Restaurant Review

Posting Date: March 7, 2005
Choo Choo Johnny’s Is a Great Food Ride
By Ray Hanania

Every kid and every adult loves a train. Even if we don’t, most of us who work in the Chicago Loop spend our weekday lives riding on one commuting to and from the job.

So I wasn’t surprised when my toddler went choo choo crazy over a restaurant that has not only built itself around the theme of a train, but has incorporated working model trains into the food service itself.

It’s called Choo Choo Johnny’s and it’s located just south of Orland Park in Frankfort on LaGrange Road. You’ll read a lot from me about Frankfort because it is one of my favorite communities. It has a phenomenal summerfest that is one of the region’s best.

But for now, you can enjoy one of its many great restaurants. If you happen to be a parent with a toddler, you know how hard it is to enjoy any restaurant with the little tyke screaming, yelling and fighting over whether or not he or she wants to eat the food, let alone listen to mom or dad.

Choo Choo Johnny’s will have the kid mesmerized. And the food isn’t bad, either – my “Sout Side Chicaga” slang for “food that is great!”