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This Popular Long Grove restaurant experience ruined by Rude Workers.

Sorelle Italian Market in Long Grove: A Beautiful Restaurant, Decent Food, and One Employee Who Ruined the Entire Experience. There’s an old saying that you can have the most beautiful restaurant in the world, serve good food at reasonable prices, and still lose customers because of one thing: terrible customer service.

Long Grove, IL · 7d

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This Family-Run Illinois Seafood Counter Has Guarded Its Secret Red Batter Since 1951

A secret red batter coats the fried scallops at one Illinois seafood counter, and the family still won’t share the recipe. That alone made me curious. The same family has run this place since 1951. Their roots in the fish business go back even further, to Great Lakes commercial fishing in the 1930s.

Des Plaines, IL · 5d

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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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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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The All-You-Can-Eat Buffet In Illinois That Serves Up Serious Southern Comfort Food

There’s a green awning on South Michigan Avenue that promises “Down Home Southern Cooking,” and let me tell you, it does not mess around with that promise. Pearl’s Place in Chicago has been quietly feeding folks some of the most soul-satisfying Southern food in the entire city, and somehow you might not have heard about it yet.

Chicago, IL · 10d

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This Illinois Donut Shop Still Fries Its Huge Apple Fritters Fresh In The Window, Just Like Always

An apple fritter roughly the size of your face comes out of a fryer in a shop window, and the man flipping it opened the place in 1972. He was 85 in 2024. He still works six days a week. The fritters get stuffed with apple chunks and cinnamon. Then...

Chicago, IL · 5d

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Popular pizza joint in Wisconsin closes one location

KENOSHA, Wis. (WFRV) — A popular Wisconsin eatery for pizza and Italian fare has closed its Kenosha location. According to a social media post, Oakfire Pizza & Italian will be closing its Kenosha doors next Thursday, November 12. No reason was given for the closure, with the business urging others who are hiring to consider […]

Kenosha, WI · 3d

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This Cash-Only Illinois Burger Walk-Up Hands Out Peanut Butter Banana Shakes And Three-Layer Fries

Peanut butter and banana, blended into a milkshake, served from a walk-up window next to a sizzling char grill. That combo alone made me stop scrolling. Then I learned the fries come stacked in three layers. This little Illinois burger stand keeps things wonderfully old school. You order at a...

Des Plaines, IL · 2d

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The Cozy Illinois Diner Where Locals Gather Over Homemade Pies And Endless Cups Of Coffee

There’s a certain kind of magic that only exists inside a well-loved diner, and the Sycamore Parkway Restaurant in Sycamore, Illinois has been quietly bottling that magic for anyone smart enough to walk through its doors. If your idea of a perfect morning involves a steaming cup of coffee,...

Sycamore, IL · 2d

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This Family-Run Illinois Italian Market Still Bakes Its Bread Fresh And Piles Subs High For Under $10

A 9-inch Italian beef from this deli can show up looking more like a 12-inch one. That’s the kind of generous surprise that gets an old-school Illinois sandwich counter talked about across the city. The beef comes from a family recipe, and it can arrive fully dipped and dripping....

Chicago, IL · 18h

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12 Wisconsin Burger Joints Where The Classics Are Still Worth Ordering

One tiny stand on this list has cooked hamburgers in shallow water with onions for more than a century. It doesn’t offer cheese. It doesn’t even have a restroom, and people still line up. I love that kind of stubbornness. Another spot on this list grills its patties...

Wisconsin · 3d

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This Massive Wisconsin Flea Market Is So Enormous You’ll Need An Entire Day To Explore

There are places in Wisconsin that make you feel like you’ve discovered a secret, and the Wilmot Flea Market in Wilmot is absolutely one of them, except the secret is out and apparently everyone already knows. The parking lot is your first clue that something serious is happening here.

Kenosha County, WI · 1d

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Massive Apple Fritters Share The Counter With Real Strawberry Donuts At This Illinois Shop

A donut big enough to stand in for a wedding cake is a real thing in Illinois. At least one couple served giant ones at their reception instead of a tiered cake, and that tells you plenty about the size here. The shop behind them fries up apple fritters with...

Chicago, IL · 7d

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One of Chicago's most beloved spots for burgers, hot dogs opens in southwest suburb

One of Chicago's most beloved spots to snag a burger or hot dog opened a new location in a southwest suburb this week. Redhot Ranch opened at 60 Ogden Ave. in Downers Grove on Tuesday, bringing a new late-night food option to the area. Open daily from 10:30 a.m. until...

Chicago, IL · 1d

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This Illinois Buffet Serves Crab Legs, Crawfish, And Sushi All You Can Eat

Crab legs, crawfish, and sushi share the same buffet lines at one suburban spot. Add a made-to-order hibachi grill, and the plate math gets complicated fast. This Illinois buffet keeps things refreshingly simple. Lunch costs less than dinner, a drink comes included, and you can build your own stir-fry while a cook fires it up in front of you.

Downers Grove, IL · 1d

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The Nostalgic Retro Diner In Illinois That Serves Up Community And Comfort Food Together

There are places you visit, and then there are places that visit you back, settling into your memory like a favorite song you didn’t know you’d missed. Daddio’s Diner in Batavia, Illinois is exactly that kind of place, a retro comfort food haven that wraps you in warmth the second you walk through the door.

Batavia, IL · 5d

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Lansing History: More than a bakery, Calumet Bakery brings old-fashioned sweetness to Lansing

LANSING, Ill. — When Matthew (Matt) G. Pocernich opened his small bakery in Chicago’s South Deering neighborhood, Franklin D. Roosevelt was president of the United States. Pocernich had arrived in America from Croatia in the 1920s, and he faced the Depression with hard work and basic baking skills that he turned into a thriving family business that has lasted for three generations.

Lansing, IL · 5d

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Taste of Chicago Inspections Found 160-Plus Violations, Records Show

City inspectors logged more than 160 health code violations among food vendors at this year's Taste of Chicago, with 58 of the festival's 81 vendors flagged for at least one violation, according to a records review. Ten vendors racked up five or more violations apiece, and two vendors were cited nine times each over the five-day run in Grant Park this past July.

Chicago, IL · 2d

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This Old-Fashioned Illinois Candy Shop Still Makes Its Own Fudge And Caramel Apples In A Nostalgic Little Shop

Caramel apples come with a choice of fruit at one little Illinois candy counter: tart Granny Smith or sweet Honeycrisp. That decision alone could stall a family for ten minutes. Then you spot the bear claws, the cheese popcorn, and the chocolate-dipped apricots. The fudge is made in house, the...

Chicago, IL · 2d