Dining options in Hillside Area

I'm going to be at Queen of Heaven cemetery with a few of my family members on Saturday and we're looking for a place to eat an early dinner/late lunch. Nothing too pricey but decent food where we can all sit down. Any suggestions?

There is Emilio's Tapas. Not great, but certainly a step up from "decent", and very close to the cemetery.

Emilio's Tapas Bar
4100 Roosevelt Rd
Hillside, IL 60162
Phone: (708) 547-7177
http://www.emiliostapas.com/hillside.htm

BTW, my mother found the lighting at Emilio's too dim to read the menu, so if you have some older people dining with you, you might ask to be seated in a brighter area.

Priscilla's? http://www.lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=6612

I'll throw Epicurean Hungarian a bone:

http://www.thehungarianrestaurant.com/

Emilio's would be right up there (that's my favorite of Sr. Gervilla's locations).

d4v3 wrote:BTW, my mother found the lighting at Emilio's too dim to read the menu

I think it's an outrage that, over the years, restaurants have been slowly turning down the lights.

David Hammond wrote:

d4v3 wrote:BTW, my mother found the lighting at Emilio's too dim to read the menu

I think it's an outrage that, over the years, restaurants have been slowly turning down the lights.

That's funny; my first restaurant job many years ago at arguably the fanciest place in Minneapolis (the late lamented Charlie's Cafe Exceptionale) instead of cleaning as the night wore on and things got messier, the maitre'd would just turn the lights down more and more.

David Hammond wrote:

d4v3 wrote:BTW, my mother found the lighting at Emilio's too dim to read the menu

I think it's an outrage that, over the years, restaurants have been slowly turning down the lights.

And the type keeps getting smaller while my arms keep growing shorter.

Hmmm. I guess we'll go to Emilio's although my mother will be thoroughly confused by the whole idea of small plates. Thanks for the suggestions.

please report your experience. i think the food there is pretty damn good.

Jean Blanchard wrote:Hmmm. I guess we'll go to Emilio's although my mother will be thoroughly confused by the whole idea of small plates. Thanks for the suggestions.

If you want to avoid small plates, and your mother's tastes run towards more hearty, filling fare, I second Santander's recommendation of The Epicurean Hungarian. Its rendition of Hungarian classics is dead-on, the food is delicious, and it's great for middle-of-the-road Midwestern palates that also desire generous portions. It's always a safe choice, in my opinion, plus it's Chicagoland's only Hungarian restaurant.

Get the garlic bread if you go to EH and aren't planning to kiss anyone after lunch. It's really like the best beignets imaginable, dusted with fresh-chopped garlic in olive oil. This may or may not be on the very hearty lunch buffet.

The main thread:

viewtopic.php?f=14&t=6863

Many other positive references abound on the site. I've visited twice since my last post and am convinced they've been hard at work and are past some earlier issues (though I note from the website that their chef passed away suddenly earlier this year).

Priscilla's is indeed right there as well, and very friendly; I wasn't as impressed by the food itself on my last visit compared to Emilio's and Epicurean.

If you go north on Wolf Road to Butterfield Road and turn left (so you are going west), there's a great place called Q's. A low key place that has some great food (good pizza too) and very reasonable prices.

Next to that place is another place called Stimac's. Not sure they are open during the day.

On the northeast corner of Wolf & 31st Street, Westchester Inn is in a strip mall with a Dominick's and some other stores. Great bohemian food at a fraction of the cost of the Hungarian Epicurean.

wineaux wrote:On the northeast corner of Wolf & 31st Street, Westchester Inn is in a strip mall with a Dominick's and some other stores. Great bohemian food at a fraction of the cost of the Hungarian Epicurean.

Good stuff for sure.

You also might consider shooting 5-10 minutes down Wolf Road to La Dolce Vita (Italian) in Western Springs. I'd say consider going east or west on Ogden from there to Hinsdale or LaGrange for lots more options, but that may be getting too far from Hillside for your group.