Mary knows flowers! She works best if you give her a few guidelines, and let her get creative with…read moreyour ideas. We gave her a few reference photos, a color scheme, and a request to feature ferns. Mary delivered on all of these with excellence. We deferred to her expertise to filing in the blanks and making everything come together, and she made it HAPPEN. Each individual piece was beautiful, and the entire array was cohesive. Highly recommend!

Mary was amazing to work with! Such a sweet lady and amazing work! Flowers were fairly priced. If I…read moreever need flower work again, I'll definitely be coming back!

It was an absolutely awesome experience working with Shar. The food was completely delicious. I…read morewould recommend her in a heartbeat. She really made our family weekend easy and delicious. Thanks for the great Saturday evening dinner, Shar!

I was making my way East from Iowa and have never stopped here before and was super impressed: the…read morewomen's restroom was updated and very clean. It's easy to pull on and off here off of 80, and the radar map inside was cool and very helpful. If I'm ever driving this was again on I-80 I'll def be stopping here again for a bathroom break.

Clean facility with clean restrooms they even have someone cleaning it during the day hours. Plenty…read moreof parking for trucks and cars. Nice picnic area as well. This rest area has vending machines too.

Thrush is a stand-up family run business that has professionally serviced my septic system for…read moreyears and faithfully/reliably provided our garbage service for roughly 3 years. I highly recommend all their services.

Beware!! This company will hide fees, not pick up trash and charge hidden fees while saying their…read moreaccounting "checks out" and it is really sad the old Thrush Sanitation was bought out. Their office staff is extremely rude and too busy to help with any questions about bills or their services on the phone. Management is rude on the phone. Their trucks and drivers are not respectful, trash is left scattered on your lawn and Thrush trucks collect residential pick up so extremely early it is by far the worst residential waste service in the area. Pay more for a better service if at all possible.

Quality/Quantity - Clean bathrooms and plenty of them…read more Truck and passenger vehicle parking. Atmosphere - Picnic areas, shaded or open. Some stuff to read and see, see pictures. Service - Free maps, for those of you that are still old school or don't have GPS. Vending machines. Price - Free. Owner Comment - Thank you to the state of Illinois for this free service.

When I searched Maps for "rest area," I was super surprised to see people (three at the time of…read morethis writing) had reviewed this particular one. It makes sense, right? I mean, if you are indeed resting. Why not rest and review? Anyway, five stars. The vending machines are plentiful and varied -- and take Apple Pay. The rest room is clean. There are some nice trails for the walking of the dog. And what amazing timing given we had just yesterday listened to Aly Ward's Ologies podcast (the Bryology episode) -- the picnic shelters are beautifully moss covered. So there. Need to pee, drink, dog walk, snack or picnic? This is a fine place at which to do it. Thanks Indiana.

Had the ABSOLUTE JOY of working with The Silver Fox for my daughter's wedding this past Sunday…read more They went above and beyond in helping make this a very beautiful and perfect day for all of us. This location was not on any of our radars but after seeing this unique venue and the Weber House & Garden they work in conjunction with, we were smitten. This building offers a beautiful walk into an earlier time, when beautiful woodwork and glamor was king. It is rare to find this type of craftsmanship anywhere. The venue was absolutely loved by all. The fact that they could host the ceremony too if need be if the weather didn't cooperate for the garden was a huge plus! It relived the worry factor. We had five states represented and coming in for this wedding. The location was a bit worrying at first but it actually proved to be a straight shot from Ottawa. Ottawa has great places to stay, we found at the Harbor they have several homes of various sizes so lots of family can be in one place and it worked out perfectly. The venue offered a beautiful experience to host the cocktail hour in its elegantly appointed lounge area. The appetizer display set up, fun pool table, the beautiful bar decor, lush carpets, sofas and grand piano all added to creating mystique and ambiance. Just loved the fact that guests could anticipate through the glass French doors the next phase to come as the caterers prepared. It was great that people didn't need to head over to other bars and find places to go in between photos at the garden and actual the dinner. It offered big spaces & rooms for getting ready yet being on site to oversee preparations being done. Had beautiful photo opportunity spots to take before shots. Utilizing the whole bar services from the Silver Fox also proved to be a great choice for us. Top notch Riesling, moscatos, and red wines were served. They did an absolutely great job of cleaning up empty bottles and glasses, none of that awful build up of empties that often happen after and during dinner. Yes, I would highly recommend The Silver Fox to anyone seeking a beautiful setting and wonderful people to work with .

We are so absolutely thrilled with our decision to use this venue for our wedding! It is a gorgeous…read morebuilding, chic and beautiful but still offering a very unique style. Many of the rooms are already decorated, leaving very little need for additional decor -- however, there is a room upstairs (the pay-it-forward room) containing leftover wedding decor from previous weddings; seriously, there is SO much stuff in there. We did not buy a single thing to decorate our wedding/reception - it was all borrowed from this room! The Silver Fox offers a "Wedding Ball"-style wedding, straying from the traditional sit-down dinner (still offered, of course). We loved doing this style of wedding! We were married upstairs in the ceremony room and the party immediately began after saying "I do"! Highly recommend this style of wedding if you're looking for something a little bit different and less traditional. We used Mark Allen's American Kitchen for catering - they are familiar with this style wedding and provided the perfect food option. Kayla, the wedding coordinator, was fantastic! We can't say enough how essential she was to making our day run smoothly. There was nothing she didn't think of and she was willing to jump in and help wherever needed! Love love love her! We brought in liquor from Streator Drug right around the corner from Silver Fox. They did all of the work, doing ice and liquor runs throughout the night as needed. Silver Fox provided the bartender! We love this place so much, we're hoping to use it again for an anniversary! While it is a bit far from the city/suburbs, it's well worth the trek out there. ALL of our guests could not stop talking about how different and wonderful it was - best decision we made!

I received a bouquet of flowers from my sister in October 2024. She asked for sunflowers but I…read morereceived soooo much more!! What a beautiful arrangement with an array of fall flowers!! I would recommend this flower shop for sure!!! I am not able to comment on the value since I was the recipient!! I hope the value was worth it for her! IT is worth the smile I get everytime I look at them!!!

My husband always orders the best for me and my mother on Valentine's Day, usually they all are so…read morebeautiful but this time he chose this place to order from expecting the same attention to flowers as most florists would do. Not this year, he paid alot of money for not so fresh flowers thrown together in a jar and plain vase. No attention to detail at all. The leaves are dry and already falling off the roses and I just got them a half hour ago. My mother's arrangement looks pitiful. Really that's the best you can do? On Valentines Day even. Never will he be allowed to buy flowers for me from this store again no wonder their ratings are so low. Why would a florist put yellow roses in with white and red roses for Valentine's Day??? He asked for red, pink and white roses