Want to know all of the greatest places in Peoria to catch a bite to eat? Peoria is the spring training home to the San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners and made the 2008 Top 100 Places to Live in Money magazine so you know it’s just got to have some fabulous restaurants to try.
This restaurant has two local locations and has been open since 1993. This restaurant features Italian family favorites such as Eggplant Parmesan, baked ziti, steak Gorgonzola, sausage rigatoni, but what really makes this restaurant special is its build your own pasta dish menu. The build your own pasta includes a whopping 5,000 different combinations of pasta, sauces, meat and veggie toppings making it a fantastic option for any picky eaters in your group.
Menu items are prepared fresh every day so you just know quality and customer service are Cucina Tagliani’s main concerns. This restaurant even has a rewards club which gives you one point for every dollar spent and will provide you with a discount tier reward system for future purchases.
This restaurant has a fantastic Hawaiian BBQ menu that won’t break your budget. Meals are affordable, have good-to-large sized portions, and pack a lot of flavor. Leo’s Island BBQ provides both sit-down meals and catering for medium or large groups at prices you will be amazed by. Customer service is stellar, the food in raved about, and the menu is quite large. Menu items include their Plate Lunch selection which provide you with combo platters of everyone’s favorite items. Their full menu include items like Crab Rangoon, Spam Musubi, Island Fish Musubi, Chicken Katsu Salad, Seafood Soup, burgers, Hawaiian bowls, Family Meals and Mini-Meals. Prices are fantastic and you’ll definitely return.
This restaurant features American, Steakhouse, and Seafood and a reservation might be a good idea in case they are particularly busy. This restaurant is mid-priced but provides the atmosphere and service you’d expect at a swanky restaurant. Firebirds Wood Fired Grill menu even has a nice selection of gluten-free options in addition to its lunch and dinner menus which feature bold flavors, fresh herbs and spices, hand-cut steaks, signature specialty dishes, fire-grilled burgers, and a dessert menu to knock the socks off of anyone with a sweet tooth.
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar
This steakhouse is known for its atmosphere and hospitality in addition to its finest aged USDA Prime Beef and award-winning collection of over 100 wines. Menu items include Barbecue Scottish Salmon Fillet, Chilean Sea Bass, Free Range Lemon-Rosemary Brick Chicken, the best steak cuts to be found, and pairings for steak like Truffle-Poached Lobster and Diablo Shrimp. This is a classier sort of restaurant and is in the mid-to-high price range which is expected of a steak house. Fleming’s puts a lot of focus on their customer service and treats anyone celebrating a birthday like a rockstar.
This list of restaurants isn’t even the tip of the iceberg of what Peoria has to offer in dining. There are many locally owned and operated establishments which offer impeccably warm and welcoming customer service, large-chain restaurants, bistros, cafes, and just about every type of dining you can possibly imagine.