I went to try a new place today, the 5th outlet of a local chain called “Southern Belle’s” a breakfast and lunch place with a “Southern” twist. In addition to “regular” breakfast and lunch dishes, you’ll find their take on Southern foods like “Shrimp and Grits,” “Biscuits and Gravy,” and “Pork Belly and Eggs.” For… Continue reading Southern Belles Restaurant Review, Suburban Chicago
Category: Breakfast
Sollys Grille Review, Milwaukee, WI
If you tool around the Upper Midwest, you’ll undoubtedly run into a regional burger and custard chain named “Culvers.” Their motto is roughly “home of the butter burger.” Believing that depends on who you ask. Culver’s version is to fry the burgers on a flattop and nestle it on a toasted, buttered, bun. But on… Continue reading Sollys Grille Review, Milwaukee, WI
Sugar Bowl Review, Des Plaines, IL
The Sugar Bowl has been an integral part of downtown Des Plaines since 1921. It has, over the years, been a sweet shop, candy store, ice cream parlor and restaurant. Today it’s heavily into the restaurant biz. Have seen this place many times when I’ve been zipping by on the train and had a hankering… Continue reading Sugar Bowl Review, Des Plaines, IL
Lou Mitchells Review, on Route 66, Chicago
Main Street of America, the Mother Road, Will Rogers Highway, all names for US Route 66, established in 1926, and destined to become one of the most famous roads in America. It ran from downtown Chicago to the Pacific Ocean, at Santa Monica (Los Angeles), California. Towns and cities grew up along side it, merchants… Continue reading Lou Mitchells Review, on Route 66, Chicago
Village Inn Review, Huntley, IL
What’s better than getting a restaurant meal with quality ingredients, cooked precisely to your order, at a great value? Not much I can think of. I have found my new “home away from home” for breakfast out, the Village Inn Family Restaurant, in Huntley, IL, a distant Chicago exurb. “Chicago area diners” lean towards large… Continue reading Village Inn Review, Huntley, IL
Hardees Breakfast Biscuit Review – Nationwide
I admit I’ve become fussy about fast food (and C-store) breakfasts. Think I’ve covered them all, and some are pretty good, some are absolutely dreadful. Some could be made better with very little effort or expense. I stopped in a Hardees/Carl’s Jr on a recent road trip, in search of a menu item I’ve had… Continue reading Hardees Breakfast Biscuit Review – Nationwide
Olympic Restaurant Review, Lake Geneva, WI
(As Americans have become meaner, ruder, and armed) I no longer enjoy busy tourists areas, except in the off season, but I found myself in Lake Geneva, WI this week, as typical a tourist spot as any. Feeling a might peckish, I was scoping out restaurants by how much I liked their exterior vintage neons, and… Continue reading Olympic Restaurant Review, Lake Geneva, WI
Chicken Fried Steak Recipe – Weekend Breakfasts At My House
When I was growing up, it was etched in stone that the family had a big Saturday breakfast together; often my dad cooked the elaborate set-up, which might have been steak and eggs, pancakes or waffles, fruit turnovers, sausage or bacon. It got so that friends of me and my siblings wanted to do sleepovers on Friday nites just for the… Continue reading Chicken Fried Steak Recipe – Weekend Breakfasts At My House
Schwartz Family Restaurant Review, Eckerty, IN
I saw the billboard on I-64 which promised “Amish cooking” and “everything made from scratch.” I don’t know what the first term is supposed to refer to, but I do understand the second, and the Schwartz’s fell flat on that account. I stopped for breakfast, and it may well have been made from “scratch” in… Continue reading Schwartz Family Restaurant Review, Eckerty, IN
Thorntons Food Review, Part 2
The other day, I wrote about the new food offerings at Thorntons, a regional gas station chain, based out of Louisville. I reviewed their pizza here. At many locations in the chain, they offer hot snacks in addition to the usual roller grill selections; snacks include breakfast biscuits and burritos, hamburgers, tenders, tater crowns and… Continue reading Thorntons Food Review, Part 2