17th Street Bar & Grill

17th Street Bar & Grill offers a variety of award-winning barbeque and American favorites. Bon Appétit magazine picked 17th Street Bar & Grill's apple wood-smoked barbecue ribs as the best in the U.S. in 2007. Owner and pitmaster Mike Mills, reverently referred to in barbecue circles as The Legend, is a four-time World Champion and three-time Grand World Champion of Memphis in May, known as the Super Bowl of Swine. Pick up a bottle of 17th Street's award-winning barbecue sauce or Magic Dust rub while you're there.

CITY: Murphysboro

Cummare's Italian Ristorante

Authentic Italian family recipes for pizza and past dishes, salads, panini, lunch & dinner buffet.

CITY: Murphysboro

Lollies Cafe

Lollies Cafe offers different specials every day, and is best known for their all-you-can-eat blue gill Friday nights and all-you-can-eat fried chicken Sunday.

CITY: Percy

Pioneer's Cabin

Pioneer's Cabin offers "A Taste Of The Good Old Days," with their homemade meals. They offer Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

CITY: Percy

Dixie's Cup Cafe

Dixie's Cup Cafe is a good old fashioned cafe. The food is delicious and the price affordable.

CITY: Pinckneyville

Von Jakob Vineyards

Sample award-winning wines, from dry to sweet and red to white, at this German winery located in the Shawnee National Forest.

CITY: Pomona

Pomona Winery

Award-winning fruit wines made from Southern Illinois peaches, apples, blueberries and strawberries are the specialty at this winery, nestled deep in the Shawnee Forest.

CITY: Pomona

Von Jakob Vineyard

VonJakob Vineyards, "Little Germany," is located on a Shawnee Forest hill in the Shawnee National Forest. Sample award-winning wines from dry to sweet, red to white. Located in the city of Pomona, IL.

CITY: Pomona

Hickory Ridge Vineyard & Winery

Hickory Ridge is nestled in the hills of the Shawnee Forest, and is family owned and operated. All wines are made from grapes grown solely on the premises, and include excellent dry wines, as well as award-winning whites and rosés.

CITY: Pomona