We're going to do this week's Reader's Choice a little like Ike and Tina Turner used to perform Proud Mary: We'll start nice and easy, and we'll end nice and rough.
"Rough" because this week's topic is your favorite place to go for Mother's Day brunch. And there are so many great places to eat in the Tri-Cities, making a selection is never, ever easy.
Mother's Day is May 13 this year, so we'll start collecting your nominations today (Monday, April 30), present the nominations in a poll on Wednesday and complete the Reader's Choice voting on Friday.
The deadline for making a nomination is noon Tuesday, May 1.
To make a nomination, name your favorite place for Mother's Day brunch in the comments field below. We'll offer a few suggestions (below), and we'll ask our Tri-Cities' chambers of commerce to make suggestions, as well.
Here are a few to choose from, but remember, if you don't see your favorite here, tell us in the comments field. If you DO see your favorite, you still need to say so in the comments field.
Geneva
Nosh, 211 James St., 630-845-1570
Egg Harbor Cafe, 477 S. Third St., 630-208-8940
Atwater's Restaurant, 15 S River Lane, 630-208-7433
Fiora's Restaurant, 317 S. Third St., 630-262-1317
Urban Grille, 524 W. State St., 630-262-0100
Atwater’s , 15 S. River Lane, 630.208.7433
Chianti’s, 201 S. Third St., 630.232.0212
Fiora’s, 317 S. Third St., 630.262.1317
FoxFire, 17 W. State St., 630.232.1369
Little Owl Restaurant & Flagstone Pub, 101 W. State St., 630.232.7994
Niche, 14 S. Third St., 630.262.1000
Oscar Swan Country Inn, 1800 W. State St., 630.232.0173
Wildwood Restaurant, 477 S. Third St., 630.377.8325
St. Charles
Hotel Baker, 100 W. Main St., 630.584.2100
Pheasant Run Resort, 4051 East Main St., 800.474.3272
Corfu, 2520 E. Main St., 630-584-1099
McNallys Irish Pub, 109 W. Main St., 630-513-6300
Francesca's by The River, 200 S. 2nd St., 630-587-8221
The Filling Station, 300 W. Main St., 630-584-4414
Town House Books & Cafe, 105 N. 2nd Ave., 630-584-8603
The Office, 201 E. Main St., 630-549-0287
Nuova Italia Ristorante, 18 N. 4th St., 630-584-4040
Colonial Cafe, 552 S. Randall Road, 630-443-8338
Salerno's On The Fox, 320 N. 2nd St., 630-584-7900
Bistro One West, 1 Illinois St., 630-444-0600
Batavia
Tribella Bar & Grill, 1900 Mill St., 630-406-9696
Swordfish, 207 N. Randall Road, 630-406-6463
O'Brien's Pub and Grill, 12 N River St., 630-406-9200
Lumes, 1902 W. Fabyan Parkway, 630-761-9676
robert poznanski
9:35 pm on Monday, April 30, 2012
The brunch, at Prairie Landing, is pretty phenomenal !
Todd Sweet
7:25 am on Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Every week of the year, the brunch at Pheasant Run is great! Not sure if they do something special for Mother's Day, but their weekly brunch is awesome!
James
12:55 pm on Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The Herrington of course.
Rick Nagel
6:07 pm on Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Outstanding nominations so far! Keep 'em coming!
Jamie
5:37 pm on Wednesday, May 2, 2012
I would add The Lincoln Inn for Batavia and maybe check with Enticing Cuisine to see if they are doing a mother's day brunch this year.
Jamie
5:39 pm on Wednesday, May 2, 2012
And The RendezVu Restaurant and Bar will be open for lunch at noon on Mother's day ; )
stanley herzog
3:58 pm on Friday, August 17, 2012
I have not gone out for Mother's day since I worked for a restaurant as a bus boy and waiter after high school. I have cooked something different for my mother, wife, mother in law and her uncle a parish priest in Chicago.