Quaint, historic staple with comfort-driven seasonal options & a lineup of diverse American plates. Based on 213 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.1 stars. Price $$
Address:
121 N 2nd St, DeKalb, IL 60115
Phone: (815) 756-4749
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Jordann Scott
Every single time I order they miss one of my items. This time it was the apple pie. This is my last time trying to support and then the customer service sucks. If I ordered my food online why would I want to come in and get the ONE item you could’ve put in the bag and it’s Food! it’s not like it’s forks or spoons?? you have it CLEARLY written. I’m done with this place
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Franklin F. Obrien
WOW these folks know what they are doing. Food is super fresh, and in fact none of it is pre made– only after you order do they start to cook, and they are fast. Limited menu but so so good. Choices are unique. Go and find out yourself. Street corn was really truly tasty. Favorites are the steak tacos and yes, super tender, no beef jerky tacos here. Also they have a neat selection of ice cream! The folks who run this place are very nice, kind people too 🙂
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Cassie Wagle
This is my absolute favorite restaurant! When I lived in Illinois I used to go here with my family and order “chicken fingers the old way”. The food here is excellent and the atmosphere is calm and very beautiful. I always have positive experiences with the owners and the staff. Whenever I fly back put to Illinois I always make sure I eat here. I highly recommend you try this restaurant for yourself!
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Jacob Santos
Was not expecting much upon first impression. Decor and lighting can be update. But then they served me food. The butternut squash is amazing! Jumbalaya is filling and tasted great as well.
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Alysha Robinson
This is a nice, retro, family restaurant. The food is clearly mostly homemade instead of just trucked in pre-prepared and reheated. The chicken parmigiana was much better than I expected. I normally don’t like meat spaghetti sauce, but there’s was hearty and had a good beef flavor to it. Large portions. We also had friendly service. Check it out.
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Katrina Hladilek
Just got back from Friday dinner out at Hillside. We got 2 entrees that came with a side of soup or salad and 4 pieces of bread with some butter. We also took home an apple crunch pie.
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Ellen Stuart
I love this place. It’s the quintessential small town restaurant. Super friendly. Great, home cooked meal. It’s our got-to place for special occasions -graduations, family visiting, etc. Don’t go to Chili’s (ours is gross anyway). Support a fantastic local business!!
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Ur Mom
This place looks adorable. I loved the view and the seating in here. The food on the other hand was pretty disappointing. The food I got was super dry and not too good. Didnt even seem fully cooked. The bowl of minestrone I asked if it had meat, the lady said no but it is made with beef broth so I said I wouldn’t eat it since I’m vegetarian but she brought it to me anyways. I wish I had a better experience with my food here. I did love the view. This place is beautiful
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Aubrey Coats
We arrived just after breakfast. It was nice and quiet. Server was nice. Food was great!
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Katie Quinn
Extremely disappointed in the entire visit. We were excited to back after not being there for a few years. We had a party of 13, which most of them it was their first visit. I made a reservation a week before, as instructed by the lady on the phone made it a little earlier. 5:15, so we had plenty of time to get to our show at the Egyptian next door at 7:30. Our table was set and ready when we got there, the only positive if the night. It started with it taking over 30 minutes to even get our drinks. The tables were sticky. The beverage options were water, lemonade, tea, sprite, mountain dew or beer/wine. They ran out of the soup. We sat there for 1 hour and 55 minutes before our food came out. We got our food at 7:10 and the play was at 730. No one ever came to clear the dirty dishes from the soup, salad and empty drinks. We were given 2 menus for 13 people. We asked if we could get pitchers of water, we got one small pitcher again for 13 people. The waitresses were not professional looking at all. They were wearing grubby hooded sweatshirts, hair down and messy all over. The entrees are very expensive for what you get. Spaghetti that’s $20 a plate and you get enough sauce to barely stain the noodles. I could go on, but I think you get the idea. Terribly disappointed and would not recommend.
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