Meyer's Castle

I ate tonight with two of my sisters at Meyer's Castle. Didn't know there was a castle nearby the Chicagoland area, did you? :) It's in Indiana, just over the border in Dyer, Indiana and a short drive from the Chicagoland area.

The grounds of this old, large house are beautiful with long path of archways lit by Christmas lights leading you to the restaurant. They have wedding receptions outdoors under a tent and also have a nightclub on the weekends on the lower level. Park in the lot near the entrance and a shuttle will bring you up to the door. Enjoy a meal on their porch area, built onto the house, in order for "everyone to have a window seat." And don't forget to look out those windows to the pond and peacocks roaming around. We had a lovely time in this very unique venue!

We went for their four-course dinner, which was superb, as well as affordable, at $25.50 per person (what a deal!! :) on Sundays (this was special Sunday/Wed/Thurs pricing, otherwise the four-course meal is still a steal for what you get at $34.50/person). The meal began with a quite delicious palette-cleansing shot from Brazil called "caipirinha" accompanied by a tasty empanda. The second course was a help-yourself tapas bar with such dishes as spicy mushrooms, seafood salads and marinated portabello mushrooms. The third course was a pasta bar where one picks the type of pasta and ingredients for the sauce (garlic, veggies, cheese), which is prepared as you watch and delivered to your plate piping hot. Last, but certainly not least, is the "meat" served to you on skewers similar to a Brazilian-style steakhouse. The meats featured were 3 types of steak, a tremendous melt-in-your-mouth pork tenderloin, chorizo sausage, chicken legs, roasted veggies and glazed pineapple, which is a MUST to try, even though you feel like you're about to burst at this point in the meal. :) In addition to the atmosphere, great food and great price, the service was wonderful and the owner very personable. I'd urge anyone to give this place a try! I plan to get back in the warmer months to walk around and see the grounds of the beautiful castle a bit more. Below are pics I took of the grounds, peacocks and our meal. :)

More pics at my photo website & more information in an article my sister Carrie wrote on Meyer's Castle.