The Beef Hut (middle of nowhere, IL)

Re:The Beef Hut (middle of nowhere, IL) (UncleVic)

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:56:32 GMT

A true Roadfood find / review! That beef and sausage looks awesome!

Re:The Beef Hut (middle of nowhere, IL) (Wienie Will)

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 18:52:07 GMT

Can we get a picture of the strip club?

(What?!?! I'm just askin'...)

Re:The Beef Hut (middle of nowhere, IL) (Twinwillow)

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 12:00:07 GMT

Very cool story. I'll bet you were elated to find this "oasis" out in the middle of "nowhere". Only true Roadfooder's would have stopped.

Re:The Beef Hut (middle of nowhere, IL) (MiamiDon)

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 10:13:53 GMT

Good find and nice pix!

Re:The Beef Hut (middle of nowhere, IL) (ann peeples)

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 01:41:46 GMT

What a great find!!

Re:The Beef Hut (middle of nowhere, IL) (BuddyRoadhouse)

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 01:36:12 GMT

Whaddaya mean, "the middle of nowhere"? He said there was a strip club, didn't he? Them poor girls gotta eat, for cryin' out loud. Keep their strength up, and what not.

Buddy

Re:The Beef Hut (middle of nowhere, IL) (Foodbme)

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 01:01:56 GMT

That's a nice looking rig to be out in the middle of nowhere!

The Beef Hut (middle of nowhere, IL) (ScreamingChicken)

Sat, 03 Sep 2011 19:47:44 GMT

Last Monday I was on my way home from a long weekend and found an unexpected surprise here (US-30 facing east).

US-30 facing west. This intersection is about 15 miles north of Mendota and 12 miles south of Rochelle.

The northeast corner has a scale and an abandoned truck stop, the southwest corner has a strip club, and the northwest corner has something I never expected to find in the middle of the Flatland.

Since I hadn't eaten yet I made a quick decision to pull in and check it out. I spent a few minutes chatting with the owner while waiting for my order and I learned that he uses a CB radio to take orders from truckers; in fact, while I was there a grain truck pulled onto the US-30 shoulder and the driver came and got his lunch to go. That's a good marketing strategy, and they also do catering jobs.

I ordered the beef and sausage combo, wet. It was very good and The Beef Hut uses a fairly sweet sausage instead of a spicier version.

I don't know what the Chicago dog options are in Mendota and Rochelle but if I lived in the area and had a hankering I would have no problem taking a drive on a nice spring, summer, or fall day.

Brad