Is Chinatown busy on Mother's Day?

This is my first one in Chicago. Is every single place in town going to be super busy? Or, if this has already been discussed, anyone have a link to that? Thanks.

I've only been in Chinatown once on Mother's Day and it was quite crowded at Phoenix for dimsum, but once Spring starts, it's almost always crowded at Phoenix on a Sunday. I don't know what restaurant you had in mind, but if you go early, you might not run into too long of a wait.

Is Chinatown busy on Mother's Day? It's EXTREMELY BUSY on Mother's Day - from about 10 am to 8 pm, you'll be lucky to get a table. Even the average restaurant is packed like sardines on this day. Some families decide to order takeout and celebrate at home but the wait for takeout is even pretty long.

Most Chinese families tend to be large and so the waits are usually longer for large tables for parties of more than 5. You might be able to get a table for a smaller party if your party is limited to 1-4 persons.

Our family now dines out together the day before or the day after. We had brunch today at Mountain View and there was a waiting line from the time we arrived at 11 am to the time we left at 1:30 pm.

Good luck !

Thanks for the replies! I thought maybe, but I guess that's not gonna work. I'll let you know if I find somewhere good to eat that's not packed.
I wonder if Bombon will be open? Maybe since they don't have many tables, no one will want to go there... Riiight.

Ok. I for some reason thought that everywhere would be really packed today. Maybe it's the area I'm in(loop), but I walked by several open family-type restaurants with hardly any people in them. When I used to be a server, this was always one of the busiest days.

After finding out that Bombon was closed, we went to Fox and Obel to get some sweet stuff and check if they were busy. It was around 2:30 when we got there, and the cafe wasn't too bad-just normal business. Even though I made reservations at this place called Dine that is a couple blocks from my apartment(I saw some photos of their upscale diner food online that looked good, and 1 person on here said she loved their burgers), we decided to stay and eat at F and O's cafe for the first time. I'm not too too familiar with Chicago restaurants yet(besides what I've learned from constantly being on this website. I love this place!)but here goes my first review of one:

I had the steak frites, MR-a sirloin, topped with what tasted like a pan sauce, a compound butter, and some grilled green onions. Very nicely seasoned, and all of the different flavors tasted great together. Aside from a small strand of gristle, very tender. What made the whole dish awesome was upgrading the fries to the truffle ones. they're sprinkled with aged Pecorino Romano and have a bernaise dipping sauce that is drizzled with truffle oil. the meal cost $15 plus $4 for the upgrade. Good deal, and more than you expect from a place where you order at the register. Oh yeah, to drink I had one of those GUS(grown up sodas)-orange flavor. Nicely refreshing- lightly sweetened. I don't drink but it made me imagine it was like the non-alcaholic version of having a beer with your food.

My hubby had a bowl of tomato basil soup and the grilled veggie sandwich, and also upgraded his fries. He loved it all- the sandwich was on their great bread, and had a herbed goat cheese. I recall the cheese being tangy. his soup/sanwich meal was about 16.00, including the 4.00 extra for the truffled fries.

Dessert: Me-fruit tart, him-creme brulee
Both basic preparations, both tasted really good. The crust on mine was thick, dense, and crunchy. yummy. The creme anglais it came with was made really well and had just the right sweetness. You know how sometimes it can be too thick/sweet? Creme brulee had great texture- velvety. After all this food we left feeling sedated and happy, and with a brownie and almond croissant for later.

All in all, we were very impressed. They have what looks like a starbucks setup in the back of a grocery store and are making all this high quality food. I'm not surprised, since it's Fox and Obel, but its great that it runs so smoothly, and the food comes out right, in such a casual setting. They pay attention to all the little things that add up in the end- i.e. pepper grinders on the tables, seasoning of the dishes, and friendly people who act like they want to help you.

C-town was NUTS yesterday tho, amazingly, the chickie was able to find parking. i didn't want to wait at any restaurant, so we got Wing Chan's bbq lunchboxed to go. ate it on a cement bench ghetto fabulous styl.