Illinois restaurants

Ever heard of the Black Sabbath Burger? Guy Fieri calls it one of his top five all-time favorites. Find out where to taste this culinary rock star.

Restaurants are facing a new challenge: reservation reselling. Learn how proposed legislation aims to protect diners and eateries alike.

Bar Louie, the Chicago-born gastropub chain, just filed for bankruptcy again—and 13 more restaurants are shutting down. Only five remain in Illinois.

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.

It turns out, he is a fan of some of Chicago's most iconic restaurants.

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?

Which Asian restaurants in the Stateline do we NEED to try?

Ten percent of the best restaurants in the nation. Food, atmosphere, service. This is Illinois flexing. Come and get it!

Restaurants in Illinois go out of business all the time but this one is owned by a very famous athlete.

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.

Illinois has some of the most amazing restaurants, but none compare to the most beautiful.