Service was great and our food was delicious. The mood and lightening was very romanticread more

This place was a surprise to us! They were packed on a Saturday night. We had to wait about 45…read moreminutes at 6:30. They do take reservations. The inside was modern and comfortable. The cocktails were good. Closer to urban prices. The potato skins were good with a nice crisp. You re r bread which was all good: sourdough, focaccia and crackers. The spinach salad was also delicious! The prime rib was excellent. You are able to get horseradish if you want. It comes with a side. We tried the garlic mashed and it was the only thing I didn't enjoy for the evening. We tried the walnut custard, was tasty. The chocolate peanut butter dessert was also good, but sweet!

Staying at Starved Rock Lodge with my minions and 12 yo pipes up with "what's for dinner?" After…read morechecking on site options (plentiful) they still wanted Pizza. Leap into the Yelp-scape for something close but not a chain. Boom CortiLeno's pops up. 10" Pie for $12? We are all in. Walked in about 6pm Monday night quiet. Great bartender took order of one extra pepperoni sans cheese and one traditional pepperoni and cheese. "I'll be back in 20. Should I pay before I leave? No thats fine." Back 20 mins later a bit more crowded and pizzas ready to go. Ambience of space is not my vibe because I dislike the electronic gaming. Thats a me thing On way out chef/owner/dude.."I killed that one pizza with pepperoni." He did indeed. Happiness all around. Great sauce, amazing crust (soft so if you want crispy give them an alert) perfect amount of cheese and toppings. Great job!

The food is 5 stars. The service is 5 stars. The ambiance with a cool sports bar vibe is 5 stars…read more My wife and I dined in at the bar on a Monday afternoon. The bartender provided good service! I ordered a cheeseburger with pepper jack cheese with fries. My wife ordered a cheeseburger with American cheese and fries. My wife had a sprite to drink and I had a water. The soda is 1 dollar!! Both our burgers were fantastic, tasty, and juicy! The burgers are 1/2 lb burgers! The frozen fries here are awesome ! We loved our lunch and we will be back!

Delicious place! Yummy caipirinha, watermelon marg- sour but balanced, & lavender vodka! Great…read moreprice. Birria tacos! McRib w tomato soup! Wow! What a feel for this range of food! Amazing service! I'll come back! Please support!

Thyme Craft Kitchen is worth the trip to to get there! Located in downtown Peru, Illinois, the…read morerestaurant serves freshly made food with ingredients from local farms. They even list the farms where the ingrediants came from on the menu. When I arrived I had to use the washroom. Not only was it clean but it was stocked with cotton towels. I knew that this was a good omen of things to come. My husband and I had the grilled cheese and tomato soup and the grass fed hamburger. This may have been the biggest and most pack grilled cheese I've ever had. The hamburger was good but the potatoes that came with it stole the show. Since the entrees were so good we were excited to try the desert. We ordered the homemade chocolate peanut bourbon pie. This had the consistency of a pecan pie and was very rich. Everything was great at Thyme Craft Kitchen. It comes highly recommended!

We were on a weekend away at the Starved Rock area and tried Country House for breakfast. Love this…read moreclass diner/breakfast restaurant vibes. They let us put in a reservation as we had a larger party, and our table was ready right when we arrived. The restaurant was packed for a Sunday morning breakfast! I had a Belgian waffle- it took a bit as thr first one didn't come out, and I don't think I would get it again here. However, my bacon was delicious and perfectly cooked, my niece loved her Mickey pancake, and my sister's Benedict was fantastic. Biscuits and gravy reviews from the table were decent. Service was fantastic- and we'd likely be regulars if we lived in the area- would recommend.

Nice vibe, old fashioned diner, our server let me sample cream of chicken and homemadedumpling soup…read morewith chicken. I mixed the two Wow was that great. Victoria was great. Cream of chicken a bit bland the HOMEMADE DUMPLING WAS A BIT SALTY SO I mixed them was yummy. Thanks Victoria the queen for letting me sample soups. Dumplings our bomb. Kinda wasn't to order some to go.

The food was very good with attentive service. Drinks reasonably priced. The manager/ owner or…read morecook came to check on our food.

Great food and friendly staff!! A I had a fabulous view of the river from the bar stool that I…read moreperched on!!

Damn place has too many selections that are not really selections because everything tasted so good…read moreI had to stop tasting or I would have had to buy them out and my credit card only allows so much before it reports me to my wife. I do NOT like bourbon. Yet, somehow, tasting theirs made me decide that it is just some bourbons I don't like. And may I also add, that I do not like rum as a sipping drink, it only belongs in a coke as a teenager. Their rum (specifically the navy strength rum) holy cow, a perfect sipping "whiskey." NOW, I come to the liquors I like, nay love, as life itself. Scotch whiskey...... they don't make it..... ok then my other favorite nectar of the gods, TEQUILA.... Specifically repasado or anejo. In this case, theirs is called "rested tequila." It is sweet for tequila, but only for "unsweetened tequila" meaning no added BS or sugar (which surprisingly some big labels use.) it has a profile similar but BETTER and less sweet than Casamigos repasado. It is really VERY good, not astringent and deceptively smooth so that it could be dangerous, time will tell. This place is worth a 20-30 mile detour to check out their tasting room and cave like atmosphere. It is a shame we were not at this place 40 years ago when I could have lit up a cigar. Oh well.

Update Made a return visit to see my favorite mixologist…read morecreate another fantastic espresso martini for me and an old fashioned for my husband. This time we got to meet her parents visiting from Minnesota too and a good time was had by all. Really cool setting in the old Westclock factory building. Be sure to stop by next time you're in Peru.

Open Easter Sunday when we came in from a rainy hike…read more Some breakfast items not available after 11 a.m. but rest of the menu is all day. Specials up front on a board and we got a bowl of chicken dumpling soup ($4). Got the chicken fried steak (2 eggs) breakfast and the hashstack (has browns topped with bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, gravy. and cheese). They have their own hot sauce (available for sale) to dress up your breakfast. Half the restaurant is dedicated to seating at tables and booths. The bar area from the previous restaurant remains dormant for now. They do have a plate sharing and credit card fee, but it is very modest.

They are closed. The sign is down and the phone disconnected. We went to the Blue margarita…read morenearby which was excellent . There is also a Subway and another fast food place nearby.

Fun place, good solid big portions, great huge chicken wings. The only thing is the music is so so…read moreso loud I had a headache, my chest was thumping, and I couldn't hear the conversation with my buddies. The wait staff are very attentive and sweet. They are always running around. Prime rib offered 1st and 3rd Saturdays for $48. They had specials today for V day. Lovely down to earth place. But please lower the volume on the music so I don't get hearing loss for my grandkids.

We ate at Skoog's for lunch today. Great atmosphere, clean, nice people but We waited an hour just…read moreto get our order taken and the another 40 mins for our order to arrive at the table. And that was after asking the server twice what was happening and letting him know we would be leaving in 15 mins if our meal was not on the table. The restaurant was busy but not that bad and there were pleasant of servers. The food was very good and I would try them once again because sometimes it's just a bad day. But the jury is out. I wouldn't stay if we had the same service next time.