Dilly Dally
Restaurant · Prospect Heights ·
American comfort food, on-tap cocktails, and eclectic decor
American comfort food, on-tap cocktails, and eclectic decor
"Dilly Dally offers on-tap cocktails for $16. The design inspiration for your apartment—in the form of vintage store prints and art—is a nice bonus. The Prospect Heights spot serves a pretty solid burger on a fluffy potato bun for dinner, but the best thing here is their quiche, which they only serve at brunch." - willa moore, will hartman, molly fitzpatrick
"If you live in Prospect Heights, Dilly Dally works perfectly fine as a backup dinner or weekend brunch option. The restaurant, with its pastel coloring and scrapbook-like interior filled with framed prints of things like Babar the Elephant eating a cheeseburger, is a really nice place to sit. Preferably with an on-tap cocktail. The dinner and brunch menus are pretty much the same—the smashburger, served on a very fluffy potato bun, will keep you more than satisfied, but the rest of the food plays second fiddle to the cutesy design of the space. Food Rundown Quiche If you’re here for brunch, get this. Creamy, custardy eggs with seasonal vegetables, all set in a pie crust that flakes and crunches like a Southern-style biscuit. Honestly, we’d order this for the crust alone. photo credit: Will Hartman Cheeseburger Let’s be real. You’re going to order the cheeseburger. And you’ll be happy about it, because theirs is a very good, more-smushed-than-smashed burger on a fluffy potato bun with fries that evoke the Golden Arches. photo credit: Will Hartman Eggs in Purgatory A nice version of eggs in purgatory, but not one to go out of your way for. The highlight of the dish is dragging tangy Laurel Bakery sourdough through the sauce. photo credit: Will Hartman Breakfast Plate This breakfast plate is about three-quarters of the way to a Full English. Expect a slick of grease left on your plate when you’re done. There are better eggy breakfast items here, so point yourself that away. photo credit: Will Hartman Crispy Eggplant These little coins of fried eggplant are poppable, salty, and delicious. Start off every meal with them. photo credit: Will Hartman Classic Caesar Salad As classic as caesar salads get, though ours was pretty overdressed, and therefore, really salty. Smoked Trout Dip A serious squeeze of lemon would do this smoked trout dip good. It’s just a bit too creamy." - Will Hartman
"Come to Dilly Dally, a sweet American restaurant in Prospect Heights designed like a museum of random sh*t in your parent’s basement, to spend a little too much time after work with friends. Their nostalgia-core food like fried eggplant dunked in marinara is good for snacking. And the on-tap cocktails would go down smooth on a screened porch somewhere upstate, especially the $16 whiskey iced teas called “No More Golf Umbrellas” served in a pint glass." - will hartman, willa moore, neha talreja, molly fitzpatrick, bryan kim, gabe bergado
"This restaurant on Vanderbilt in Prospect Heights has playful posters on the walls and American nostalgia food—like chicken pot pie, a cheeseburger, shrimp cocktail, and a big, stacked lasagna—on the menu. It looks diner-adjacent, with checkered floors." - will hartman
"A whimsical Prospect Heights neighborhood restaurant from Dave Patry serving comfort-oriented dishes such as squash ravioli, Bolognese lasagna, trout, and shrimp cocktail." - Melissa McCart
