{"id":18198,"date":"2018-06-07T09:17:06","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T14:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=18198"},"modified":"2018-06-07T09:17:06","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T14:17:06","slug":"the-cottage-review-crystal-lake-il","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=18198","title":{"rendered":"The Cottage Review – Crystal Lake, IL"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>The Cottage<\/a> is one of those places most people would describe as a “neighborhood bar” and it fills that role nicely, perched on the edge of downtown Crystal Lake, Illinois, within walking distance of a number of residential neighborhoods.<\/p>\n

Although a “bar,” it serves as a full restaurant as well, with a very lengthy menu and nightly specials. The specials are value priced.<\/p>\n

What brought me in is the fact that any night of the week in this area, you can find a hamburger special, and it’s Wednesdays at the Cottage. Burger and a side, $5.\u00a0 You pay a little bit more for add-ons like bacon and fancy cheeses, but it’s still a deal.<\/p>\n

The sandwich is advertised as a half-pound, hand-pattied, char-grilled burger, and it lives up to the promo.\u00a0 It’s very flavorful meat, on a bakery roll that is soft enough to be enjoyable but substantial enough to hold any toppings you desire.\u00a0 Unusual for me, I ate the burger absolutely plain, I enjoyed the beef and bun so much.<\/p>\n

I upgraded to rings for the side, and they don’t do justice as a side equal to the entree. They are a beer battered ring, which I doubt are made in-house. With so many interesting food items on the menu, the Cottage could easily do better on the rings.<\/p>\n

Complimentary peanuts in the shell (yes, toss ’em on the floor) and tasty popcorn for every table.\u00a0 Don’t see peanuts much anymore, of course. I was personally delighted.<\/p>\n

Large outdoor seating area can be covered during inclement weather.\u00a0 The Cottage is also known for having some large music events on-site, generally with rather proficient tribute bans.\u00a0 Check their site for dates<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Server Ravan was spectacular.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Full menu online<\/a>. Catering menu too<\/a>.
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\nThe Cottage Review<\/p>\n

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The Cottage is one of those places most people would describe as a “neighborhood bar” and it fills that role nicely, perched on the edge of downtown Crystal Lake, Illinois, within walking distance of a number of residential neighborhoods. Although a “bar,” it serves as a full restaurant as well, with a very lengthy menu… Continue reading The Cottage Review – Crystal Lake, 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":[12,16],"tags":[1112,3351],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18198"}],"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=18198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18198\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}