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One of the featured items this spring at Burnt Toast in Elgin is the savory chicken crepe, stuffed with chicken breast, Swiss cheeses, spinach and mushrooms and topped with hollandaise sauce. It comes with a side of fruit.

Burnt Toast may be the name, but inside you’ll find delicious breakfasts

May 9, 2019 at 2:47 p.m.

Burnt toast is not something you’d want to have on your plate. But Burnt Toast Restaurant in Elgin was named for a gag gift and the name stuck. “We’re known...

The nachos at Bon Voyage in Antioch come with seasoned ground beef served on homemade corn tortilla chips with cheese, salsa, sour cream, black olives and guacamole.

Bon Voyage restaurant is realization of longtime dream of Antioch owners

May 10, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.

Donna Garrett’s love of cooking came from her childhood days of watching her grandma in the kitchen and preparing meals for her younger brother and sister while her mother was...

Gary Meyer started brewing beer in this 150-year-old dairy house on his property in New Lenox. He's set to open a brewery this summer on Laraway Road.

Retired engineer bringing his brews from milk shed to main drag in New Lenox

May 21, 2019 at 10:35 p.m.

When Hickory Creek Brewing Co. opens in New Lenox, it will be the third brewery for Gary Meyer. Sort of. “One of the jokes is that it’s our third brewery,...

The Francheezie at Riverview Diner in Montgomery is a jumbo beef hot dog filled with cheese and wrapped with bacon.

Take in your surroundings at Riverview Diner

May 10, 2019 at 7:45 a.m.

Riverview Diner owner Eleno Silva has a remarkable work ethic that’s tough to crack. As a younger man, he came in on his days off for three years when he...

At Libertyville's Townee Square Restaurant, the Townee Square, one of the specialty omelets, features gyro meat, onions, tomatoes and feta cheese.

Townee Square rolls out the welcome mat in Libertyville

May 15, 2019 at 1:27 p.m.

Filoxenia in Greek means being a friend to the stranger. You can find this message on the dining room wall at Townee Square Restaurant in Libertyville: “In our home, all...

The Build Your Own Wrap, with spinach, black olives, green peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, celery, avocado, yellowfin tuna and a French/tangy house dressing on a spinach tortilla.

Pockets offers a fresh take on sandwiches

May 10, 2019 at 7:45 a.m.

Walk into a Pockets in Aurora and your bread will be baking or warming for you in one of three ovens. Everything else is made to order, from pockets to...

A variety of breakfast items are served until 11 a.m. at It's All Good in Zion, including The Omelette, Banoffee Nut Cake and a cinnamon roll.

Family works together at It’s All Good Deli in Zion

May 10, 2019 at 6:59 p.m.

The year after It’s All Good in Zion opened, Ashley Thomas started working there through high school and college. Through the years her parents, Rick and Barb Thomas, became chummy...

The Bristol Renaissance Faire takes guests back to 1599

May 23, 2019 at 9:28 p.m.

Where else can you find comedic swashbucklers, dregs, rovers, villains and wenches within an hour from downtown Chicago? The Bristol Renaissance Faire, of course, where it's 1599 every weekend. Wonder...

Summer brings a model railroad and butterflies to Chicago Botanic Garden

May 23, 2019 at 9:28 p.m.

The Chicago Botanic Garden is more than peaceful, blooming gardens, it's also a living museum and conservation science center. Situated on nearly 400 acres on and around nine islands, with...

Great Wolf Lodge will open its first Illinois location on July 1

May 23, 2019 at 9:28 p.m.

The Gurnee area will see the grand opening of an expanded Great Wolf Lodge in the former Key Lime Cove location and the world’s largest coaster of its kind with...

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