Lamplighter Inn, Palatine

Tonight we were visiting our friends who just bought a house in Palatine. (Happy Freakin' Birthday Katie!). Rewired some stuff, put together some furniture, waited for the women-folk (who have jobs or something) to get home, then went to dinner at Lamplighter Inn. It's a relatively small restraunt, decorated in a train wreck motif with decent bar-type food and a very nice server.

Nicole got the Italian Beef and Sean got the Gyros Sandwich. Both came with fries and a pickle (as all sandwiches do (and should)). The fries were thin cut and crispy, but not so thin and crispy as to be like those shoestring potatoes that come in a can, or so that they steamed themselves and wer mushy by time you got to the bottom of the pile. The Italian Beef was spicy (as if it had had hot peppers, but there were none in evidence) but very good. The au jus was also a bit spicy (and also good). The Gyros sandwich was served on a roll, rather than the traditional pita, and the meat was cut fairly thick. There was a good amount of meat, and the cucumber sauce was very good. Service was attentive, and although the server spilled a bit on Nicole when serving, she was clearly more upset about it than we were and immeadiately grabed some club soda to help clean it up. (She also advised against ordering coffee, apparently they only brew it once a day.) The sandwiches run between about $5 and $7.

If you're in the area and need a quick meal, this is not a bad choice at all.

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