. I love | | | | painter's touch, walls lined with paintings in various |
| Sunday mornings. Before the dread and realization | | | | media and a bar serving both omelettes and alcohol, |
| that Monday happens overnight, you have a few | | | | this is yet another secret spot unvisited by the |
| hours to move slow, eat a good breakfast, and | | | | hordes of breakfast feeders searching for another |
| realize how great life be when you finally get a | | | | order of biscuits, grits and pancakes. |
| chance to stop thinking about things that matter to | | | | Solstice Cafe is what would happen if you turned an |
| everyone else except us - specifically anything having | | | | excellent bohemian coffee shop into a breakfast and |
| to do with work. | | | | lunch spot and then gave it a liquor license. The staff |
| We wake up from a dead sleep caused by a | | | | is friendly and on this particular Sunday morning, |
| Saturday night of too much everything, settle into | | | | everyone seems to be gripping the hours before |
| the car, and tune the radio to one of the acoustic | | | | tomorrow as they sip their coffees and enjoy Sinatra |
| sunrise stations and drive while Radiohead carries us | | | | crooning over the speakers. |
| to Solstice Cafe in Grant Park. There it is at the | | | | The menu is lite, mostly consisting of eggs, |
| north end of a strip mall, next door to an vacant | | | | sandwiches, potatoes and other simple fare. No |
| space, a dirty, old, rundown laundromat, and a small | | | | pancakes, no super size servings. Just a quiet space |
| Mexican food market with a ceiling lined with pinatas, | | | | away from the lines at the Flying Biscuit, Thumbs Up, |
| Solstice Cafe is a quaint, bohemian food spot easily | | | | and Crescent Moon - all with a huge painting of Elvis |
| below the foodie radar. | | | | behind the bar. |
| Simple metal tables painted over with an amateur | | | | Review Summary: 4. |