Dining | The Scene
Leave the cooking and clean up to someone else on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day!
The Arechiga Restaurant Group plans to open a coastal-lounge dining experience called Playa Bar & Music Lounge in St. Charles, with tacos, margaritas and music that aims to evoke Mexican seaside flair.
The Greggory is centered around live-fire cooking in an open-show kitchen with a menu that includes dishes such as bone-in prime rib, Slagel Farms rotisserie chicken and Mediterranean sea bass.
Keg Grove Brewing Company opened in a former fire station in Morris in 2024.
Hilldale Cafe in Lanark combines creativity and comfort to craft dishes that surprise and delight.
With wood-fired gourmet pizzas, sharable Italian-style tapas plates, and plentiful pastas, Fire + Wine looks to bring an upscale-casual atmosphere to St. Charles. The restaurant is expected to open in January.
Thanksgiving falls on Thursday, Nov. 27 in 2025. Make your dinner reservations now and leave the cooking and clean up to someone else!
Here are the winners for the best coffee shops in the Best of the Fox, Best of the Illinois Valley, DeKalb County's Finest and Sauk Valley Favorites contest.
The restaurant serves customers the Gaucho tradition of churrasco at its South Third Street location.
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