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Bulldog's Red Hots Restaurant features a gyros plate with onions, tomatoes, cucumber sauce and pita bread with fries. North Island Sandwich Shoppe offers the Italian sub sandwich with Boar's Head ham, mortadella, salami with provolone, lettuce, tomato, onion and house vinaigrette on bread of choice. (Photo by Shonda Talerico Dudlicek)

Healthy sandwich or tasty red hot?

June 5, 2018 at 11:13 p.m.

North Island Sandwich Shoppe in Batavia was born out of a commonly heard complaint. "I was tired of listening to moms taking their kids here to eat and then the...

Unusual combinations a hallmark of Wayne’s Pizza

May 10, 2019 at 6:44 p.m.

For nearly 29 years, Wayne's Pizza in Third Lake has been experimenting with unusual pizza combinations. But that might be expected of a place that's offered a breakfast pizza since...

The Roadhouse sampler platter includes mozzarella sticks, potato skins, chicken strips, buffalo wings and chips and salsa. (Photo by Shonda Talerico Dudlicek)

More than pizza at Randall Roadhouse

June 6, 2018 at 2:33 a.m.

Dennis Donfris, who has worked in restaurants from Sizzler to fine dining, wanted to break away from the typical pizza concept. So 12 years ago he opened Randall Roadhouse in...

Beverage offerings at Casa Bonita in Libertyville include the horchata, left, and the frozen strawberry margarita. (Photo by Shonda Talerico Dudlicek)

Dine like you’re on vacation at Casa Bonita

May 10, 2019 at 6:44 p.m.

When a Mexican restaurant counts down to Cinco de Mayo on its website and offers more than 150 tequilas on tap, you know the place is serious about showing its...

The meatball sandwich, Wednesday's special, is a family recipe drenched in red sauce and topped with melted provolone and mozzarella cheeses nestled in a fresh grinder roll. The roast beef is garlic-infused and slow roasted, topped with sharp white cheddar, house creamy horseradish sauce, red onion, arugula and sliced tomato. Black bean and creamy tomato basil soups include a corn muffin. (Photo by Shonda Talerico Dudlicek)

Making sandwiches special, and fast

June 6, 2018 at 8:22 a.m.

It all started when Chris Deane was a 12-year-old working in Brunetti's Market in Connecticut. He yearned to open his own place, offering porchetta and meatball sandwiches. Last year that...

Customers check out the bakery case at Around the Clock in Crystal Lake. (Photo by Shonda Talerico Dudlicek)

Menu reflects family at Around the Clock

May 9, 2019 at 2:41 p.m.

Many of the dishes at Around the Clock are named for the owners, their wives and their kids. Easy to understand for a place that was started by a father...

The chicken kabob plate includes two skewers of charbroiled marinated breast of chicken and is served with salad, pita and choice of oven-roasted potatoes, rice pilaf or fries. (Shonda Talerico Dudlicek)

Just Kabobs skewers freshness

June 8, 2018 at 12:35 p.m.

Three things strike you when you enter Just Kabobs in St. Charles. One, you can smell the chicken, beef and pork cooking before you even open the front door. Two,...

Antipasti has mixed greens, salami, mortadella, capicolla, provolone, fresh mozzarella, artichoke hearts, tomato and Kalamata olives and is served with house dressing. (Shonda Talerico Dudlicek)

Tina’s Cafe a taste of Sicily in Gurnee

May 10, 2019 at 6:43 p.m.

Dining at Tina's Italian Café and Bake Shop is like dining at a Sicilian kitchen table. Plates are set atop handmade crocheted tablecloths, which are protected under plastic. They were...

Craft beer, comfort food in historic setting at Gammon Coach House

June 8, 2018 at 2:03 p.m.

Jon With had been in the restaurant business a long time and could see the coming of craft beers. "I was telling my friends in the bar business, 'Craft beers...

Lots of tasty options at Anastasia’s

May 10, 2019 at 6:43 p.m.

With three older brothers and a father who run two restaurants in Antioch and Waukegan, "We are a family business," said Gina Giannakakis, the sister and daughter who helps run...

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