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Morgan's Place offers towels to match your town.

Frankfort: KidsWork Children’s Museum, Raffy’s Candy Store, Old Plank Road Trail

May 22, 2019 at 12:31 p.m.

Frankfort is a small town that embraces and preserves its history dating to 1879. That’s not to say it doesn’t welcome progress. Many newer buildings sport facades that match the...

Diners at the farm-to-table Barnwood restaurant in the Great Wolf Lodge Resort in Gurnee can look out over the waterpark.

Barnwood offers upgrade for waterpark dining

May 10, 2019 at 7:01 p.m.

You may not think of hotel food as being remarkable. And you may not think of fine dining with water parks. But the new Barnwood restaurant, located in the Great...

The BBQ rib tip plate at Don Walker's Sandwich Center in Aurora is served with fries and bread.

Don Walker’s Sandwich Center is a family affair

May 10, 2019 at 7:46 a.m.

Don Walker himself hasn’t owned Don Walker’s Sandwich Center since the Procopos family bought it 40 years ago, but the name gained such a following during his 16 years running...

The brisket poppers at Noonan's BBQ & Sports Bar in North Aurora combine smoked beef brisket with jalapeno, cilantro and jack cheese.

Noonan’s BBQ bills itself as a place for Sundays

May 10, 2019 at 7:46 a.m.

Jeremy Bertrand, owner of Noonan’s BBQ & Sports Bar in North Aurora, wears a T-shirt that says “BBQ is our sport.” When Bertrand opened Noonan’s a year ago, he envisioned...

Saul Moya, center, in red shirt, owner of El Puerto Mexican Restaurant in Fox Lake, looks out over the pier on Nippersink Lake.

El Puerto’s menu is full of owner specialties

May 10, 2019 at 7:01 p.m.

El Puerto means “the port” in Spanish. And this restaurant in Fox Lake is literally a port for diners and boaters on Nippersink Lake. In what was once a steakhouse,...

Guide to outdoor dining in Chicago suburbs: Empire Burgers & Brew in Naperville

May 16, 2019 at 6:29 a.m.

This is a part of our outdoor dining guide for the Chicago suburbs and Northwest Indiana, where we fill you in on where to dine alfresco. So leave the picnic...

You can eat on the 25-foot Porpoise sailboat in the indoor harbor at Port Edward in Algonquin.

Guide to outdoor dining in Chicago suburbs: Port Edward in Algonquin

May 10, 2019 at 6:20 a.m.

This is a part of our outdoor dining guide for the Chicago suburbs and Northwest Indiana, where we fill you in on where to dine alfresco. So leave the picnic...

Charlie Cork of South Elgin and Mike Luebbing of Elgin take advantage of a sunny break in the weather on the wraparound patio at Grumpy Goat Tavern at The Highlands of Elgin Golf Course.

Guide to outdoor dining in Chicago suburbs: Grumpy Goat Tavern in Elgin

May 10, 2019 at 6:20 a.m.

This is a part of our outdoor dining guide for the Chicago suburbs and Northwest Indiana, where we fill you in on where to dine alfresco. So leave the picnic...

Gaetano's fettuccine alla mazzarese is fettucine tossed with chicken breast and shrimp, sauteed with garlic, white wine, tomato sauce, pesto sauce and a touch of cream and finished with parmigiano.

Gaetano’s focuses on serving dinner

May 14, 2019 at 9:07 a.m.

Wendy Reed-Di Benedetto spent her childhood summers at her aunt’s house in Batavia. And when she moved out to Batavia in 2011, she wanted to open a restaurant that reminded...

The homemade thin crust sausage pizza features sauce, herbs and cheese at Sweet Melissa's Pizza & Pub in Lakemoor.

Get giant mozzarella sticks at Sweet Melissa’s

May 10, 2019 at 7:01 p.m.

When Melissa Bukolt and Jerry De Laurentis opened Sweet Melissa’s Pizza & Pub three years ago in Lakemoor, De Laurentis knew what he wanted to name the place. “I used...

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