Places to Eat in Great Lakes

[FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW]

 

Chow time!

• Comment by fireteamleaderwife on June 16, 2011 at 2:31am

UNO Pizza in Gurnee (There are four more locations in IL)

http://768.unotogo.com/zgrid/proc/site/sitep.jsp

The Silo (pizza) in Lake Bluff

http://www.silopizza.com/

Giordanos Pizza in Gurnee

http://www.giordanos.com/locations.html

(Malnati's is further down the list)

Someone had asked about shakes.
I did not get a shake while there...but there are Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins dotted around the area. I believe there is one on Buckley and Green Bay Road.

Then there is the Gurnee Mall which is just a short drive away.

The Mall has a Rain Forest Cafe and LOTS of other eats!

GURNEE MALL

I live in CA. We do not have Cracker Barrels. I don't believe you can GET a bad meal here. Breakfast for four of us was $40 plus a tip.

Our favorite breakfast place was not to far from the mall--Cracker Barrel.

There is also an IHOP near it and a Joes Crab Shack.

The Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon is in the Gurnee Mills Mall parking lot. It is right off of Grand Avenue.

There is also a place called the Steak and Shake that makes hand dipped shakes and their burgers are "steakburgers" Ground from steak, I think. I kept driving past it and thinking that we really ought to try it...but we never did.

Lone Star Steakhouse

http://lonestarsteakhouse.com/files/home.aspx

I have read a few other posts that this place is very good!
Steak n Shake

http://steaknshake.com/about-us

Here is a link on this site to a discussion about places to eat.

http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pirreferenceinformation/forum/topi...

Reply by m3 on June 16, 2011 at 11:30am

Just throwing in my 2 cents! 

In waukegan in the Fountain Square Plaza(5 miles from base), there are a lot of places:

 TO EAT:

BW3 (10 discount if your sailor is in uniform) 

Chilis

Sweet Tomatoes

Jimmy Johns

Chipotle

Pot Bellies

Dennys

Anastasia's restaurant & sports

Dunkin Donuts

Star Bucks

McDonalds

 

 STORES: 

Walmart

Office Max 

Fashion Bug 

Sallies Buty

Deals

PayLess

GNC

Game Stop

 

BANKS:

Bank of america

Chase

fifth third bank

 

CELL PHONES:

ATT

tmobil

 

And a bowling alley

 

There is also a gas station 

Reply by m3 on June 16, 2011 at 11:36am

Vernon Hills Mall  

http://www.westfield.com/hawthorn/

 

There is also Deer Park Town Shopping center. It's and outside shopping center. 

Apple Store

Victorias secret

american eagle....just to name a few stores...

 

There are plenty of places to eat out there, our favorite is California Pizza kitchen!!

http://www.shopdeerparktowncenter.com/go/dirListing.cfm?FL=All

 

There is another CPK and Apple store at Northbrook. A little more upscale then the other malls

http://www.northbrookcourt.com/

 

 

We spent our PIR weekend at the deer park and vernon hills malls but there are a lot of other things to do!

There is 6 flags great america

Free Jelly Belly Factory Tour in Wisconsin (about 25 min away) Lots of free samples!!

Linkin Park Zoo in Chicago (free! Just have to pay for parking....Its on the outside of the city so traffic is not bad)

And of course all the sight seeing in the city.

Reply by jma1216 Ship 2 Div 940 on Sunday

On Grand Avenue (5404) there is a pizza place named Rosati's. They serve Chicago dogs, italian beef sandwiches, and real Chicago style pizza (thin crust, cut in squares!) It is where I used to eat as a teenager, I grew up about 15 SW of the RTC.

 

For Friday night graduation dinner we went to Sullivan's Steakhouse, 250 Marriott Dr Lincolnshire. It was about a 20 minute drive from our hotel (Residence Inn, Gurnee). The food was absolutely amazing, and very pricey, about $50.00 + per person, hubby and I got a bottle of wine, about $30.00. We had planned on going in to the city to Gene and Georgettis, but due to time constraints we had to stay closer to base. We had been planning on the splurge since he left.

 

If you're ready to put a dent in your wallet I highly recommend it, and be sure to try the mac and cheese!!

Reply by JustMe from NJ on Monday

For Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza (and delicious pasta dishes) I highly recommend Lou Malnati's. (www.loumalnatis.com)  They have a few locations.  We went to the one in Lincolnwood, about 20 minutes from the Naval Base.  There is also one in Chicago on Well's ... they have valet parking right next door.  There are other locations as well. For GREAT grilled foods - Weber Grill in Shaumburg (also one in Chicago) http://www.webergrillrestaurant.com. Started by the Weber grill family.  Everything is cooked over charcoal grills.  Delicious ribs, burgers. We also found a polish restaurant with the best homemade polish dishes, including incredible Polish Pickle Soup.  The name is Reflections and it is located on Deep Lake in Lake Villa about 20 minutes from Waukegan/Gurnee area.  www.reflectionsondeeplake.com.  Bon appetit !!   :)  

[Arwen]

My son loved our trip to Medieval Times, a knights and princesses themed dinner theater complete with real horses, jousting, sword fights, dressage, and a pretty tasty chicken dinner. While waiting for them to open the dining room for the show they have an indoor "Medieval theme park" with games, gifts, and a torture chamber museum (which was gruesome but educational, LOL). Sailors get special treatment.