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Families Drive From Every Corner Of Illinois To Load Their Plates At This Old-Fashioned All-You-Can-Eat Spot

Bread arrives at the table with a knife standing straight up in the loaf. That’s how dinner starts at one Illinois steakhouse, and it only gets better from there. Next comes an unlimited salad bar loaded with soup, hot dishes, puddings, and potato salad. Then there are the pies.

Effingham, IL · 1d
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The Steakhouse In Small-Town Illinois That Locals Simply Can’t Stay Away From

There’s a steakhouse sitting right off the interstate in Effingham, Illinois, and it’s the kind of place that makes you pull over and wonder why you ever drove past it before. Firefly Grill is the sort of restaurant that rewrites your expectations about small-town dining, and once you’ve...

Effingham, IL · 9d
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This Cozy Small-Town Illinois Diner Serves Biscuits and Gravy by 5 AM and Pies That Never See a Freezer

The griddle at this little diner gets going at 5 AM, six days a week. That means biscuits and gravy are ready before most alarm clocks even think about ringing. The pies tell their own story. They’re handmade, and nobody pulls them out of a freezer box. A baker named Shannon gets the credit for them, which I think is a lovely touch.

Flora, IL · 3d
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We Ranked The 9 Breakfast Restaurants In Springfield, Illinois, You’ll Want To Know About

One breakfast spot in Illinois serves a pancake roughly the size of a large pizza. I can’t stop thinking about the size of the plate needed for that. Then there’s the breakfast horseshoe. It’s a local legend built from toast, eggs, meat, and potatoes, all buried under cheese sauce or gravy.

Springfield, IL · 5d
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Ribbon cutting to be held as Curve Inn reopens after fire

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) - The Curve Inn is officially celebrating its reopening tonight. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is being held after the historic bar was shut down for months following a fire in February. The fire was ruled to be accidental in nature. Investigators believe it was electrical and started in...

Springfield, IL · 12h

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Small Illinois Towns Hide These 7 Family Restaurants

Some of the best meals in Illinois are served in towns with one main street and a water tower you can spot from the highway. Many of these restaurants have been run by the same families for decades, feeding farmers, road trippers, and grandkids alike. This list covers seven of...

Illinois · 5d

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The Most Epic All You Can Eat Buffet In Illinois Is Hiding In This Legendary Restaurant

If you’ve been driving Route 66 without stopping in McLean, Illinois, you’ve been leaving the best meal of the trip on the table, literally. Dixie Family Restaurant is where the most epic all-you-can-eat buffet in Illinois has been hiding, and the fact that it’s been this good for this long without becoming a national conversation is one of the great mysteries of the Midwest.

Mclean, IL · 4d

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9 Old Illinois Railroad Lines Became Bike Trails, and Each Features a Hometown Café Worth the Ride

You pedal past cornfields and old rail bridges for miles, legs burning, and then a tiny storefront appears with the smell of fresh coffee drifting out the door. That is the moment Illinois rail-trails turn a simple ride into a real adventure. The old train lines that once carried freight...

Illinois · 3d

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This Illinois Farmers Market Moves Indoors For Winter, So Your Sunday Produce Run Never Stops

Snow on the boulevard doesn’t cancel this Sunday market. When winter hits, the whole thing simply heads indoors and keeps going. I love that idea. Your weekly bread, eggs, and cheese haul doesn’t have to pause just because Illinois decided to freeze solid for a few months. In...

Chicago, IL · 1d

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Southern Illinois Has 8 Small-Town Diners Worth The Long Drive For Breakfast Alone

Some of the best mornings start with a plain little building you almost drive right past. You walk in hungry, grab a booth, and suddenly the bacon, biscuits, and coffee turn an ordinary trip into a story you keep telling. Southern Illinois is full of these quiet breakfast spots, tucked...

Southern Illinois, IL · 1d

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This Unassuming Illinois Pizzeria Serves Sausage Pizza So Good It Should Almost Be Illegal

Anthony Bourdain called one pan pizza the only deep dish he ever loved. That pie still comes out of a small, homey pizzeria on a quiet suburban street in Illinois. The crust edge gets so dark and caramelized that it looks almost burnt. It isn’t. That crunchy, cheesy rim is the whole point, and the sausage on top is a house blend.

Illinois · 4d

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This Illinois Drive-In Helped Make The Corn Dog On A Stick Famous

The first batch of these Illinois battered hot dogs was fried on tiny forks instead of sticks. Those forks came from an airfield kitchen in Texas, where the whole idea first took shape. The inventor originally called his creation a “crusty cur,” and his wife wisely pushed for something friendlier....

Springfield, IL · 4d

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2 IL pizzerias serve some of the best pies in US, report finds. Where to go

Two Illinois pizzerias earned spots on The Infatuation’s recent analysis of the best pizza places in America. Both are in Chicago and serve distinctly different styles. FULL STORY: These 2 Illinois pizza shops serve some of the best pies in America, report says Here are key takeaways: The Sept. 22 report from The Infatuation, “ The Best Pizza Places in America ,” named Pizz’Amici and Milly’s Pizza In The Pan among the nation’s best. The analysis did not numerically rank the restaurants. Pizz’Amici was praised for its tavern-style pie. The Infatuation described the crust as “impressively thin and crackery” with a bottom that is “a Dalmatian-spotted, charred beauty.” A 14-inch Chicago thin-crust pizza starts at $21. Milly’s Pizza In The Pan stood out for its pan-style Chicago deep-dish, with “zesty” tomato sauce and caramelized cheese on the crust. A cheese pizza starts at $20 for a 10-inch and $24 for a 14-inch. Pizz’Amici is at 1215 W. Grand Ave. in Chicago. Milly’s has two locations: 925 N. Ashland Ave. and 3409 N. Broadway in Chicago. Milly’s does not take reservations and makes a limited number of pizzas each day, so staff recommend placing an order online in advance. In a

Chicago, IL · 1d

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We Ranked The Best Italian Beef In Illinois And These 7 Spots Made The Cut

A sandwich stand on a busy Chicago street became the filming spot for a hit TV show, and its business reportedly more than doubled. That is the kind of pull an Italian beef sandwich has in Illinois. The idea goes back about a century. Thin-sliced roast beef gets soaked in...

Illinois · 1d

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Illinoisans Stocking Up On Breweries' THC Drinks Before Time Runs Out

Availability of THC-infused drinks will go down soon in Illinois.

Illinois · 2d

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Illinois Joint Lands On Global List Of 50 Best Burgers On Earth

One Illinois joint made a list of the 50 best burgers on Earth, rubbing elbows with Tokyo and Dublin.

Illinois · 1d

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Belvidere To Champaign, Illinois Barbecue Rivals Texas And Memphis

Illinois has some seriously good barbecue tucked away in small towns and Chicago neighborhoods, but most people don't realize it's even there.

Belvidere, IL · 1d

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These 4 Illinois German Bakeries Still Stretch Strudel Dough So Thin You Can Read Through It

Some of the best bites in Illinois hide behind plain storefronts with handwritten signs and glass cases fogged from the morning ovens. You walk in expecting a quick coffee and walk out with a box of strudel, sticky fingers, and a plan to come back next weekend. Real strudel takes...

Chicago, IL · 3d