Bacon butterscotch doughnut: More restaurants seem to subscribe to the “bacon makes everything better” theory, and thankfully Nightwood is no exception. The bacon butterscotch doughnut, at $5, is large enough to share and the perfect way to ease into breakfast after a long night out. The raised doughnut is served warm with a delicately sweet butterscotch glaze and a mound of crispy bacon bits resting in the middle, which means you need a fork and knife to handle this messy mound of deliciousness. Three tiny doughnut holes dusted with cinnamon and sugar accompany it, adding a more familiar alternative for any less adventurous eaters at the table. Other sweet breakfast snacks include vanilla custard doughnuts with strawberry rhubarb glaze and shortbread crumble ($5) and rosemary focaccia apple bread pudding ($6). 2119 S. Halsted St., 312-526-3385
— Jenna Smietanski
