Restaurants: Southern Chicago
Make any occasion special with true Southern hospitality! Whether you just want something delicious to eat and drink, or to celebrate a special occasion, brunch, lunch, or dinner at Big Jones combines gracious service with creative, progressive Southern cooking sourced from over 40 local farms as well as artisan producers in the South. Our beverage program is one of Chicago's finest, with alcohol-free tipples as well as an extensive selection of hand-crafted, seasonal cocktails, craft beers, and farmer-producer wines from the world's great growing regions. Come celebrate life with us!
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Chicken, housemade andouille sausage, and homemade worcestershire sauce flavor this broth along with a dark, smoky roux, served with steamed Cahokia rice
Price: 10.00
Popcorn-style okra crisped in corn and rice flour breading, tossed in a tangy sauce of ginger, gochujang, and kecap manis with toasted benne
Price: 15.00
Cooked crisp in Weissenmuller's cornmeal, dressed with butter lettuce, pickled Texas Gulf of Mexico shrimp, spicy remoulade, green tomato relsih
Price: 18.00
Piquant spread of aged Cheddar cheese, homemade Worcestershire, and pimientos, with piccalilli and benne crackers. Pescatarian (contains Worcestershire sauce)
Price: 11.00
Hazzard Free Farm heirloom cornmeal baked in bacon fat, topped with whipped sorghum butter. Gluten free!
Price: 9.00
Three Creole doughnuts lightly spiced and deep fried, buried in confectioner's cugar
Price: 6.00
Artisan pastry flour with local butter and buttermilk, served with homemade preserves and whipped sorghum butter
Price: 7.00
Baked according to Edna Lewis’ receipt, served with homemade fruit preserves and whipped sorghum butter
Price: 7.00
Heritage apples from Nichols Farm smothered in Bourbon and baked in flaky homemade butter puff pastry
Price: 9.00
Richly spiced rice flour pancakes laced with sweet potato puree, filled with vanilla pastry cream, and topped with honey pecan granola, whipped sorghum butter. Gluten free.
Price: 15.00
Our homemade buttermilk bread soaked in dreamsicle custard and griddled, served with wine-poached pear, Klug Farm raspberry puree, black walnut oatmeal crumble and Kilgus Farmstead cream
Price: 18.00
Craft your own perfect omelet. Four local farm eggs prepared Creole-style with the fillings on the inside. Choose one filling. Additional fillings, 1.50 & 2.50.
Price: 15.00
Four Farmer's Hen House eggs filled with Four Star Mushroom duxelles, melted leeks, and Prairie Fruits Farm chevre, choice of side
Price: 18.00
Three farm eggs, Louisiana crawfish tails, andouille sausage, cream cheese, bearnaise sauce
Price: 21.00
Chef Paul's Iron Chef-beating homage to the humble egg sandwich - a big, bodacious buttermilk biscuit slathered with sweet cream butter and stacked with Chaurice (Creole hot sausage), Jarlsberg Swiss cheese, and spicy apple chutney. Choice of side.
Price: 17.00
Texas coast Gulf of Mexico white shrimp smothered in savory Tasso ham and shiitake mushroom gravy, served on creamy Anson Mills grits. Contains pork and gluten. Can be made gluten or pork-free upon request.
Price: 23.00
Char-grilled house-cured andouille sausage on sweet potato biscuits with redeye gravy, served with two fried eggs
Price: 18.00
Alabama catfish fried crisp in corn and rice flour breading, served with creamy grits, sea island red peas, and tasso ham beurre monte. Gluten Free.
Price: 24.00
Two Milo's Farm eggs cooked your way with a cornbread muffin and choice of creamy grits. Choice of meat +4
Price: 16.00
Creole-style lump blue crab meat cakes stuffed in home baked popovers with poached eggs and bearnaise sauce, choice of side
Price: 26.00
House-cured ham poached in cream a la Creole, in popovers with poached farm eggs and bearnaise sauce, choice of side
Price: 17.00
Fischer Farms flatiron steak marinated in gochujang and fruit juices and cooked on the char grill, with smothered okra and two fried eggs
Price: 28.00
Hot chili-dipped crispy leg & thigh quarter served with two rice waffles, sweet potato puree, butter pecan praline sauce, and a sunny egg
Price: 22.00
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Anson Mills Carolina Gourdseed White flint grits cooked in Kilgus Farmstead Jersey cow milk with aged Cheddar cheese
Price: 6.00
Gotham Greens butter lettuce dressed with tarragon vinegar and extra virgin olive oil
Price: 8.00
Strictly seasonal fruit
Price: 6.00
Shredded potatoes cooked in butter with onion and green bell pepper
Price: 4.00
Housemade with Fischer Farms' pork and a clutch of pungent spices
Price: 5.00
Indiana smoked ham poached in Kilgus Farmstead cream
Price: 6.00
Pasture-raised eggs from near the Quad Cities
Price: 5.00
Cured in-house starting with Beeler's Pure Pork bellies, smoked with applewood
Price: 6.00
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Grilled American cheese on homemade bread, fresh fruit
Price: 7.00
Hand-breaded Amish chicken tender with buttered rice
Price: 6.00
Two scrambled eggs with house-cured bacon and creamy cheese grits
Price: 5.00
Mini cinnamon-scented pancakes with pure maple syrup
Price: 5.00
Home-baked French toast with fresh fruit and pure maple syrup
Price: 5.00
One breast and one wing, gluten free and fried crisp in canola oil, served with red beans and rice, sweet potato puree, sweet chili sauce. Gluten free.
Price: 20.00
One thigh and one leg, gluten free and fried crisp in canola oil, served with red beans and rice, sweet potato puree, sweet chili sauce. Gluten free.
Price: 19.00
Four pieces of the recipe some have called the Best in America, gluten free and fried crisp in canola oil, with red beans and rice, sweet potato puree, and sweet chili sauce. Gluten free.
Price: 32.00
The O.G. Hand-cut boneless skin-on leg & thigh quarter cooked in our famous recipe, on a homemade milk bun with Gotham Green butter lettuce, vine ripe tomato, chow-chow, and cayenne mayonnaise. Choose hushpuppies or grits.
Price: 19.00
House cured & smoked andouille sausage cooked on the char grill and nested in homemade New Orleans-style French bread with creamy Shrimp Louis, local buttercrunch lettuce, vine ripe tomato, and homemade bread and butter pickles. Choose grits or hushpuppies.
Price: 23.00
Miller Farms Amish chicken rubbed with spices and charred, served with Gotham Greens butter lettuce tossed with tomato confit, cornbread crumbs, avocado, and buttermilk herb dressing. Gluten free.
Price: 24.00
In the true original style - spicy! And not for the faint of heart! Bonesless, skin-on chicken leg & thigh quarter basted in chili oil, served on a buttery bun with cayenne mayonnaise, butter lettuce, chow-chow, choice of side
Price: 19.00
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