Caboose Restaurant, Mundelein

Steps away from the Mundelein train station, Caboose Restaurant serves up breakfast and lunch for a bastion of regulars who stop in for a quick bite on the way to work or bring the family to teach the kids what hoagies are. Generous skillets such as the All Aboard kick start mornings with a pile of hash browns loaded with meat and veggies then smothered with a blanket of cheese sauce or sausage gravy. At lunch, chefs load grilled french bread with philly steak and shape burgers by hand with Angus beef. To complement the savory dishes, mugs fill with specialty espresso drinks and drip coffee from Seattle's Best.