I've been eating in a lot of diners and grills lately due to my running for Congress in the Illinois 12th district. I love small town local diners and I make an effort NOT to go to chain restaurants because I like to meet the people who serve good food that can't be purchased everywhere and tastes the same in every location.
The Broadway Bar and Grill is a current favorite of mine. They have the best chicken tenders in the country, bar none! (Raising Cane's in Baton Rouge is my other current favorite but they are a chain.) Broadway Bar and Grill is an unpretentious saloon with wood floors, lots of TVs with sports events showing and a noisy crowd on any given night. The food is good but they need to get rid of their post-mix out of the bar gun iced tea--it's disgusting. The specials are occasionally inspired--a couple of Saturdays ago they served me a Cornish Game Hen with cherry sauce that was one of the best dishes I've ever been served in ANY restaurant, so I can only surmise that their night cook is going to culinary school during the day. It was OUTSTANDING and I told him so when I went to talk to him. The service is fast and friendly, and they have a full bar but a somewhat limited beer selection. It's a family friendly place--people come in with their kids but that's the exception, it's primarily a bar. Their salads are generous with cold, crisp greens and the dressings appear to be homemade and very good. Their chili is thick and meaty with good flavor but you'll have to spark it up with hot sauce and jalepenos if you like it spicy because it's made for the masses who like mild chili. My husband is a big fan of their chicken-fried steak although it's not a regular menu item--it's the regular Monday night special and occasional Thursday night special although it's $2 more on Thursday night for some reason. They also make a very tasty burger and when they say bacon cheeseburger, the bacon is thick and plentiful, the burger a generous 1/3 pound and the fries are crisp and hot. It's reliably consistent too--and this is the mark of a good restaurant. I've never had a bad meal there and while it can get noisy when the sports fans are in attendance, it's not what I'd call a rowdy place. Women are perfectly safe and and judging from the crowd mix, they enjoy the place as well. I'd recommend the Broadway Bar and Grill to anyone who wants a reasonably priced and tasty meal with a couple of beers to wash it all down and on Saturday night I'd check what the chef has dreamed up because he's got talent!!
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