World Pastry Championship winner Laurent Branlard helms LB Bistro & Patisserie, a handsome French-American arrival inside the Streeterville Sheraton, where midpriced breakfast and lunch fare – including build-your-own omelets, parfaits, salads, sandwiches, crêpes and sweets – is served in an upscale, modern deco setting with warm wood, a glass-mosaic floor, a water wall and a view of the Chicago River.
301 E. North Water St.; 312-329-5900