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Norske Nook

exterior view of Norske Nook

The situation required that we partake of some breakfast first and needed a place to go. On our way north, we had observed billboards advertising Norske Nook. It was on the way and timing was right – why not give it a go? (This page may contain affiliate links. Read our disclosure about affiliate links.) […]

Wissota High Shores Supper Club

Wissota High Shores exterior

As I look back at (a part of) my career, it somehow does not seem possible that I have written as many reviews as records would indicate I have. The number is somewhere north of 150… But I digress. So, here I am, contemplating a review of a dinner Lauren and I enjoyed recently at […]

Zealous

zealous exterior awning

It is always an easy decision when determining just how Lauren and I will get to Chicago for a lunch or dinner. Taking the train is the only choice. It is generally always on time and the trip is – with the exception of finding a parking place at the station in Geneva – hassle-free. […]

Niche

niche restaurant exterior

In what may quite likely be my final review of 2010, it is interesting that I find myself back in Geneva. Lauren and I are at a restaurant now called Niche. Located there are twelve “survivors” from former Geneva favorite 302 West. Greener Pastures They came to roost at Niche after fleeing their former place […]

Bistro Thai

bistro thai exterior

The restaurant had previously been located in St. Charles, but it closed a couple of years ago. Owner Jon With and his wife however, must have found it difficult to resist the temptation to get back in the business when a opportunity arose to take over the digs occupied by recently shuttered Geneva Family Restaurant […]

Montarra Grill

montarra exterior

Including the one at Route 38 and Randall Road — where our journey began — we counted 35 traffic control signals (at least as of this writing), in a distance of approximately 25 miles — along with much windshield time — between there and Montarra Grill in Algonquin. That city is yet another gleaming example […]

Apple Villa Pancake House

sign for apple villa

I discovered that two things were missing from my website: a recent review from a Batavia restaurant and a review of a breakfast place. I realize that I have been absent a lot from the Fox Valley area, unable to do reviews of local restaurants, but I was a bit amazed at how dated some […]

The RendezVu

the rendezvu restaurant exterior

Lauren and I had seen the new sign posted on the roof area where another had previously hung – RendezVu (in Batavia) now occupies the space where Italian Disaster had struck several years ago when Lauren and I made the mistake of having dinner at Fantastico’s. We decided to give RendezVu a try and hoped […]

O’Brien’s Pub & Grill

obriens beer garden

There is a small venue in Batavia – just across the river and north of Wilson Street – that, at one time, had some very decent food. It has changed hands several times and the food has never been the same. Another new owner (now O’Brien’s Pub and Grill) has taken over, and I stopped […]