{"id":15351,"date":"2015-12-14T08:29:47","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T14:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=15351"},"modified":"2015-12-14T08:29:47","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T14:29:47","slug":"art-almas-century-inn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=15351","title":{"rendered":"Art & Almas Century Inn – The $100 Breakfast, Burlington, IL"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The “$100 hamburger” is a concept, excuse, private pilots use for the equivalent of a leisurely Sunday drive; fuel up the private plane, fly someplace, eat a burger, dessert, or whatever. The $100 refers to the cost of operating the plane for that trip.<\/p>\n

This weekend, I “discovered” a morning meal worthy of being called the “$100 Breakfast,” and whether you’re out for a Sunday drive or flight, Art & Alma’s Century Inn<\/a>, in Burlington, IL, is worth your money, time and effort.<\/p>\n

Burlington is roughly 50 miles west of Chicago’s loop, and 40 miles east of Rockford. \u00a0(There are actually a half dozen airports within five miles, if you’re actually contemplating a flight, map below).<\/p>\n

The restaurant has been open in one form or another since 1908, and currently serves dinner<\/a> six nights, and breakfast\/brunch on Sundays<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This breakfast may well deserve the ‘subtitle’ of “the $35 breakfast,” as that’s about what you would pay for it at any fine hotel. \u00a0Start off your Sunday with one of the Inn’s 25 unique Bloody Mary<\/a> recipes, before launching into perfectly cooked to order breakfasts,<\/a> including a half dozen varieties of “Benedicts.”<\/p>\n

I went with the “Country Boy,” which had diced sausage and bacon, a generous slab of ham, poached eggs with country gravy atop biscuits. \u00a0My pal opted for the “Mein Schatzi,” bacon, swiss, poached eggs, hollandaise and sour cream resting on potato pancakes. \u00a0There are ‘cakes, hash, french toast, and plenty of sides to choose from – later in the morning, they add sandwiches to the Sunday brunch\u00a0menu.<\/p>\n

The food was presently promptly, nice plating, cooked to perfection and the taste and flavors reflected quality ingredients.\u00a0Two breakfasts, two coffees, less than $25. \u00a0Pleasant, historical ambiance, and great service, as well.<\/p>\n

No question, hands down, my best meal of 2015, at any price. \u00a0Can’t wait to get back and try the dinner. Classic fish fry on Friday nights, and Prime Rib special, Wed, Fri, Saturday while it lasts.<\/p>\n

Great job, Chef!<\/p>\n

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The “$100 hamburger” is a concept, excuse, private pilots use for the equivalent of a leisurely Sunday drive; fuel up the private plane, fly someplace, eat a burger, dessert, or whatever. The $100 refers to the cost of operating the plane for that trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,11,16,26],"tags":[690,918,930],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15351"}],"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=15351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}