This week, your local editors tried clam chowder at restaurants in Frankfort, Mokena and New Lenox. After we give our reviews, let us know who you think has the best.
This week, local editors Joe Vince (Frankfort), Paul Dailing (Mokena) and Michael Sewall (New Lenox) tried clam chowder at restaurants in their Patch towns. Read our reviews below, learn how to post your own and comment for a chance to win a gift card to a local restaurant. Next week, we'll be trying out orange chicken. Know a place in Frankfort, Mokena or New Lenox that serves it perfectly? Leave a suggestion in the comments section. The good: At $2 a cup or $6 for all-you-can-eat soup and salad, this is well worth the price when served on Fridays. The clam was tasty and chewy, and the broth was creamy without being too thick. The bad: The onion and celery didn't add much taste, and I had to add a bunch of pepper to help bring out the …
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The Original Papa Joe's
400 W Maple St, New Lenox, IL
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Jameson's Pub
9545 W Saint Francis Rd, Frankfort, IL
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This week, our taster took readers' suggestions and tried thin crust from three Lincoln-Way pizza joints.
See future food challenges at the bottom of this column, comment below and you could receive a $50 gift card to a local restaurant in a random drawing. For more rules and details, see the Chowdown Showdown Giveaway guidelines. I'll admit that I'm not a fan of thin crust pizza. I just don't see the point of little squares; I like my pizza in sturdy triangle slices, able to handle ample toppings. Pleasing me is no easy task for any thin crust pizza. I do not envy these challengers. If you ever order from Nancy's online, you'll start getting their monthly coupons via email (often a very good deal). With their huge menu of specialty pizzas, sandwiches and pastas, it's hard to just order a thin crust cheese pizza, but that's what I did. When I …
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The Original Papa Joe's
400 W Maple St, New Lenox, IL
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19860 S Harlem Ave, Frankfort, IL
Pizza Mia!
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Nancy's Pizza
19803 la Grange Rd, Mokena, IL
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This week, our taster took one for the team and tried carrot cake at three Lincoln-Way places.
See next week's food challenge at the bottom of this column, comment below and you could receive a $50 gift card to a local restaurant in a random drawing. For more rules and details, see the Chowdown Showdown Giveaway guidelines. Carrots are one of the sweetest vegetables on earth. It only makes sense, then, that they be used to sweeten baked goods. Not only do carrots add natural sweetness, but they offer texture and color, too. I adore carrot cake; I like mine with walnuts, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon, raisins and, of course, cream cheese icing, although some recipes might include pineapple, ginger or even coconut. Carrot cake comes in many forms: sheet cake, layer cake, cupcake, and, as I found at Pickwick, even as mini cupcakes. …
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The Original Papa Joe's
400 W Maple St, New Lenox, IL
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frank glio
9:36 pm on Monday, November 28, 2011
try mr bennys on cicero ave in matteson......very good comes with dinner they have chowder on fridays...i believe... more ›