Steak-N-Shake

they've fallen so far so fast.  ate their in the first week of opening.  great food, but slow & expensive.   i can live with that, as the food was worth it.  then fast forward to now, and it is a pig stye.  i encourage you to use the bathrooms first, then decide if you want to eat there.  an absolute shame.  read the other reviews and notice the word 'clean' (or actually lack of being clean) being used in so many of them.  i've called the health dept, and can only hope they stop by there soon.

We always try new restaurants wherever we go and were very happy with Steak and Shake. We went on Sunday for the kids eat free. You really can't argue with free. One kid eats free for every $8.00 you spend. I had the new California burger with avocado and my hubby had the Western BBQ and bacon. Both were tasty. We shared a 3 way chili which was also good. The kids portions were kind of small. Our waiter charged us for the large shakes instead of the kids shakes but adjusted our bill. The shakes were delicious and the fries reminded me of the old George Webb fries here in Milwaukee. All in all, we couldn't beat the value. All five of us ate for $26.00 and were full for the entire night.

I luuuurrrrrvvvveee Steak N Shake. But this location is sad and busy and dirty and the only I reason I go is because it's the closest one we have!

Listen, skinny cheese fries covered in warm, gloopy processed cheese food and a banana/chocolate side-by-side would likely be the meal I ask for on Death Row, but this particular location is just really one to be survived in your pursuit of the delicious goodness.

Since they closed the ones in the Milwaukee area, we take advantage of the Gurnee one pretty much any time we head into Chicago. And it gives us our fix. But the frills are non-existent.

The waitstaff always seems harried and overwhelmed, you get your shake well after you've gotten your meal (seriously, buy another shake mixer gadget thingy) and there are always sketchy folks and screaming children (I'm looking at you, Evangelical old man in the crazy suit).

But I will go through all that in pursuit of an occasional fix.

So I guess it depends on how bad your jones is, right?