Food & Activities

Eating and Drinking:
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Rosati's Pizza (1 block)
China House (1 block)
​Coffee Barn (6am-2:30pm) (2 blocks)
El Rey Del Taco (3 blocks)
El Torito (4 blocks)
El Zarape
Sicily Pizzeria (take out only)
Uncle Joe's Gaming Cafe (250 feet)
Pizzas by Marchelloni
Ziggie's Family Restaurant
Cindy's on 34
Parkway Family Restaurant (Breakfast and Lunch)
La Esquinita De Oro (Ice Cream)
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Breweries/Distilleries/Wineries:
August Hill Winery, Utica
Star Union Spirits, Peru
Tangled Roots, Ottawa

Museums and Historic Sites:
Hume-Carnegie Museum, Mendota (across the street)
Union Railroad Depot Museum, Mendota
Breaking the Prairie Museum, Mendota
Mendota’s historic train station
Wild Bill Hickok Memorial, Troy Grove
Grand Village of the Illinois, North Utica

Sports and Outdoor Adventures:
Starved Rock State Park, Oglesby
Matthiessen State Park, Oglesby
Snyder Grove Park, Mendota
Lake Mendota (fishing)
Lake Kakusha (fishing, disc golf, hiking)
Mendota Golf Club
Megacross Outdoor Dirt Bike Riding, Mendota
Megatraxs Indoor Dirt Bike Riding, Mendota
Waltham Curling Club, Triumph

Take in a movie - the old-fashioned way - at the Rt. 34 Drive-In.
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Festivals: 
 Mendota Sweet Corn Festival 
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Or..... Take a country drive to find farm raised eggs and local honey, beef and sausage.