St. Charles Group Dinner

Next month, my wife is having a dinner for twelve co-workers who will be staying at the Pheasant Run Resort.

Their primary requirements include:

1) The restaurant should be with in a 10-15 minute drive.
2) Needs to serve alcohol
3) Dinner should cost about $15-25 per person excluding alcohol.
4) They are not too picky about the food.
5) A private room is a plus, but not required.

Thanks in advance.

This should work:
Francesca's by the River
200 S. Second St.
St. Charles, IL 60174
630-587-8221
http://www.miafrancesca.com/static.asp?path=3115,3233

We've hit up McNally's Irish Pub a couple of times when in the area. Quiet serviceable, passable food, and a well stocked bar.

My wife and I have had some good wood-fired pizzas and gnocchi at Nuova Italia, right in downtown St. Charles. It is housed in an old church, and I believe they have a separate private dining area. Definitely hits your price point.

Nuova Italia
18 N. Fourth St., St. Charles
(630) 584-4040

http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/d ... -food.html

Sure to make a foodie cringe, but satisfying 12 people who may or may not give a crap about local dining options is often best accomplished at a sit-down casual chain, of which there are several options within half a mile or so of Pheasant Run such as Olive Garden, Chilis, TGI Friday's, On the Border, et cetera.

If they're looking for something more original and/or higher quality, there's always the aforementioned Francescas, or the nearby Za Za Trattoria, or Villa Verone in DT Geneva.

D.G.Sullivan wrote:We've hit up McNally's Irish Pub a couple of times when in the area. Quiet serviceable, passable food, and a well stocked bar.

I think that McNally's will be the place they are most interested in. Thanks for the help.

If they're interested in the gringo-Mexican angle, I'm a pretty big fan of El Puente.