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    Cruisin Genoa

    3.7 (30 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    I admit that I've cruised right by this place a million times and never stopped. Perhaps it was the sign and the nondescript facade, I just had the impression it was more of a bar that served a couple of burgers than a restaurant that served beer. I recently found myself hungry in Genoa and decided to stop. I was elated to see that it's a hidden gem of a family oriented restaurant that also has a bar. We had the steaks and broiled chicken, fried green beans, asparagus, mac and cheese, and mashed potatoes. The food was promptly served, tasted great, and I will return. The place was very clean like it's just been remodeled, and the barmaid/waitress was friendly, informative, and timely. She said they are offering nightly specials on social media to encourage people to stop in and give them a try. The prices are reasonable for the current climate of food costs and the dining experience was worth the price. My only regret is denying myself this friendly atmosphere and delicious food for so long. I will definitely be Cruisin' back to Genoa to try their burgers next time.

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    Rude staff, was told to leave immediately after walking in for the very first time. Would absolutely not recommend

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    This place is very cute. All the food we ordered was very tasty. The prices are ok. The service was excellent!

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    Maddog's Bar and Grill

    2.4(5 reviews)
    0.7 mi

    Found out about this bar and grill in Genoa. It seems as if it's one of the few places to hang out…read more Maddog's is actually like two businesses it seems. A bar along with a grill to get hot dogs and other food. The inside is actually surprisingly clean and modern. Coming in here the first time was kind of confusing. It's actually got a couple things going on. The bar part is actually a separate area but you can order food and sit there. Has a couple entrances for each. The grill part is a counter to order at along with a few tables. We sat at the bar because there was more going on over there. It's $4 for Tito's mixers. The grill has hot dogs along with burgers and sides. It's about $5 to get a basket of the Waffle Fries. These were pretty basic looking. Really nothing special about it. This is stuff to just munch on it seems. Got to say it's one of the few happening places around here. It's located on Main at Prairie. There's also a few slots or whatever.

    My family and I went to the restaurant after church, as we often do. Service is normally great…read more Although not today. The worker tending the register, on her phone and actively vaping while working, and near the food too. I was disgusted. According to the health code this is a violation. I don't know about others but I personally would not like artificial air products on or near my food.

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    Maddog's Bar and Grill - Mushroom and Swiss with fries.

    Mushroom and Swiss with fries.

    Maddog's Bar and Grill - Tito's Mixer And Waffle Fries

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    Florentino's Charhouse

    Florentino's Charhouse

    4.1(23 reviews)
    12.0 mi

    Great experience, will definitely return! Service and staff were amazing. Drinks were delicious…read more Food was even better. Cant wait to go back. They were accommodating to my celiac / gluten free needs. Didn't get sick after!

    Some tips: The restaurant would not accept a reservation for…read more2 for a Saturday. We tried to get in, but the 45 minute wait time was a non-starter, so we left and came back a week later. Sundays - walked in at 5 pm, the place was calm and no wait at all. Parking is to the south of the main entrance - stay out of the resident's parking spaces, which are numbered, or you WILL be towed. It's the lot that is next to the train tracks for those of us visting. We arrived as noted above, and were promptly seated. They have tables and booths, we chose a table. There are 4 flat screen TVs on the east wall with various games playing over the bar. They start you off with a complimentary loaf of bread. It's very soft and tastes good. The table has salt, pepper and oil if you like to dip your bread in oil. Adding a little grated mozzarella cheese would work better with the oil. The menu is two sided - the top carries the food, the back carries the wine list. I'd give the wine list a B - it has many varieties, but is light on selections when compared to other high end restaurants. The corkage is very reasonable. There is plenty of light. Hard surfaces mean it can be LOUD when it is busy. My wife ordered their Trio Platter, which came with 2 slices of beef tenderloin, a 4 ounce salmon filet, and three fried shrimp. She chose the rice for her side and a wedge salad. I ordered their Filet Mignon, medium rare, with a baked potato with butter and sour cream. The Wedge Salad was nice - it had large chunks of blue cheese on top. My Caesar Salad had good dressing, but no anchovies. It isn't a Caesar without them. The Trio was large - the salmon was very good - cooked properly and peppered nicely. The rest of her Trio was enjoyable, and it came with a steamed or poached vegetable which was still crisp. The Filet was tender. I had to add salt and pepper - the waitstaff offered steak sauce, and I must have looked aghast at the suggestion. I've never had to use steak sauce at a good char house. The baked potato was slightly underdone. No, I didn't send it back, I just ate it. Service was good. The water glasses stayed full. Once the wine was opened, we had to keep our wine glasses filled.... We finished up with a slice of their cheesecake with raspberry sauce, which was very good. I'd say this is the #2 steakhouse in DeKalb at this point. Read my reviews, you'll know who #1 is. And why.

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    Florentino's Charhouse - A look towards the back of the house

    A look towards the back of the house

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    Florentino's Charhouse

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    Rise & Shine - Tex-Max salad

    Rise & Shine

    3.8(49 reviews)
    8.6 mi

    We were in the area and wanted to try something new. This place is very nice. There is plenty of…read moreparking and lots of seating. There are booths and low tables. The restaurant has lots of windows so there is plenty of natural lighting. The restaurant is very clean and the tables, booths, floors, and walls are high quality. I ordered the Gyros platter and it came with a choice of potato and I picked Greek potatoes. They were lacking in flavor but they had the perfect texture and were good. The soup today was beef and vegetables but I chose to have the side salad with Greek dressing. The dressing did not have much flavor... Just tasted like vinegar. The vegetables were fresh and delicious. The Gyro meat was cooked very nicely and tasted delicious. I would definitely eat this again. There were some really nice crunchy and crispy pieces... Not fatty or gristly at all. I love that they included feta cheese, I love eating that with the pita. This has to be the best gyros I have had in a long time. My husband ordered big farm breakfast. The eggs cooked over easy were good. The corn beef hash was cooked perfectly (which is the most important part of this breakfast in my opinion). The hash browns could use a little more taste. The pancakes were good as well. Definitely filled him up. He would order again for sure. The menu has lots of great items on it. Cannot wait to come back and try something else. Highly recommend dining here.

    Great place for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! Excellent service with personable staff, a pretty…read moreinterior, and good wait time and quality of food. And their prices are REALLY reasonable. They have great weekly specials too. Their seafood is bomb.

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    Rise & Shine - A look into the east side of the restaurant - bathrooms on the far right of the photo.

    A look into the east side of the restaurant - bathrooms on the far right of the photo.

    Rise & Shine - Special Bbq ribs sauce in the side with Fried Chicken

    Special Bbq ribs sauce in the side with Fried Chicken

    Rise & Shine - Menu 5/2/2026

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    Menu 5/2/2026

    Ellwood Steak And Fish House - Loaded mashed potatoes

    Ellwood Steak And Fish House

    3.8(241 reviews)
    10.2 mi
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    A great spot for a cocktail, friendly bar with a great small plate menu…read more First class food and service, friendly atmosphere for a visitor to the area. Recommend steak , tried a fillet, and a NY strip both satisfying meals excellent quality and presentation. Well worth a visit.

    Still one of the few white tablecloth full service restaurants in the area where you can get an…read moreexcellent meal. Ambiance is "steakhouse chic" - nice and dark, not too loud, romantic in a booth. It wasn't too busy when we stopped in late on Sunday and we were greeted and seated in a nice, quiet booth. Two pieces of bread were brought out with a nice salted butter. I went with their 9 ounce Filet Mignon, medium rare, with sautéed spinach, while my wife had their Chicken and Artichoke meal with mixed vegetables. I ordered their Caesar salad with anchovies (you have to ask for them). The Caesar salad was just wonderful, with plenty of salty anchovy goodness present. My wife ordered their chop salad, but they'd run out of that, so she got a house salad instead - and yes, the server did inform us of the switch and made a cost adjustment without being asked. A high point of Ellwood is an above-average wine list. We tried a new cabernet which was good. The wine bottle was opened by the server without it touching the table - nicely done! The steak was cooked properly, and was oh so tender. Very nicely seasoned. The sautéed spinach was perfect - plenty of garlic. My wife thoroughly enjoyed her dish. Dinner was so good, any thoughts of dessert were abandoned. We had wine left over, so they put that in the right sealed bag with a receipt so it could be legally transported. Great service, nice, elegant location, great food.

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    Ellwood Steak And Fish House - Interior

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    Ellwood Steak And Fish House - The 1lb meatball

    The 1lb meatball

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    Nat's On Maple - Chicken poblano

    Nat's On Maple

    4.0(167 reviews)
    7.6 mi
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    We have eaten here several times. I was surprised I hadn't logged a review, but am happy to…read morecorrect that error on my part! This has a nice restaurant vibe - nice tables, tablecloths, art on the walls, good lighting, nice, quiet carpeted spaces. There is a lot to like. We made a reservation, were greeted at the door and then promptly seated. Water came out quickly, along with the menus and the wine list. The wine list was a bit light in that all the bottles were typically lower cost. With such a wide variety of food on the menu, it deserves a bit more depth and some better wines to be included. Not that the wines that were included were bad - they were not. They are just at the very low entry end of the market. Picking up a few from Justin, Stag's Leap, and others in the $80 range would help enhance the restaurant's list. We both ordered entrees, which came with the either soup or salad - we both elected to get salads, where I selected a Caesar and my wife had a standard salad. The Caesar had plenty of parmesan cheese and croutons. The dressing was a bit thin - traditional Caesar dressings are cream based, this one seemed to be light on the garlic and anchovies. No anchovies were available, so it's kind of a light "Caesar." The regular salad my wife had was good - she enjoyed it. For the main course, I ordered their Filet Mignon, medium rare with a baked potato. The server asked if I wanted butter and sour cream, which I did and which was provided. The filet is provided in a cabernet reduction. This may have been a bit much, it was hard to taste the filet with the reduction. The filet came with broccoli which was steamed and was nicely done. The baked potato was cooked through (as expected, and worked well with the butter and sour cream. My wife enjoyed her Shrimp and Grits - the shrimp was cooked quite nicely and seasoned well. We were concerned about the meal size, so we skipped an appetizer, and it was a good thing since she took half of her shrimp and grits home. We were not rushed out of our table, and had a good time.

    When we went there we were the only patrons I actually wanted to go to the next door restaurant but…read moremy son said I want to try this restaurant. I never read the bad reviews but the food was so greasy. The food was very blend. My son's burger was cook rare the beef stroganoff was so bland no flavor the beef looked like it had worms yuk. The ambiance was lonely Also the restaurant was So dusty and having the Christmas decoration shows the lack of attention to the establishment I did tell our server about the bad reviews so I hope The owner got the message

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    Nat's On Maple - House chicken salad

    House chicken salad

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    Potato egg rolls - yes, that's a thing :)

    Smash’D - 50/50 Smash'D

    Smash’D

    4.3(12 reviews)
    20.2 mi

    I stopped by while during trivia night at the pub and found the food cart. How was the burger,…read morelet's find out: Ambience This is hard to comment since this was a food truck and seating was mostly at a bar. Service The guys were really nice guys. The food was cooked to order and did not take long. Food I got the onion smashed burger. I thought it was delicious with charred onions smashed into the burger and cheese. I did not use any ketchup for the burger because it was very well seasoned and juicy. Tater bombs These were a tarot tot on steroids. It came with what looked like a some sort of ketchup/mayo concoction. Basically a fried loaded potato is a shape of a big beefy tater tot. It had bits of bacon and cheese in it. It had a nice crunch and fluffiness to the inside. Though you get six of these tasty potatoes, there are substantially enough for a side (and to some a perfect snack). Overall Definitely visit smashd burger. It is a family and veteran owned burger place that serves great burgers and fun sides. I think I have to go back and try the bacon jam... I mean... it's bacon jam...

    We hit their food truck while at Scorched Earth Brewery, and loved the food! The smash burgers were…read moredelicious, and the rosemary salted fries were outstanding! Service was quick. A bit expensive, which kept them from a 5-star review. We will certainly enjoy them again. Recommended!

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    Smash’D - Kevin on the grill

    Kevin on the grill

    Smash’D - Tater Bombs... you get six, but I ate one...

    Tater Bombs... you get six, but I ate one...

    Smash’D - Bacon Jam Smash'D

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