Restaurants we'd send our parents to, breweries we'd send our brother-in-law to. Filtered by quadrant where it matters — sun on the dock at six, dinner by seven.
A prime-steak-focused steakhouse in downtown Antioch offering lunch and dinner service.
A supper-club-style restaurant on US-45 north of Antioch, serving a seafood- and steak-driven menu and periodically hosting ticketed live music.
A multi-level waterfront deck restaurant in downtown Fox Lake serving American fare, including a lobster and fish-fry menu.
A Mexican restaurant on the Fox Lake waterfront with outdoor seating, popular with boaters.
A family-run Italian trattoria in downtown Antioch, opened 2005, part of a multi-generation restaurant family.
A Northwoods-themed pub serving breakfast through dinner with a large outdoor deck and regular trivia and karaoke nights.
A bar and grille with an attached marina directly on Lake Marie, part of the Chain, serving pizza and homemade specials.
A restaurant and sports bar directly on Fox Lake with a standard American menu and regular karaoke, trivia, and live-music nights.
A marina restaurant and bar on a channel off Fox Lake with over 100 boat slips, a playground and basketball/horseshoe area, and weekend live music.
An ice cream and candy shop on Route 173 in Antioch.
A small-batch craft brewery taproom in downtown Lake Villa.