Country Squire - Grayslake, IL

We went to this restaurant on a Saturday night and it was the first time we had been there in a long time, maybe 10 years.



We had been there a few times for Mother's Day brunch over the years and a couple times for dinner. This particular day we happened to be done in the area around dinner time, so thought we would try it again (we had not been that impressed the last time).



They were very busy, but we managed to get a table right away, with a nice view of the garden.



We started with the Shrimp De Jonghe, which was very good. All entrees come with a choice of a spinach salad, specialty salad or caesar salad. We both had the spinach salad, which was also very good.

For entrees I had the special, which was scallops and shrimp served in a baking dish with carmelized onions. The taste was outstanding and really like nothing I'd ever had before. I love when there's something different to try!

My husband had the Maryland Crab Cake made with lump crab meat served with an orange marmalade horseradish sauce. You wouldn't think that sounds good, but it really was.

We were a little worried when we noticed that they had a wedding in their banquet room. We thought maybe service would suffer, but the service was exceptional. Apparently they can take care of both the dining room and the banquet room.

I'm glad we gave this place another try. We will definitely go back. It was a great value for what we paid, which was very reasonable.


http://www.csquire.com/