The Choo Choo

4.1
Very Good
774 reviews
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About

The Choo Choo hamburger restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois was a locally beloved destination for tasty fast food. It was a family-owned restaurant with a cozy charming atmosphere offering burgers, milkshakes, fries, and other classic favorites. The restaurant was a hot spot for over 20 years until it closed its doors in 2016.

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Reviews for The Choo Choo

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Daniel H.

Awesome food, friendly staff, unique and awesome experience! Whether you have kids who like trains or you're a kid at heart who likes trains, there's nothing quite like having your food delivered on a train! Kid-friendliness: Great for kids of all ages!

mike s.

To complete surprise the food was actually really good hear. I’ve Been to enough kid restaurant to have not so great food , but this place is an exception. Burgers are great fries are good and kids love that they offered chocolate milk. We loved that they ran the train around even when it wasn’t delivering food.

Dimitri A.

The Choo Choo is thankfully not a chain. Its operators do a heartfelt job of making and keeping all customers happy with a combination of great service and fine to great cooking. As to its service, there are times where Saturday demand overwhelms. Waiting chairs were recently added to make getting a seat much more comfortable and ultimately not turn away diners. That consideration is greatly appreciated. And, for diners, a Saturday seating hack: visiting between major mealtimes – say, 2 pm – really helps getting a seat by the serving train. The Choo Choo’s food is at the very least fine and, if the newly improved waiting arrangements are any indication, will continue to improve. With apologies for making them, comparisons to prior years note the following: (1) The new-recipe chili is much heavier on beans but not as salty. A former recipe offered instead of beef mounds of ground turkey, which is naturally sweeter and allows salt and seasonings to shine without having to add onions whic

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Business Hours

Sunday:
Closed
Monday:
Closed
Tuesday:
11:00 AM - 7:30 PM
Wednesday:
11:00 AM - 7:30 PM
Thursday:
11:00 AM - 7:30 PM
Friday:
11:00 AM - 7:30 PM
Saturday:
11:00 AM - 7:30 PM

Location Map

600 Lee St
Des Plaines, IL 60016

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