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					Originally Posted by ChicagoWhiteSox  When in Chicago:Au Cheval
 Blackbird
 Girl and the goat
 The Publican
 Smyth
 The Loyalist
 Smith and Wollensky
 
 When in STL:
 Grace
 Good Fortune
 Pappys smokehouse
 Southern - located right next to Pappys
 
 When in Peoria:
 Edge
 Hearth
 Jim’s steakhouse
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 Have you been to Annie Gunn's in STL?  It's an excellent steak house.  Also, in Bellville, there's a bbq joint called Beast Craft and it is really good as well.
In Chicago, Trattoria No 10, Spiaggia/Cafe Spiaggia, and Shaw's Crab House are my go-to places.