Unleash Your Inner Carnivore At Frontier, A Hunting Lodge-Style Restaurant In Illinois
There’s a lodge-style restaurant in Chicago, Illinois that lets you eat like our ancestors, and if you consider yourself a meat lover, you’ll definitely want this spot on your bucket list. Imagine devouring an entire alligator or a wild boar. At this sensational place, you can. Check it out:
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Established in 2010, Frontier offers one of the most unique dining experiences in the entire state. This northern Illinois restaurant has a hunters' lodge atmosphere and is known for its meat lover's meals.
Each meal comes with a side of hand-cut fries. Guests will definitely want to save room for dessert at this lodge-style restaurant as sweet potato pecan pie and banana chocolate chip bread pudding are made daily.
In addition to the regular menu, there is also the Whole Animal Experience menu that truly makes this place something special for meat lovers. Guests choose from a whole farm-raised pig, wild boar, goat, alligator, or salmon.
Guests also have the option of ordering an antelope leg, shrimp boil, or a trio of the best cuts of Wagyu beef, goat, and boar.
Guests are served sides that pair with each main course and can customize the menu with different desserts and cocktails. This is a truly one-of-a-kind dining experience.
The price of this experience is about $600, but you should definitely bring your friends and family out and make a special occasion of it.
Frontier is open Monday as well as Thursday and Friday between 4 p.m. and 2 a.m., while Wednesday hours are 4 p.m. to 12 a.m. On Saturday, it is open between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. and Sunday hours are 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Get more details on its website or Facebook page.
If you’ve ever been to this lodge-style restaurant, we’d love to hear from you. Please share your experiences and photos with us below in the comments.
An Illinois transplant who grew up and went to school in Indiana for 22 years, Elizabeth holds a BFA in creative writing and has enjoyed traveling across the country and parts of Europe. She has visited half of the states, as well as parts of Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean, and regularly travels home to the Hoosier State to see friends and family. With more than five years of writing experience, Elizabeth’s articles have been featured on several websites, and her poetry and short stories have been published in multiple literary journals.
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