Illinois Valley Restaurant Guide Fall 2020
Must Try Specialties Pull Out Menus Take Out Delivery
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JJ’S SPORTS PUB & GRILL Tuesdays Salad BEaat”r $ 50 “All You Can 2 d Soup & Sala
Burgers
8 Thursdays $ 00 W dnesdays We 6 after 5:00PM with purchase of beverag e
$ 50
Cheap Chicken
Tenderloin Basket
4 1/4 Dark $ 95 59 1/4 Light
50¢ Wings
$ 9 95
after 5:00PM
after 5:00PM with purchase of beverage
d o o G • s e im T d o o G • s Watch the Game
Food
Sandwiches Appetizers Jeremy’s Favorites Turkey Club Nachos • Pub Chips Cheddar Cubes Popcorn Chicken Onion Rings Monterey Jack Sticks Mozzarella Sticks Cheddar Broccoli Bacon Bits Mini Corn Dogs • Mini Tacos Pretzel Bites Breaded Mushrooms Pickle Fries • Cheese Fries French Fry Basket Sweet Battered Corn Nuggets
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Homemade Italian Beef Philly Steak Sandwich or Wrap 1/4 lb Burger • 1/2 lb. Burger
Chicken
Wings Wi 6 pk $6 | 12 pk $11 | 18pk $16 Sauces: Ranch, Honey Mustard, Marinara, Blue Cheese, BBQ
Monday - Friday 11am-2am Sat 11am-3am • Sun 11am-2am
Grilled Cheese Hot Ham Sandwich Fish Sandwich Garlic Hoagie BLT Italian Sub hot or cold
Breaded Chicken Sandwich Grilled Chicken Sandwich Chicken Strips Chicken bacon Ranch Sandwich or wrap
COME
WATCH ALL THE GAMES! WE HAVE
NFL
SUNDAY TICKET!
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We Are More Than Just Pizza! PIZZA, PASTA, SUBS, RIBS, GYROS, TACOS, SANDWICHES, APPETIZERS, DESSERTS & MORE. Delivery 11am to 2am - 15 Hours a Day 7 Days a week in a 15 mile radius or call & we’ll meet you! Delivery Area: Arlington, Bureau, Cedar Point, Cherry, Dalzell, DePue, Dover, Florid, Malden, Granville, Hennepin, Hollowayville, Jonesville, Ladd, LaMoille, LaSalle, Lostant, Magnolia, McNabb, Mark, Mt. Palantine, Oglesby, Ottville, Peru, Princeton, Seatonville, Spring Valley, Standard, Starved Rock, Tonica, Utica, Webster Park
815-663-9081 • 815-664-5422 • 115 West Saint Paul Street • Spring Valley
Dine in, Pick-up or Delivery Open for Lunch & Dinner Locally Owned and Operated by Paul & Mary Breznay
FREE
CHEESEBURGER
2139 N. Main St.
Princeton 800 W. Dakota St.
Spring Valley
with the purchase of a cheeseburger 1503 13th Avenue 2701 E 12th St
Mendota
Coupon required, limit one coupon per customer per visit, not valid with other offers and expires Dec. 15, 2020. SM-LA1818020
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Save 15% OFF Your Next Order at Nina’s Tacqueria Only with this coupon
845 1ST STREET LASALLE Dine-In / Pick-Up
815-780-8080
Monday - Saturday 11:00am - 8:00pm Sunday 10:30am - 5:00pm
TOSTADOS $3.00 ea. Include: lettuce, tomato, cheese, onion, jalapeños, sour cream and avocado. • Asada Steak • Pastor Marinated Pork • Lengua Tongue • Molida Beef • Arrachera Skirt Steak • Cabeza Cow’s Head • Chorizo Mexican Sausage Tostada Dinner 6.99 One Tostada served w/rice and beans
NACHOS Dinner $10.99 Half Order $5.99 Includes: beans, nachos, cheese, lettuce, tomato, jalapeños, sour cream and Your Choice: • Pollo Chicken • Asada Steak Friday, Saturday & Sunday 3 Tamales $8.99
3 Tamales de Puerco con Arroz y Frijoles 3 Pork Tamales with lettuce, pico de Gallo, rice & beans.
Saturday & Sunday Menudo Sm. $6.99 Lg. $8.99 Sunday Caldo de Res Beef Stew
Sm. $6.99 Lg. $8.99
PLATILLOS These dishes are served with rice, beans, tomato, lettuce, onion & chile toreado.
Chuleta de Puerco $12.99 Pork Chop Lomo de Res $12.99 Beef tenderloin Nina’s Plate $13.99 House Special Costilla de Res $13.99 Beef Rib Filete de Pescado A la Plancha $12.99 Grilled Fish Filet Pechuga de Pollo $10.99 Chicken breast With rice, sour cream, tomato, onion, avocado & lettuce.
CHIMICHANGAS $9.99 Served with rice, beans, sour cream, pico de gallo, lettuce and guacamole and topped with nacho cheese
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FLAUTAS $9.99 2 Flautas with rice, beans, guacamole, tomato, sour cream and lettuce Your choice: Chicken or Ground Beef
BURRITOS $7.99 With beans, cheese, tomato, lettuce & sour cream. • Asada Steak • Pastor Marinated Pork • Lengua Tongue • Pollo Chicken • Molida Beef • Cabeza Cow’s Head • Chorizo Mexican Sausage • ChicharrÓn Cracklings
HAMBURGUESAS Hamburgers Incluye Papas fritas / Includes French fries Cheeseburger $5.99 with cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion and jalapeños. Hamburger $5.99 with lettuce, tomato, onion and jalapeños.
Asada Steak Pastor Marinated Pork Lengua Tongue Pollo Chicken Molida Beef Cabeza Cow’s Head Chorizo Mexican Sausage Chicharrón Cracklings
TORTAS $6.99 Include: lettuce, tomato, sour cream, beans, onion, avocado & jalapeños Asada Steak Pastor Marinated Pork Lengua Tongue Pollo Chicken Molida Beef Arrachera Skirt Steak Cabeza Cow’s Head Chorizo Mexican Sausage Chicharrón Cracklings Milaneza Breaded Steak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7.99 • Cubana . . . . . . . . . . . . $7.99 Lettuce, tomato, sour cream, onion, avocado, jalapeños, mustard & ketchup. Torta Dinner 9.99 One Torta served with rice & beans • • • • • • • • • •
FAJITAS Incluye: Arroz, frijoles, crema, pica de gallo, lechuga y guacamole. Includes: Rice, beans, sour cream, pico de gallo, lettuce and guacamole.
Extras
TACOS $2.39 Con cilantro y cebolla ó queso, tomate y lechuga. With cilantro & onions or cheese, tomato & lettuce. Flour or Corn tortilla Asada Steak Pastor Marinated Pork Pollo Chicken Molina Beef Cabeza Cow’s Head Chorizo Mexican Sausage Chicharrón Cracklings Camarón Shrimp . . . . . . . . . . $2.99 Pescado Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2.99 Lengua Tongue . . . . . . . . . . . $2.79 Taco Dinner $9.99 3 Tacos served with rice and beans
QUESADILLAS $7.99 With lettuce, tomato, sour cream, guacamole. • Asada Steak • Lengua Tongue • Pollo Chicken • Molida Beef • Arrachera Skirt Steak • Pastor Marinated Pork • Cabeza Cow’s Head • Chorizo Mexican Sausage • Chicharrón Cracklings
Quesadilla Dinner $9.99
BEBIDAS Beverages
Fountain Drinks 20 oz. $1.99 includes refill Coke, Sprite, Diet Coke, Zero Coke, Raspberry, Tea & Lemonade Aguas Frescas Md. $1.99 Lg. $2.99 Horchata - Rice Water Jamaica - Hibiscus Water Refrescos de Botella Bottle Sodas Coca Mexicana Sm $1.39 Lg. $1.79 Sangria, Sidral y Jarritos $1.49
Café $1.99 Coffee
Side Orders Guacamole with Chips ...$6.99 Small Guacamole Dip ....... $.75 Papas Fritas French Fries $2.99 Crema Sour Cream ................. $.75 Arroz Rice ................................$1.99 Frijoles Beans ........................$1.99 Cebolitas y Jalapeños .....$1.69
• Asada Steak ..................... $12.99 • Asada Chicken.................. $12.99 • Camarón Shrimp............ $14.99 • Norteña Pollo, Asada y Chorizo ..................................................... $14.99 • Fajitas Nina.................... $15.99 Pollo, Asada Chorizo Cameron
Cervezas - Beers $3.00 Bohemia • Coors Light • Sol Corona • Pacífico • Miller Lite Tecate • XX Equis • Victoria Modelo Especial
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Pork Tenderloins
Bacon Burgers Taco Salads
Our Famous “Frosty Mug” Homemade
Rootbeer
Floats
Frosties
Flurries French Fries
Chicken Salads
Shakes Hot Dogs Sundaes Cheeseburgers Fish
Cheese Stix
“Flavor Burst”
Ice Cream
Chili
Pizza Burgers
Onion Rings
CALL IN FOR CARRY-OUTS OR CAR-HOP SERVICE TO YOUR WHEELS OUTSIDE AT THE DRIVE-IN. OPEN TUESDAY – SATURDAY 10AM-9PM SUNDAY 11AM-9PM • CLOSED MONDAY
225 COLUMBIA AVE. • OGLESBY 815-883-9254 SM-LA1823248
NEW
Created by Our Very Own In-House Chef Daniel!
Chef Daniel’s Special
Grilled chicken and shrimp with sautéed green peppers and mushrooms served over rice. Smothered with cheese sauce and topped with avocado • 14.95
Outdoor Patio!
New! Molcajete Dinner for 2 Grilled chicken and shrimp with sautéed green peppers and mushrooms served over rice. Smothered with cheese sauce and topped with avocado 28.99
SPECIALS
FRIDAY: Shrimp Vegetable Fajitas
Home of the Area’s Best Margaritas
Full Menu SATURDAY: Rib-eye Fajitas Dinner $19.99 Full Menu Mendota, IL 61342
Open 7 Days a Week
Call for reservations, parties & catering www.elzarapemendota.com
M-Th 11am-9pm Fri-Sat 11am-10pm Sun 10am-8pm
815-539-5985
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Monday - Closed Tuesday 7:00am - 3:00pm Wednesday 7:00am - 3:00pm Thursday 7:00am - 3:00pm Friday 7:00am - 4:00pm Saturday 7:00am - 4:00pm Sunday 10:00am - 2:30pm
La Creperie & Bakery
728 1st Street La Salle, IL 61301 (815) 250-0255
Catering & Private Parties Available
Crepes
It’s Pumpkin Time!
Soups
We are now taking preorders for Pumpkin & Pecan Pies for Thanksgiving & Christmas
Sandwiches Specialty Coffees
Take Home a Pie & A Pumpkin Spice Latte
Shortbread Granola Wine Jellies Jams & Preserves Muffins Scones Cream Caramels Star Bread Cookies
Baguette Cinnamon Rolls
Serving Breakfast & Lunch All Day
Online Ordering & Delivery Available www.lilmadcafe.com
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Safety measures restaurants are taking to protect customers Few industries were unaffected by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus COVID19. Perhaps no industry has faced more adversity and greater challenges during the pandemic than the restaurant business. Many restaurants remain closed due to restrictions on indoor dining, while millions more are only allowed to serve patrons willing to eat outdoors or take their food to go. In anticipation of the challenges posed by reopening restaurants, the National Restaurant Association¨ aimed to provide restaurant operators with information about what to expect as officials relaxed restrictions on in-person dining. That information also was designed to let diners know what to expect as they considered returning to in-person dining at their favorite eateries. The National Restaurant Association¨ notes that the Food and Drug Administration Food Code has served as a basis for safe food handling for decades, and restaurants continue to adhere to that code. The protocols outlined in the code include guidelines related to sanitation and personal hygiene, which remain highly effective means to combating the spread of COVID19. In addition to advising restaurants to continue adhering to the FDA Food Code, the National Restaurant Association¨ has provided a detailed and lengthy list of recommendations to restaurant owners designed to make their facilities as safe as possible and ease any concerns customers may have about returning to their facilities. The following are a handful of those suggestions, and the full list can be downloaded at www.restaurant.org.
be thoroughly and routinely cleaned. Ensure ventilation systems are operating properly. The National Restaurant Association¨ advised restaurants to ensure ventilation systems were operating properly, but also advised restaurants to increase circulation of outdoor air as much as possible by opening windows and doors. Use contactless payment options as much as possible. Contactless payments decrease the need for hand-tohand contact, which can help FACILITIES prevent the spread of COVID Sanitize the entire facility. 19. Restaurants reopening their facilities to customers for SOCIAL DISTANCING the first time in months have Update floor plans. Local/ been advised to thoroughly state officials that have aldetail-clean and sanitize their lowed restaurants to welcome entire facilities. High-contact in-person diners have manareas that would be touched dated that seating arrangeby both employees and cus- ments be redesigned to ensure tomers are particular points at least six feet of separation FOOD SAFETY of emphasis, but even sel- between table setups. Install sneeze guards dom-touched surfaces must Provide physical guides. around salad bars and buffets. Many local/state governments continue to forbid restaurants from offering salad bars and buffets. But in areas where such offerings are allowed, sneeze guards must be in place to prevent the spread of the virus through respiratory droplets. Provide food handler training to refresh employees. The National Restaurant Association¨ advises restaurants to refresh employees about proper food handling by providing fresh training to all employees.
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The National Restaurant Association¨ has advised restaurant owners to provide physical guides, including tape on floors and/or sidewalks, to increase the likelihood that customers continue to follow social distancing guidelines when patronizing restaurants. Require waitstaff to wear masks. The National Restaurant Association¨ suggests restaurant owners should require waitstaff to wear face coverings even in areas where state/local officials have not made that mandatory. Doing so may ease customers’ concerns and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that face coverings can help to slow the spread of the virus dramatically. Restaurants have reopened in many areas, and diners should know that many of their favorite eateries are going to great lengths to ensure their facilities are safe places to enjoy delicious meals. DE20B410
We Cater
Slices All Day
CATERING ORDERS AVAILABLE ALL DAY EVERY DAY. MUST CALL 1 DAY IN ADVANCE
Rosati Deal Rosati Deal 16” Thin Crust 1 Topping Pizza
18” Double Dough Pizza with 2 Toppings
$12.99
2 Liter of Pop &
18” Thin Crust 1 Topping Pizza
$15.99 with purchase of an 16” or 18” (toppings extra)
FREE DELIVERY!
$20.20
815.780.2780
Carry Out Delivery Catering
148 Gooding St., LaSalle, IL
ORDER ONLINE: www.MyRosatis.com/LaSalle
We deliever to: La Salle, Peru, Oglesby, Spring Valley, Ladd, Troy Grove, North Utica, Jonesville, Dalzell, Dimmick, Waltham, Tonica and Utica
DELIVERY COUPON
PIZZA MADNESS
Only $24.99
any 2-16” pizzas or
Meal Deal - 16” Thin Crust 2-Topping Pizza, 2-Liter of Pepsi & Free Delivery
with purchase of an 16” or 18” (toppings extra)
LaSalle • 815-780-2780
LaSalle • 815-780-2780
Not valid with any other offers, specials or catering packages. Limited time offer only. Must mention coupon when ordering. Valid at Rosati’s LaSalle Only. Expires 2/28/21
Not valid with any other offers, specials or catering packages. Limited time offer only. Must mention coupon when ordering. Valid at Rosati’s LaSalle Only. Expires 2/28/21
Hours
Mon. - Thurs. 10:30am -11pm Fri. 10:30am - 12am Sat. 11am - 12am Sunday 11am-11pm
Valid for Delivery Orders Only
$6 OFF
$10 OFF any 2-18” pizzas
LaSalle • 815-780-2780 Not valid with any other offers, specials or catering packages. Limited time offer only. Must mention coupon when ordering. Valid at Rosati’s LaSalle Only. Expires 2/28/21
LaSalle • 815-780-2780
Not valid with any other offers, specials or catering packages. Limited time offer only. Must mention coupon when ordering. Valid at Rosati’s LaSalle Only. Expires 2/28/21
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Voted Best Diner in Illinois among the Food Network’s 50 Best Diners in the Country!
Voted #1 Place for Lunch
Old Fashioned Diner Atmosphere! Known for our Handmade Pork Tenderloins, Hand-Cut Fries, Chili, Taco Salads and Shakes and Malts Carry outs available 815-223-0848
www.igloodiner.com Temporary hours: open Wednesday through Sunday 11-8 2819 4th Street • Peru
Coal Miners Café
HOURS Mon, Thurs & Sun 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wed, Fri & Sat 5 a.m. to 8 p.m.
100 E. HENNEPIN STREET, MARK, IL
815.339.2210
Every Wednesday Starting at 11:00 a.m. HOMEMADE * MEXICAN Guacamole, Pico de gallo, Rice, Beans, Burritos, Tacos, Taco Salad, Nachos, Quesadillas, Chimichangas, Tamales [when available], Fajitas & Our Regular Menu HOMEMADE RED & GREEN SALSA
Friday & Saturday – Fish Special Serving Cod, Whole Catfish, Chicken, Pasta Gyros Off the Spit [when available] 1/2 Rack BBQ Ribs [when available] STILL SERVING RAY’S SPAGHETTI SAUCE plus Our Regular Menu
Sunday – Breakfast ALL Day! Lunch also available at 11 a.m. Crepes, Skillets, Pork Chops, Steaks, Omelets, Biscuits & Gravy
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WALT’S K I T C H E N &
155 MILL STREET • UTICA
815-667-5800
F UN , F AM I LY F RIEND LY D I N I N G & E NTE RTA I N M ENT
STARTERS • SOUPS • SALADS • SANDWICHES • PASTA • ENTREES
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SPECIALS EVERY LAST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH Outstanding Ramen Night 5-9PM EVERY 1ST & 3RD SUNDAY OF THE MONTH Breakfast and Build your own Bloody Mary 8-Noon
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FOUNDED IN 2000 LLY OW CA
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1st & 3rd Saturday of Every Month for mouthwatering Prime Rib! Every Wing Night Wednesday $2 domestic pints Every Friday Night - Blue Gill Thursday - Saturday Nights BBQ Ribs, Steak, Fish & Pasta Specials TH E HOM E OF
FA M O U S JUMBO WINGS
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VOTED #1 WINGS
WEEKLY SPECIALS WEDNESDAY Burger or Sandwich of the Week 5-8PM THURSDAY Steak Night 5-8PM FRIDAY Fish Night 5-9PM SATURDAY Prime Night 4-9PM
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UPTOWN GRILL AMERICAN CUISINE WITH THE MOST EXTENSIVE MENU STARVED ROCK COUNTRY HAS TO OFFER. SATISFYING APPETITES SINCE 1985.
polished . modern . casual AREA’S LARGEST MENU • FULL MENU, LUNCH THRU DINNER, EVERYDAY KITCHEN & BAR SERVING LATE • KID FRIENDLY FOOD
CUT & AGED STEAKS IN-HOUSE • FRESH SEAFOOD & OYSTERS • GOURMET BURGERS & SANDWICHES CRAFT BREWS & WINE SELECTION PRIVATE BANQUET ROOM • PATIO DINING • DOGS WELCOME MOST SPACIOUS & SOCIALLY DISTANCED RESTAURANT IN THE AREA CURBSIDE SERVICE • ONLINE GIFT CARDS DRESSINGS, BREADS & DESSERTS ALWAYS AVAILABLE
815.224.4545 • 601 FIRST STREET • LASALLE • UPTOWNGRILL.COM • 12 October 21, 2020 | Fall Restaurant Guide | A NewsTribune Publication