375106 Mon Feb 26 11:37:50 -0800 2007 3 7 Chicago Area 0 2330608 Looking for a very nice restuarant (great steaks/white table clothes/wine/elegant etc..) in the areas of Wheeling/Mundelein/Lake Zurich/Grayslake. Anybody have any suggestions? Mon Feb 26 11:37:50 -0800 2007 77973 tesadazy 1 2330678 All in Wheeling... For French: Le Francais - www.lefrancaisrestaurant.com For great steaks and seafood: Pete Miller's - www.petemillers.com For great steaks and Italian: Tramonto's Steak and Seafood and Osteria di Tramonto, both in the Westin North Shore - www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/property/dining/index.html?propertyID=1724 See also: www.chowhound.com/topics/348584 www.chowhound.com/topics/363297 Grayslake is further north; this discussion of places around Gurnee might have some suggestions: www.chowhound.com/topics/313093 Mon Feb 26 11:56:18 -0800 2007 2330608 55363 nsxtasy 2 2330844 Thanks for the info. Have you ever eaten at here? Winberie's in Buffalo Grove? Read on one of the above links that Dover Straight did not sound too good. Mon Feb 26 12:34:25 -0800 2007 2330678 77973 tesadazy 3 2331009 Winberie's is a chain (not that chains are necessarily bad IMHO, but some chains are better than others). I've eaten at another location but it was quite a while ago so my opinion is not exactly up to date. If you are interested in perusing their menu, you can find it on their website at www.selectrestaurants.com/cafew If you're really looking for great steaks, specifically, then you're generally better off going to a place which specializes in steaks, such as Pete Miller's (which I have been to and is excellent) or Tramonto's (which I have not). Two other very nice places in your target area that have excellent steaks (and I have also been to) are Wildfire, which has a location in Lincolnshire ( www.wildfirerestaurant.com ), and Stoney River, which has a location in Deer Park ( www.stoneyriver.com ). All four of these steakhouses also have excellent seafood. I have been to Dover Straight a couple of times and it was okay, but not as good as the best seafood places in the northern suburbs, such as Mitchell's Fish Market in Glenview. However, I have read similar reports to the ones you mention, that lead me to believe they may have a problem with consistency. Mon Feb 26 13:08:41 -0800 2007 2330844 55363 nsxtasy