Lakeview's Breakfast Map Is Being Redrawn Between Belmont and Barry

"I don't need a restaurant at Broadway and Barry. I have one at Broadway and Roscoe. Why would I want both?" That's what Tom Tunney told CBS Chicago he said two or three years ago, when Stella's Diner owner Marvin Barsky first offered to sell him the restaurant.

He changed his mind this summer. Ann Sather's restaurant at Broadway and Roscoe is moving into Stella's old space at 3042 N. Broadway. The Belmont Avenue building where Ann Sather served Lakeview for decades has been demolished to make way for apartments, and a Foxtrot will take its place. All three changes come from one chain of lease decisions that began when Tunney sold his property on Belmont Avenue.

The sequence, in order

Tunney walked CBS Chicago through how it happened. Here is the order of events, put together from his account and from local reporting:

1. Around the time of the pandemic, Tunney sold his property on Belmont Avenue, which included the Ann Sather flagship. He then told the landlords at all his restaurants that he would be renting month-to-month.
2. Mavrek Development planned an apartment project for the Belmont site. In March 2026, Block Club Chicago reported that Ann Sather would close on Belmont after 81 years. The restaurant served its last meals there in June.
3. After the flagship closed, the landlord at 3415 N. Broadway told Tunney that the veterinary business next door wanted to expand on a 10- to 15-year lease, and asked him to consider leaving.
4. If Belmont and Roscoe both closed, Lakeview would have no Ann Sather at all. So Tunney went back to Barsky's offer and negotiated for the Stella's space.

In other words, the move to Barry is how Ann Sather stays in the neighborhood. Every step came from a landlord or a property owner. None of it was a verdict on how any of the restaurants were doing.

What Broadway and Barry is inheriting

CBS Chicago, citing Chicago Magazine, reports that Jimmy and Stella Mavraganes opened the restaurant in 1962 as The Wheel-A-Round. Later it became The Lakefront Diner, and when their children Maria and Gus took over, they renamed it Stella's Diner after their mother. CBS Chicago counts 64 years of business there. The Chicago Sun-Times described the diner as a meeting ground for Lakeview residents for six decades.

Barsky bought Stella's in 2021. He also owns The Bagel, across Broadway at 3107 N. Broadway. He told Block Club Chicago that running both restaurants had been tough and that he would focus on the Jewish deli. He plans a second Bagel in downtown Glenview. Once Ann Sather opens, then, the block will have two long-running breakfast institutions facing each other across Broadway, each now run by an owner who has chosen to put his effort into that one spot.

Tunney has said the new space is an upgrade. "This is a little bigger, with bigger outdoor seating," he told Block Club Chicago. He told the Sun-Times, "We're going to invest a fair amount of money in it."

Broadway and Roscoe goes quiet after 30 years

The Ann Sather at 3415 N. Broadway has been open for 30 years, about half a mile north of the new site. CBS Chicago reported that it will close shortly before the Barry location opens. With the Belmont flagship already gone, Barry will be Lakeview's only Ann Sather, and breakfast regulars at Roscoe will be heading about half a mile south.

Timing is the one open question. In early August, Tunney told the Sun-Times that renovations would take "the next couple months" and that he hoped to open in October. As of October 12, we have not found any report confirming an opening date at 3042 N. Broadway or a final day at 3415 N. Broadway. Until one of those is announced, both dates should be treated as estimates.

Lakeview has gone through this before. CBS Chicago reports that Ann Sather has had locations at 3416 N. Southport Ave. and 2665 N. Clark St. in the past. The Andersonville restaurant at 5207 N. Clark St. closed in 2013. The company has changed addresses many times. What's different this year is that it's down to a single Lakeview location.

Where the cinnamon rolls went, and where they are staying

Ann Sather's own history says she bought a Belmont diner in 1945, ran it for 35 years, and then sold it to Tunney. According to CBS Chicago, the flagship started at 935 W. Belmont, moved to 925 W. Belmont in 1955, and later operated from a former funeral home at 929 W. Belmont. It ended up at 909 W. Belmont after Tunney arranged for a developer to buy the funeral home building and pay for his move down the block. The restaurant moved three times, and all four addresses were on the same stretch of Belmont between the "L" tracks and Clark Street.

The flagship's new home is outside Lakeview, at 1819 W. Division St. in West Town, in a space that used to be a Yolk. "If you go to Division, I know it's not as convenient, but you'll see a complete restoration of what looks like Belmont on Division," Tunney told CBS Chicago. He said the restoration goes as far as the stenciling, artwork and chandeliers. The third location is at 1147 W. Granville Ave. in Edgewater. Once the move is finished, the Ann Sather menu built on cinnamon rolls, breakfast and Swedish comfort food will be served in Lakeview only at Broadway and Barry.

What Belmont gets in place of breakfast

The old Ann Sather block is turning into Belmora, Mavrek Development's two-phase project. The plan was scaled back in February 2025 from an earlier proposal of about 10 stories and roughly 200 apartments. When finished, it will have 92 apartments and more than 9,000 square feet of ground-floor retail, according to Southport Corridor News. Plans show the two buildings framing a small plaza-like space along Belmont with outdoor seating.

Two tenants have been named so far, and they replace the meal Ann Sather built its name on with two different kinds of morning stop:

Studio Three's space is being designed with Gensler and will have two studios plus locker rooms and showers. Its classes will include Strength, Hot Mat Pilates and Yoga Flow. The Sun-Times reported that Foxtrot's Lakeview store is planned for next year. That leaves a gap. For the rest of 2026, the block near the Belmont station where the Ann Sather flagship stood will have no café at all.

The Broadway calendar while the move finishes

If Tunney's October estimate holds, the new Ann Sather will open just before the busiest weekend on this part of Broadway. Halloween falls on a Saturday this year:

• Little Monster Crawl, Saturday, Oct. 31, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Lakeview East Chamber's trick-or-treat route stops at businesses on Broadway, Belmont and Clark. The Chamber said in late September that the list of participating businesses was still to come.
• Haunted Halsted Halloween Fest & Parade, Oct. 31, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., on North Halsted between Aldine and Addison. This is the parade's 30th year, according to Block Club Chicago's Halloween guide.
• Discover Diversey, Nov. 1 to 15. This is a Lakeview East Chamber campaign of business specials along the Diversey corridor, a few blocks south of Barry. Details are still to be announced.

Even if renovations at 3042 N. Broadway run past Halloween, The Bagel at 3107 N. Broadway is still serving across the street.

Belmora's first residents are expected this fall, and Foxtrot is planned for 2027. If you own a condo near Belmont or Broadway and want to know how these changes on your block affect your unit's value, Hudson Parker will put together a Building-Specific Market Plan with senior-broker attention and clear fees.