Pre-golf Breakfast in Highland Park

Hello all -

Mellonhubby and I are going up to the Highland Park Golf Center on Saturday for a Noon golf lesson (Hwy 41 near Half Day Road). We'd like to catch some breakfast before hand. Any suggestions as to where we should go? We're not terribly familiar with the breakfast offerings in that neck of the woods.

Prairie Grass Cafe in Northbrook offers an outstanding breakfast on Saturdays and Sundays. It's about a 10 minute drive from your golf venue. There's also a Walker Brothers in downtown Highland Park, which is slightly closer to your golf venue. I'm not a huge fan of the place but I know it has its devotees.

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Prairie Grass Cafe
601 Skokie Blvd
Northbrook, Illinois 60062
(847) 205-4433

Walker Brothers Highland Park
620 Central Avenue
Highland Park, IL 60035
(847) 432-0660

I can walk to the HP Golf Center from my condo.

Even though the service can be anywhere from great to awful, I'm a big fan of breakfast at Max's Deli in Highland Park which is 5 minutes away. Very generous portions. When I order two scrambled eggs, it looks like they gave me 4 or 5! Unlike Walker Brothers, it's a true Jewish Deli, so on top of traditional American breakfasts, you can get lox and bagels or smoked whitefish and things like that. If you really want the closest place to the Golf Center, there is always Denny's!

Max's Deli & Restaurant
191 Skokie Valley Road
Highland Park, IL 60035
(847) 831-0600
Website: http://maxs-deli.com/

Ram4 wrote:If you really want the closest place to the Golf Center, there is always Denny's!

LMAO . . . I almost mentioned this one, too.

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ronnie_suburban wrote:

Ram4 wrote:If you really want the closest place to the Golf Center, there is always Denny's!

LMAO . . . I almost mentioned this one, too.

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hahaha! That's hillarious! The reason I put this question out on the board is because the guy I sit next to at work lives in Highland Park. I asked him where we should go for breakfast before our golf lesson and he said, "...well, there's a Dennys!"

HI,

Not on Saturday, though Mon-Fri 10 am and Sunday 9 am there is breakfast at:

La Casa de Isaac
431 Temple Ave
Highland Park, IL 60035
847 433-5550

Breakfast fritattas, fresh fruit and coffee at:

Maria's Bakery
410 North Sheridan Road (new address)
Highwood, IL 60040
Tel: 847/266-0811
Fax: 847/266-1574
Sunday: 8 AM to 2:30 PM
Mon-Fri: 8 AM - 6:30 PM
Saturday: 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM

The political pulse of Highland Park can be felt at Country Kitchen. While not my favorite place to eat, it is a popular breakfast location. A former mayor having breakfast with another political savvy person feeds rumor mills around here.

Country Kitchen Restaurant
446 Central Avenue
Highland Park, IL 60035-2651
(847) 432-7500

This place is Jewish deli food ordered at the counter, then brought to your table.

Once Upon A Bagel onceuponabagel.com
1888 1st Street
Highland Park, IL 60035-3102
(847) 433-1411

A popular place breakfast and lunch diner:

Kevin's Place
808 Waukegan Road,
Deerfield, IL 60015-3206
(847) 945-4577

Lines on weekends:

Egg Harbor Cafe‎
512 North Western Avenue,
Lake Forest, IL‎
(847) 295-3449‎

Regards,

I'll second the rec for Country kitchen- the breakfasts there are always excellent, as is the service.

I also enjoy the breakfasts at Walker Bros. (as does the bacon lover in my family).

You can't go wrong either place.

Gotta vote for Walker Brothers here - their puffed-up cinnamony apple pancake, the equally-puffy German pancake, their fluffly omelets, their Swedish pancakes, their spinach crepes. They put out an amazing level of quality; it's not "just a pancake house".

I'm not a fan of Prairie Grass Cafe. Despite its fans, I've been there several times and it's never really impressed me.

We eat at Country Kitchen more then anywhere else in town for breakfast. The food is always good (never great) and it is a huge restaurant so you can get in right away in spite of the fact that the place is always busy. They do everything well, including delicious blueberry pancakes. They certaintly have there detractors, including my wife who says she feels dirty everytime she eats there, but if you are looking for the epicenter of HP this is as close as you will find.

BTW

Miramar has an excellent brunch buffett, including made to order eggs benedict of many varieties and omelettes on Sundays. Not sure if they do this on Saturdays too. We went for the first time on father's day and it was absolutely terrific. $20pp is a bargain.

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ronnie_suburban wrote:

Ram4 wrote:If you really want the closest place to the Golf Center, there is always Denny's!

LMAO . . . I almost mentioned this one, too.

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And if you're still hungry, there's always something to munch on next door at the snack bar at Target.

Wow, a couple of mentions for Country Kitchen. I never really cared for it, but it is popular.

Kevyn's Place in Deerfield is pretty good - Keyvn is a fun guy, and he tries to make your visit fun. VERY kid friendly. I even played a gig here once with my band!

Once Upon A Bagel is good too, but I've never had breakfast there. It's a little less of a coffee shop feel and more of a takeout/cafeteria setting to me, but there are plenty of tables and it's popular.

Walker Brothers - I've warmed up to it (it is VERY busy on weekends) over the years, but I'm not much on pancakes. I like Keyvn's Place pancakes more.

Dave148 wrote:

ronnie_suburban wrote:

Ram4 wrote:If you really want the closest place to the Golf Center, there is always Denny's!

LMAO . . . I almost mentioned this one, too.

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And if you're still hungry, there's always something to munch on next door at the snack bar at Target.

Hey don't laugh, I was in Target a month ago and I was starving. I had a personal pan Pizza Hut pizza and a few breadsticks and they were pretty tasty. I don't mind the Hut once in a blue moon - I even worked at the former one in Highland Park when I was in college. I made sure to ask them to make everything fresh for me (a lot of times the food is sitting in the warmer) and that made a big difference.

Ram4 wrote:Wow, a couple of mentions for Country Kitchen. I never really cared for it, but it is popular.

If you will notice I highlighted its popularity and its place in the local politics. I'm not exactly a fan of their food offerings.

The guy who owns Country Kitchen owns quite a bit of downtown Highland Park real estate.

Regards,

You all may laugh at the idea of eating at a Denny's, but that one at 41 and Park Avenue West was a favorite of my dad's in the last years of his life, mostly because there was a waitress there who remembered him (never underestimate how appreciative some people will be of a veteran) and his kids' names and, whether she was working or just going on shift or going off, would make a point of coming to talk to him every time we went in, and bringing something special for him (maybe a side of bacon or sausage) and something special for whoever brought him in (in my case, usually a piece of pie). So don't let it be said that a chain restaurant can't be a place where someone is treated like someone special. There's no better kind of service than knowing someone by his name and greeting him with a smile and letting him know you're glad he came in.