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If you don’t order anything else, get fries for the table. Small batches of hand-cut potatoes are fried in duck fat and topped with bacon, cheese, and chives or beef tenderloin chili. Then consider a nap.

It may sit in a non-descript shopping center, but Cold Wave Creations churns out homemade, small-batch ice cream in unique flavors that change weekly. Some of owner Craig Allen’s recent creations: honey lavender, banana pudding, and cookie butter.

The Cole brothers have been making thin-crust pizza for the western burbs for 20 years. Try the Staff’s Special, with grilled chicken, artichoke hearts, and tomatoes.

The lunch menu here is exactly what you’d expect from ex-Cool River Cafe chefs Bob “Whoopeecat” Stephenson and Carlos Arevalo: a selection of soups, salads, sandwiches, and burgers. Dinner is where it gets interesting. Now that the two chef-owners have…

This Keller boutique offers a unique combination accessories and home decor. It’s probably one of the only places in town where you can shop for a new couch and an evil eye bracelet at the same time.