Guy Fieri has a thing for soft pretzels, and one of his favorite places to get them in burger form is right here in Illinois, at a spot known for rocking serious flavor.
Having several friends who work or worked in the food-service industry, I've heard the expression "If you can't afford to tip, you can't afford to go out" for many years now. However, a study on tipping habits from coast-to-coast shows that Illinois is the worst state in the nation for tipping...so what's our problem here in the Land of Lincoln with leaving the proper gratuity?
We really seem to stack up at the door anytime a new restaurant opens for business, but when is the last time you visited an eatery that's been around since before Lincoln was president?
Depending on your age, you might remember Rax Restaurants, a chain that started back in 1967 and eventually grew to having more than 500 spots spread across 38 states, including Illinois. Rax doesn't have nearly the amount of locations that it once did, but if you're feeling nostalgic, there's still a single Rax restaurant left in Illinois and it's about a 90 minute drive southwest from Rockford.