Restaurants
Dining Out: Elmwood’s RoadHouse worth the drive
Get me lost on generic country roads and let me finally stumble on a very barn-like restaurant – inside and out – and apparently, I'll fall in love. There is just something about The RoadHouse in Elmwood that makes me relax and go, "Aaaaaaahhhh." Oh yes, I want this place to be there the [...]
Dining Out: Juicy’s sweetens up Near North Side
Perhaps the greatest development in the history of central Illinois dining has quietly arrived on the Near North Side, not usually a neighborhood brimming with gustatorial greatness. But lo! We now have Juicy’s Famous Steak and Lemonade, and we now have true Italian beef sandwiches! Let heaven — or, at least this part of Dining [...]
Elegant service, excellent food shine at Maxine’s
Morton isn't known to be a dining mecca. But that could change, with the addition of the top-notch Maxine's on Main. The small restaurant has been open for about a month, persevering even after a devastating fire damaged much of the 1918 house, causing the owners to scrap the original opening date, gut the [...]
Leaves ’N Beans is more than hot joe
You know about Leaves ’N Beans in Peoria Heights. It’s been grinding away for years. What you may not know is that LnB (that’s the logo they put on their coffee) has opened a second bistro in Morton. Coffee remains a hallmark, but the outlet at 213 S. Main St. offers quite a bit [...]
Dining Out: Rasoi offers a choice for Indian food
Peoria is a dining mecca when it comes to steak and pizza. But Indian food? There are few choices. I often have to crack my copy of "Betty Crocker's Indian Home Cooking" to get my curry fix.
Dining Out: O’s Tacos still has work to do
Was I at a taco stand or lemonade stand? At O'S Tacos and More, it seemed like the latter, with all the business acumen of a smiling kid pushing lukewarm Kool-Aid.
Dining Out: Villas Michoacan starts strong with chips, salsa
Chips and salsa, done right, is something I could happily start every meal with, including breakfast. Villas Michoacan, a new Mexican restaurant in Pekin, does them quite right.
Salt shakes up Peoria Heights’ restaurant row
The latest flavor on restaurant row in Peoria Heights is Salt. At 4542 N. Prospect Road, the former site of Velvet Freeze in the Heights has taken on a whole new look under the direction of Travis Mohlenbrink, owner of the Cracked Pepper bakery and bistro. We're a long way from the wonder dog, [...]
Dining Out: Drive yields soup and a Stan-wich
It was a dreary Monday, and we needed soup. We headed north to Chillicothe.
Kickapoo Creek Saloon keeps burger honors
It's been years since Dining Out visited Ludy's Kickapoo Creek Saloon, and since the restaurant is said to offer one of the best burgers around, we figured we'd check in and see how things were going.
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