Country House

Muffaletta

We went to dinner at the Country House in Clarendon Hills.  We really hadn't heard much about their food but we had heard that this restaurant is haunted (but nothing mysterious happened when we dined there).

Muffaletta - sandwich with baked ham, hard salami, Monterrey Jack and Swiss Cheese, with a garlicky olive spread, served hot on french bread.  It came with onion rings.  It was not a super traditional Muffaletta but it was good. Who knew that Nick really liked warm olives and that garlic made it that much better

Poblano Bites - these were similar to jalapeno poppers but also had Poblano peppers which gave them a smoky kick. They were served with a south west ranch sauce.  Overall very good but a little too hot for Natalie.

Poblano Bites

Country burger - with Swiss cheese, lettuce, tomato, grilled onions and pickle on a bun (or can be on rye bread).  You have you choice of  with or without cheese and then your choice of cheese, bread, or coleslaw on the burger, and onions. This was our Goldilocks of burger sizes this month - the burger was not as super sized as Kuma's Corner but not as thin as DMK. It was the perfect ratio of meat to toppings  it was very tasty perfectly cooked. Apparently this burger was voted best burger by the Chicago Tribune.

Country Burger

Pumpkin bread pudding with cinnamon ice cream, whipped cream and caramel.  We wish there was more because it seemed to disappear so quickly. It was warm gooey goodness that was hard to resist so we didn't. Almost every thing you want out of a Fall desert.

Final thoughts on Country House:
Food - very good, we didn't have much of an expectation before eating here but everything was great
Service - all of the wait staff was very friendly to us.
Atmosphere - we got there at about 5:30 on a Friday night. The place was already quite hopping, especially in the bar area. We got the last open table at that time.  When we left there was a line waiting. It looked like there were a lot of regulars. 

Pumpkin Bread Pudding