Jolly Inn Restaurant Banquet Hall, Chicago

A delicious cross-section of Polish and American cuisines awaits diners on Jolly Inn Banquets Hall & Restaurant’s silver buffet trays, which overflow with more than two dozen entrees, salads, fruits, and sweets. Though accustomed to stealing the spotlight in many a lesser Polish feast, cabbage rolls and pierogi must vie for attention among a smorgasbord of sauerkraut, potato pancakes, house-made soups, and other savory selections. Bartenders pour frothy pints of Okocim beer from the tap and stir cocktails with meaty kielbasas while a crowned white eagle looks on from a nearby wall tapestry, silently wishing it had lips.