{"id":13665,"date":"2015-03-15T11:20:38","date_gmt":"2015-03-15T16:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=13665"},"modified":"2015-03-15T11:20:38","modified_gmt":"2015-03-15T16:20:38","slug":"taste-this-review-algonquin-il","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=13665","title":{"rendered":"Taste This Review, Algonquin, IL"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Taste<\/a>Take one part fancy pants coffee shop, one part ice creamery, one part creative combinations of paninis, and you’ll find yourself at “Taste This,” in downtown Algonquin, Illinois, a far western suburb of Chicago. \u00a0Algonquin has managed to save its downtown, and there are a number of eateries, shops, and spas on the main drag.<\/p>\n

As I recall, Taste This opened in the fall of 2014, and may well be the only place in the area for “adult milkshakes.” \u00a0What’s that you say? \u00a0 Take ice cream, add liquor and liqeurs in various flavorings and combinations, and voila! \u00a0Adult milkshake. \u00a0“Gone Bananas” is a typical one, with\u00a0White rum, 99 bananas liquor, cr\u00e8me de banana, banana pudding & old fashioned vanilla ice cream.<\/p>\n

The owner, is obviously a child of the 60s – 70s (and tasty, too), judging by the names she has labeled sandwiches and drinks (“Vinny Barbarino,” \u00a0“Fog Horn, Leg Horn,” \u00a0“Mork from Ork Pork,” and the “Big Ragu” to name a few. \u00a0The woman obviously idolizes Garry Marshall<\/a>. \u00a0The full menu is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Although I have been meaning to hit this place since they opened, actually ended up there by accident today. \u00a0Had set out for another restaurant, arrived and the sign said “closed for a private party.” \u00a0Gee, thanks folks. Learn about Twitter.<\/p>\n

The proprietor has designed some interesting sandwich combinations, that project a lot of depth in their flavoring. \u00a0She uses top quality ingredients, and it appears more everything is made meticulously by hand. \u00a0It’s not fast food.<\/p>\n

Sandwiches (around $9) come with a choice of small side salad (cucumber or pasta) and all arrive with a ramikin of shoestring potato chips. \u00a0You know, that can of salty crunchy deliciousness you sneak when nobody is looking. \u00a0Can’t say I’ve ever seen a restaurant that served shoestrings. \u00a0But put them on a menu (or tater tots), and I’ll be there.<\/p>\n

I opted for the “Vinny Barbarino,” piled high with thinly sliced mortadella, slicing pepperoni, mild capocolla (sic), provolone cheese with a generous drizzle of Italian vinaigrette on grilled Panini bread.” \u00a0Ample quality meat and cheese, nice job on the panini press. \u00a0Nice plating. $9.25.<\/p>\n

The joint opens at 7 AM for fancy coffee, breakfast sandwiches and pastries. \u00a0Sign in window seemed to indicate they’d run it out to the car for you, if need be.<\/p>\n

I wish them gobs of success.<\/p>\n

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Take one part fancy pants coffee shop, one part ice creamery, one part creative combinations of paninis, and you’ll find yourself at “Taste This,” in downtown Algonquin, Illinois, a far western suburb of Chicago. \u00a0Algonquin has managed to save its downtown, and there are a number of eateries, shops, and spas on the main drag.… Continue reading Taste This Review, Algonquin, IL<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,7,11,16,25],"tags":[272],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13665"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}